Asian Pacific Heritage

Connie Chung

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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Connie Chung was a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite in the early 1970s, during the Watergate political scandal. On June 1, 1993, she became the second woman to co-anchor a major network's national news broadcast. The first Asian American to serve as nightly news anchor on a major TV network (The CBS Evening News), Connie Chung has received innumerable accolades for her work, including three national Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and two commendations from American Women in Radio and Television.

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Connie Chung Wikipedia Biography
Connie Chung AEI Speakers Bureau Biography
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EVENT: Volunteers Launch Weekend “Blitz” To Save Oaks From Deadly Disease

Saturday, April 28, 2012 By Howard Dyckoff, Oakland Voices Correspondent Oakland is famous for its oak trees but those are at risk due the algae-like disease called Sudden Oak Death (SOD) syndrome, which has devasted coastal forests in Northern California. Oak trees are needed [...]
 
  

  

    


  
  	    

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Thanks to everyone who applied to our 2012 East Oakland project, and to our 2010 West Oakland project graduates as well as all of the organizations – including East Oakland Building Healthy Communities – who helped us recruit. Our application [...]