Editing Connie Chung (section)

== Early life and education ==
[[File:Portrait photograph of Connie Chung from the 1964 edition of the Silverlogue yearbook of Montgomery Blair High School.jpg|left|thumb|248x248px|Chung in 1964]]
The youngest of ten children, Chung was born in Washington, D.C., less than a year after her family emigrated from [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]], and was raised in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Makers">{{cite web|url=http://www.makers.com/connie-chung?hpt=hp_bn18|title=Connie Chung|work=makers.com|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Her father, William Ling Chung, was an intelligence officer in the [[Chinese Nationalist Government]], and five of her siblings died during wartime.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wbur.org/npr/137057982/connie-chung-reflects-on-news-family-and-fighting-with-humor?ft=3&f=137057982 | title=Connie Chung: On News, Family, Fighting With Humor | publisher=wBur | date=June 8, 2011 | access-date=June 18, 2014 | author=NPR Staff}}</ref> She was named after singer and actress [[Constance Moore]].<ref name="NYTimes"/>

Chung attended [[Montgomery Blair High School]] in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glover |first1=Mary Clare |title=New Neighbors: Povich and Chung Are Moving Back to Washington |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/11/12/new-neighbors-povich-and-chung-are-moving-back-to-washington/ |access-date=August 29, 2018 |work=Washingtonian |date=November 12, 2009}}</ref> In 1969, she graduated from the [[University of Maryland, College Park]] with a degree in journalism.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Patricia |title=Busy Connie Chung Focuses on CBS's 'Eye to Eye' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1993/06/13/busy-connie-chung-focuses-on-cbss-eye-to-eye/ce0554ca-07e0-4d1c-8db3-8d04885995d4/ |access-date=August 29, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 13, 1993}}</ref>