Journalist from the United States
Son, Matthew Jay Povich, adopted in 1995
Newscaster
Attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring Maryland
Daughter-in-law of Shirley Povich.
The only person in history (male or female) to have served as a substitute anchor for all three network nightly newscasts ( "NBC Nightly News" , "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" and "ABC Evening News" ); as well as all three network morning newscasts ( "Today" (1952) , "CBS This Morning" and "Good Morning America" ).
Attended the University of Maryland, where she first majored in Biology and then switched to Journalism.
Met her future husband, Maury Povich , in 1968 at the local TV station in Washington, DC (WTTG), where she was a secretary and he was an anchorman.
Youngest of 10, 5 of whom died in China. She has 4 older living sisters - one is Josephine Chen.
She was the first journalist to interview basketball legend Magic Johnson , after he went public about being HIV-positive. She was also the first to interview congressman Gary Condit , after his intern Chandra Levy disappeared.
She received teaching fellowship at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
She was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for General Services.
She was inducted into the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.
Dated Warren Beatty.
