Juju Chang Biography
Juju Chang is an American television journalist who now anchors Nightline for ABC News. She formerly worked for Nightline as a special correspondent and fill-in anchor, as well as for ABC News’ morning news show Good Morning America from 2009 until 2011. Other 20/20 journalists are; David Muir, Deborah Roberts, Brian Ross, and Diane Sawyer
Juju Chang Age
Chang is 56 years old as of 2021. She was born Hyunju “Juju” Chang on 17 September 1965 in Seoul, South Korea.
Juju Chang Family
Chang was born in Sunnyvale, California, to Okyong and Palki Chang, and was raised there when her family immigrated to the United States in 1969. Chang was a nationally recognized swimmer when he was a kid.
Juju Chang Husband – Children
On December 2, 1995, Chang married Neal Shapiro. She converted to Judaism at that time. Jared Shapiro, born in 2000, Travis Shapiro, born in 2003, and Mason Shapiro, born in 2007, are Chang and Shapiro’s three kids. She is a founding board member of the Korean American Community Foundation and an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations in the Asian-American community. The family lived on Manhattan’s West Side as of 2011.
Juju Chang Education
Chang attended Marian A. Peterson High School for one year before transferring to Adrian C. Wilcox High School, where she graduated in 1983 with the graduating class of 1983. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and communications with honors from Stanford University in 1987. She won the Edwin Cotrell Political Science Prize at Stanford.
Juju Chang ABC
Chang started working for ABC as a desk assistant in 1984[8]. She joined ABC World News Tonight as a producer and off-air reporter in 1991, delivering live events coverage and reports for the “American Agenda” section. [8] Her off-air reporting duties included the Gulf War in 1991 and the 1992 presidential election in the United States. Chang returned to ABC News in 1996 after a year at KGO-TV, this time as a correspondent for the ABC affiliate news service NewsOne in Washington, D.C. She covered the White House, Capitol Hill, and the presidential election of 1996 for NewsOne.
When she returned to World News Tonight in 1998, she covered Hurricane George, the Chernobyl nuclear accident anniversary, and the attacks of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Her first stint as a news anchor was in 1999 when she presented ABC News’ World News Now, an overnight news program, and World News This Morning, where she reported on national and international news.
Juju Chang Net Worth
Chang has an estimated net worth of $48 Million.
Juju Chang Salary
Chang earns an annual salary of $100 thousand.
Juju Chang 20/20
Chang has written reports for ABC News 20/20, including one in 2009 about Tanzania’s illegal market for albino body parts. Since coming to GMA, she has continued to contribute reports to 20/20. Chang has reported on a wide range of topics for ABC’s Nightline, including the Heparin tainting case and the in vitro fertilization industry, as well as hosting the show’s feature “Face-Off.”
Juju Chang GMA
Chang traveled to Seoul, South Korea, for a series of segments that aired on Good Morning America beginning June 25, 2010. During her visit to South Korea, she spoke with President Lee Myung-bak about the North-South relationship in the aftermath of the loss of a South Korean warship. Juju Chang interviewed United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters in September 2011.
When she joined Good Morning America on December 14, 2009, she became the first Korean American in a significant role on a US morning news television show. In addition to her duties as a news anchor, she adds news pieces and segments to the show.
Chang covered the Haiti earthquake in January 2010 as a news anchor for Good Morning America. She went to Haiti to report on the disaster’s aftermath, interviewing locals and tracking down relatives of a Haitian friend. On September 11, 2010, she participated in the Housatonic Valley Sprint Triathlon in cooperation with Good Morning America to raise money for UNICEF’s Haiti relief operations.
Juju Chang Nightline
Chang announced his departure from Good Morning America on March 29, 2011, to pursue a full-time role on Nightline, according to ABC News President Ben Sherwood. Chang was promoted to fill-in anchor and special correspondent. She had been a newsreader for GMA for the past 15 months, as well as a contributor to 20/20 and World News, all of which she will continue to work with. Chang was hired co-anchor of Nightline on March 27, 2014, replacing Cynthia McFadden, who left ABC to join NBC News.
