Juju Chang

{{Short description|American journalist (born 1965)}} {{Infobox person | name = Juju Chang | image = Juju Chang.jpg | caption = Chang in 2007 | birth_name = Hyunju Chang | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|09|17}} | birth_place = Seoul, South Korea | death_date = | death_place = | education = Stanford University (BA) | occupation = Television journalist | years_active = 1984–present | title = Special correspondent, ''Nightline'' | spouse = {{marriage|Neal Shapiro|1995}} | children = 3 | relatives = Mitch White (nephew) | website = {{URL|1=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/nightline-anchor-juju-changs-biography/story?id=23411705|2=Juju Chang biography}} }}

'''Hyunju "Juju" Chang'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iamkoream.com/up-close-and-personal-with-juju/|title=Up Close and Personal With JuJu Chang|author=Jinah Kim|publisher=KoreAm|date=December 13, 2010|access-date=May 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104108/http://iamkoream.com/up-close-and-personal-with-juju/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (born September 17, 1965) is an American television journalist for ABC News, and an anchor of ''Nightline''.<ref name=NightlineCoAnchor>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/nightline-anchor-juju-changs-biography/story?id=23411705|title=Juju Chang: 'Nightline' Co-Anchor|date=April 21, 2014|publisher=Yahoo!-ABC News Network|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref> She has previously worked as a special correspondent and fill-in anchor for ''Nightline,'' and was also the news anchor for ABC News' morning news program ''Good Morning America'' from 2009 to 2011.<ref name=Beacon/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Chang-Elliott-GMA-1031223.aspx?rss=breakingnews|title=Juju Chang Out, Josh Elliott In at Good Morning America|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=2011-03-29}}</ref>

==Early life== Juju Chang was born in Seoul, South Korea,<ref name=Beacon>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanbeacon.com/2010/01/05/good-morning-america-welcomes-Juju-chang|title=GMA Welcomes Juju Chang|date=January 5, 2010|publisher=Korean Beacon.com|access-date=October 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724051645/http://www.koreanbeacon.com/2010/01/05/good-morning-america-welcomes-Juju-chang/ |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> to Okyong and Palki Chang<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Weddings; Neal Shapiro and Juju Chang|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 3, 1995|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401EFDD1E39F930A35751C1A963958260|access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> and was raised in Sunnyvale, California, following her family’s immigration to the U.S. in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/reporters-notebook-1992-riots-la-painful-awakening-korean/story?id=47104538|title=Riots or uprising? 25 years since the Rodney King verdict, a Korean American story|date=2017-05-01|website=ABC News|access-date=2017-10-02}}</ref> She attended Marian A. Peterson High School for one year, but after that school was converted into a middle school, Chang graduated from Adrian C. Wilcox High School in 1983.<ref name=Beacon/><ref name=Korea/> At a young age, Chang was a nationally ranked swimmer.<ref name="Beacon"/>

In 1987, she graduated with honors from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and communications.<ref name="STANFORDHALLOFFAME">[https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/volunteering/awards/halloffame "Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame"], Stanford University Alumni news</ref><ref name=MIT>{{cite web|url=http://mitworld.mit.edu/speaker/view/587|title=Juju Chang|work=MIT World|publisher=MIT|access-date=20 October 2010}}</ref> At Stanford, she was awarded the Edwin Cotrell Political Science Prize.<ref name=MIT/>

==Career==

===Early career=== Chang began work for ABC in 1984<ref name=Korea>{{cite news|title=Korean-American Takes Post of Anchorwoman at ABC News|newspaper=The Korea Times|date=September 7, 1999}}</ref> as a desk assistant.<ref name=NightlineCoAnchor/> In 1991 she became a producer and off-air reporter for ''ABC World News Tonight'',<ref name=Starr>{{cite news|title=Morning Shift - Juju is in at 'GMA'; Chris Seeing '20/20'?|author=Michael Starr|newspaper=The New York Post|date= December 9, 2009}}</ref> producing live events coverage and stories for its "American Agenda" segment.<ref name=Korea/> Her off-air reporting assignments included the 1991 Gulf War (during which she was based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and the 1992 U.S. presidential election.<ref name=Korea/>

For ''World News Tonight'', she produced a series on women's health, which won an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 1995.<ref name="Korea"/><ref name=duPont>{{cite web|url=http://dupontawards.org/year/1995|title=1995 Silver Baton|work=duPontAwards.org|publisher=The Alfred I. duPont Awards Columbia University|access-date=October 22, 2010|archive-date=October 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022144547/http://www.dupontawards.org/year/1995|url-status=dead}}</ref> She left ''World News Tonight'' in 1995 to become a reporter for KGO-TV, an ABC affiliate, in San Francisco, covering state and local news topics.<ref name=MIT/>

===Return to ABC News=== After a year at KGO-TV, Chang returned to ABC News in 1996, taking up the role of correspondent for the ABC affiliate news service ''NewsOne'' in Washington D.C.<ref name=Star>{{cite news|title=New York bound|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=April 9, 1997}}</ref> At ''NewsOne'' she covered the White House, Capitol Hill and the 1996 presidential election.<ref name=Ariens>{{cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/juju-chang-to-be-named-good-morning-america-news-anchor/|title=Juju Chang to be Named 'Good Morning America' News Anchor|author=Chris Ariens|date=December 8, 2009|work=TVNewser|publisher=Mediabistro.com|access-date=October 20, 2010}}</ref>

Returning to ''World News Tonight'' in 1998, she covered such stories as Hurricane Georges, the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.<ref name=Beacon/><ref name=McDaniel>{{cite news|title=Katie Couric broke a new ceiling. Which anchorwoman will move up next?|author=Mike McDaniel|newspaper=The Houston Chronicle|date=April 6, 2006}}</ref> Her first news anchor roles came in 1999, when she hosted the early-morning newscasts of ABC News' ''World News Now'', an overnight news program, and ''World News This Morning'' where she reported on national and international news.<ref name="Korea"/>

===20/20 and ''Nightline''=== Chang has contributed many reports to ABC's news magazine ''20/20'', including a piece on Tanzania's black market for albino body parts in 2009.<ref name=Chang>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-27/Juju-chang-albino-crimes-seeing-improvement-in-africa|title=Hope After An Unspeakable Crime|author=Juju Chang|date=August 27, 2010|work=The Daily Beast.com|access-date=October 20, 2010}}</ref> She has produced reporting on serious news events since moving to ''GMA'',<ref name=Beacon/> as well as continuing on ABC's ''Nightline'', where she has reported on a broad range of topics including the Heparin tainting case and the in vitro fertilization industry<ref name=Beacon/> and has acted as host on the show's feature, "Face-Off".<ref name=Kinon>{{cite news|title=Fat 'Face Off' on ABC's 'Nightline' with Juju Chang is timely due to Coco Rocha, Kevin Smith news|author=Cristina Kinon|newspaper=NY Daily News|date=February 22, 2010|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/02/23/2010-02-23_Juju_chang_fat_face_off_on_abcs_nightline_is_timely_due_to_coco_rocha_kevin_smit.html|access-date=October 22, 2010}}</ref>

===''Good Morning America''=== Chang became the first Korean American in a prominent role on a U.S. morning news television show<ref name=Beacon2>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreanbeacon.com/2009/12/08/Juju-chang-joining-good-morning-america|title=Juju Chang Joining Good Morning America|date=December 8, 2009|publisher=Korean Beacon.com|access-date=October 20, 2010|archive-date=September 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906072939/http://www.koreanbeacon.com/2009/12/08/juju-chang-joining-good-morning-america/|url-status=dead}}</ref> when she joined ''Good Morning America'' on December 14, 2009.<ref name=Beacon/> She contributes news stories and segments for the show, in addition to her role as news anchor.<ref name=Ariens/>

As the news anchor on ''Good Morning America'', Chang reported on the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010. She traveled to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the natural disaster,<ref name=Unicef/> interviewing locals<ref name=Unicef/><ref name=Chang2>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensconference.org/my-first-triathlon-what-motivated-me|title=My First Triathlon: What Motivated Me|author=Juju Chang|date=October 18, 2010|work=WomensConference.org|publisher=The Women's Conference|access-date=October 21, 2010}}</ref> and finding relatives of a Haitian friend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9633716|title=Finding Alta's family in Haiti|date= January 22, 2010|work=ABCNews.go.com|publisher=ABC|access-date=October 22, 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2025}}</ref> She later took part in the Housatonic Valley Sprint Triathlon on September 11, 2010, to raise money for UNICEF's relief efforts in Haiti in collaboration with ''Good Morning America''.<ref name=Unicef>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicefusa.org/news/releases/us-fund-for-unicef-and-2.html|title=U.S. Fund for UNICEF and ABC's ''Good Morning America'' team up to help build a "Haiti Fit For Children"|date=June 30, 2010|work=UNICEFUSA.org|access-date=October 20, 2010}}</ref>

For a series of reports airing on ''Good Morning America'' from June 25, 2010, Chang traveled to Seoul, South Korea.<ref name=J>{{cite web|url=http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/american-entertainment/abc-news-Juju-chang-reports-from-south-korea|title=ABC News' Juju Chang Reports From South Korea|date=June 24, 2010|work=J-ENTonline.com|access-date=October 20, 2010}}</ref> During her visit to South Korea, she interviewed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the relationship between North and South Korea following the sinking of a South Korean warship.<ref name=J/>

In September 2011, Chang interviewed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters.<ref name=TopDiplomat/>

===''Nightline''=== On March 29, 2011, it was announced that Chang would be leaving ''Good Morning America'' to take a full-time role on Nightline, ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced. Chang became a special correspondent and fill-in anchor. She had spent the past 15 months as the news reader for ''GMA'' as well as contributor to 20/20 and World News, programs she will continue to work with.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/465954-Chang_Moving_From_GMA_to_Nightline_.php Notice of JuJu Chang's departure from ''GMA'']</ref> On March 27, 2014, Chang was named co-anchor of Nightline, replacing Cynthia McFadden, who left ABC to join NBC News.<ref name="variety-2014">{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|title=NBC News Lures 'Nightline' Anchor Cynthia McFadden From ABC|work=Variety|date=March 27, 2014|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/nbc-news-lures-nightline-anchor-cynthia-mcfadden-from-abc-1201149002/|access-date=December 15, 2016}}</ref>

===Other works=== In addition to her roles at ABC, Chang has also hosted a series for PBS. In 1999, she was the host of a seven-part television series called ''The Art of Women's Health''.<ref name=Oklahoman>{{cite news|title=Series will focus on women's health|newspaper=The Oklahoman|date=September 29, 2005}}</ref> She hosts an interactive digital show for ABC News NOW called ''Moms Get Real'', which aims to show the realities of modern motherhood, she also made a cameo appearance in episode 19 of the second season of ABC's hit primetime drama, Revenge.<ref name=Chang2/>

==Awards== For her work in television journalism, Chang has received a number of awards. Her earliest journalistic award was an Alfred I. duPont Award in 1995 for a series on women's health produced with Peter Jennings.<ref name=Korea/><ref name="duPont"/> In addition to the duPont Award, Chang has won two Gracie Awards, one for a report on judicial activism for ''NOW'', a newsmagazine on PBS,<ref name=MIT/> and one for ''Women and Science'', a profile of Ben Barres, a transgender neurobiologist, for ''20/20''.<ref name=Beacon/> She has won three Emmy awards for her work with ABC, including one for her role as a correspondent on ABC's live coverage of California wildfires in 2008.<ref name=Beacon/><ref name=Emmy>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_29th_winners_data.html|title=29th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Winners Announced At New York City Gala|date=September 22, 2008|work=EmmyOnline.org|access-date=October 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923023407/http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_29th_winners_data.html|archive-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref> She has also received a Freddie award (for health and medical media) for ''The Art of Women's Health'', a series she hosted for PBS.<ref name=MIT/>

==Personal life== Chang married news executive Neal Shapiro on December 2, 1995.<ref name=NYT/> At that time, she converted to Judaism.<ref name=Finn/> Chang and Shapiro have three sons.<ref name="Beacon"/><ref name=Finn>{{cite news|title=Family First, Baseball a Close Second|author=Robert Finn|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 29, 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/nyregion/31routine.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=NYTimesAd|access-date= November 17, 2010}}</ref> She is active in the Asian-American community as a founding board member of the Korean American Community Foundation and an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations.<ref name=Beacon/> As of 2011, the family lived on the West Side of Manhattan.<ref name=TopDiplomat>{{cite web|url=https://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/juju-chang-juggling-pre-school-worlds-top-diplomat-145018939.html|title=Juju Chang: Juggling Pre-School, World's Top Diplomat|author=Juju Chang|publisher=Yahoo - ABC News Network|date=September 14, 2011|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, Chang co-hosted the annual Spring Luncheon held by The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blacktiemagazine.com/society_2015_april/NYSPCC_Spring_Luncheon_2015.htm|title=Black Tie International: NYSPCC Annual Spring Luncheon|publisher=Black Tie Magazine|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref>

Chang is the aunt of former MLB pitcher Mitch White.<ref name="jujumitch">{{cite video|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/la-dodgers-pitcher-success-familys-american-dream-72803170|title=New LA Dodgers pitcher is a success of family's American dream|time=00:56|publisher=ABC News|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *[https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/nightline-anchor-juju-changs-biography/story?id=23411705 Official biography] at ABCNews.go.com *{{IMDb name|id=0151741|name=JuJu Chang}}

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