# Juju Chang

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{{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](/source/Seoul), [South Korea](/source/Third_Republic_of_Korea)
| death_date   =
| death_place  = 
| education    = [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
| occupation   = [Television journalist](/source/Television_journalist)
| years_active = 1984–present
| title        = [Special correspondent](/source/War_correspondent), ''[Nightline](/source/Nightline)''
| spouse       = {{marriage|[Neal Shapiro](/source/Neal_Shapiro)|1995}}
| children     = 3
| relatives    = [Mitch White](/source/Mitch_White_(baseball)) (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](/source/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](/source/Broadcast_journalism) for [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States)), and an anchor of ''[Nightline](/source/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](/source/Nightline),'' and was also the [news anchor](/source/News_presenter) for [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States))' [morning news program](/source/Breakfast_television) ''[Good Morning America](/source/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](/source/TV_Guide)|access-date=2011-03-29}}</ref>

==Early life==
Juju Chang was born in [Seoul](/source/Seoul), [South Korea](/source/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](/source/Sunnyvale%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Stanford_University) with a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in [political science](/source/political_science) and [communications](/source/Communication_studies).<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](/source/The_Korea_Times)|date=September 7, 1999}}</ref> as a desk assistant.<ref name=NightlineCoAnchor/> In 1991 she became a [producer](/source/television_producer) and [off-air reporter](/source/reporter) for ''[ABC World News Tonight](/source/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](/source/Gulf_War) (during which she was based in [Dhahran](/source/Dhahran), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia)) and the [1992 U.S. presidential election](/source/1992_United_States_presidential_election).<ref name=Korea/>

For ''World News Tonight'', she produced a series on [women's health](/source/women's_health), which won an [Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award](/source/Alfred_I._duPont%E2%80%93Columbia_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](/source/KGO-TV), an ABC affiliate, in [San Francisco](/source/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](/source/correspondent) for the ABC affiliate news service ''[NewsOne](/source/ABC_News_(United_States))'' in [Washington D.C.](/source/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](/source/White_House), [Capitol Hill](/source/Capitol_Hill%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.) and the [1996 presidential election](/source/1996_United_States_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](/source/Hurricane_Georges), the anniversary of the [Chernobyl nuclear disaster](/source/Chernobyl_disaster) and the bombings of [U.S. embassies](/source/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_the_United_States) in [Kenya](/source/Kenya) and [Tanzania](/source/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](/source/World_News_Now)'', an overnight news program, and ''[World News This Morning](/source/America_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](/source/news_magazine) ''[20/20](/source/20%2F20_(American_TV_program))'', including a piece on [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)'s black market for [albino](/source/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](/source/Heparin) tainting case and the [in vitro fertilization](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2010_Haiti_earthquake) 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](/source/Housatonic_Valley) Sprint Triathlon on September 11, 2010, to raise money for [UNICEF](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Lee_Myung-bak) on the relationship between North and South Korea following the [sinking of a South Korean warship](/source/ROKS_Cheonan_sinking).<ref name=J/>

In September 2011, Chang interviewed [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) [Secretary General](/source/United_Nations_Secretary_General) [Ban Ki-moon](/source/Ban_Ki-moon) at the [UN Headquarters](/source/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations).<ref name=TopDiplomat/>

===''Nightline''===
On March 29, 2011, it was announced that Chang would be leaving ''[Good Morning America](/source/Good_Morning_America)'' to take a full-time role on Nightline, ABC News President [Ben Sherwood](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Variety_(magazine))|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](/source/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](/source/Peter_Jennings).<ref name=Korea/><ref name="duPont"/> In addition to the duPont Award, Chang has won two [Gracie Awards](/source/Gracie_Awards), one for a report on [judicial activism](/source/judicial_activism) for ''[NOW](/source/NOW_on_PBS)'', a newsmagazine on [PBS](/source/PBS),<ref name=MIT/> and one for ''Women and Science'', a profile of [Ben Barres](/source/Ben_Barres), a [transgender](/source/transgender) [neurobiologist](/source/Neuroscience), 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](/source/Neal_Shapiro) on December 2, 1995.<ref name=NYT/> At that time, she [converted to Judaism](/source/Gerim).<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](/source/Council_on_Foreign_Relations).<ref name=Beacon/> As of 2011, the family lived on the [West Side](/source/West_Side_(Manhattan)) of [Manhattan](/source/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](/source/Mitch_White_(baseball)).<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>

==See also==
* [Koreans in the New York metropolitan area](/source/Koreans_in_the_New_York_metropolitan_area)
* [New Yorkers in journalism](/source/New_Yorkers_in_journalism)

==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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