Chung, a longtime broadcast journalist, received the Silurians Press Club’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award on April 23

Shepherd and Hasselbeck worked alongside Walters for several years on 'The View' and praised the late TV legend for teaching them along the way

Walters, who founded 'The View' in 1997, died in December 2022, and though there were reports that she had been suffering from dementia prior to her death, a diagnosis was never confirmed

The longtime panelist on 'The View' said she didn't exactly impress Barbara Walters the first time she did stand-up in front of her