Lou Dobbs (born September 24, 1945) is a Harvard-educated economist, editorial columnist, anchor of CNN's nightly television series Lou Dobbs Tonight, and host of a syndicated radio show.

Dobbs was raised in Rupert, Idaho.

He is known for his conservative slant on economic and immigration reduction issues, though his labor-oriented, somewhat protectionist approach to international trade, particularly outsourcing, and his possibly libertarian stance on other social issues make him difficult to classify.

Dobbs joined CNN when it launched in 1980, serving as its chief economics correspondent and as host of the business news program Moneyline on CNN. Dobbs also served as a corporate executive for CNN, as its executive vice president and as a member of CNN’s executive committee. He also founded CNNfn (CNN financial news), serving as its president and anchoring the program, Business Unusual, which examined business creativity and leadership. In 1999, Dobbs started space.com , a web-based multimedia company dedicated to space education and entertainment.

Dobbs left CNN in 2000, reportedly due to heated clashes with then-president Rick Kaplan , who was frequently accused of manipulating news programs to present a liberal slant. Dobbs returned the following year at the behest of CNN founder Ted Turner, becoming host and managing editor of the new general news program Lou Dobbs Moneyline, now Lou Dobbs Tonight. Dobbs also hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, The Lou Dobbs Financial Report, and is a regular columnist in Money magazine, U.S. News & World Report, and the New York Daily News.

Dobbs has won numerous major awards for his television journalism, most notably an Emmy, and a Cable Ace award . He received the George Foster Peabody Award for his coverage of the 1987 stock market crash. He has also received the Luminary Award by the Business Journalism Review in 1990, the Horatio Alger Association Award for Distinguished Americans in 1999, and the National Space Club Media Award in 2000. The Wall Street Journal has named Dobbs "TV's Premier Business News Anchorman". Dobbs was also named "Father of the Year" by the National Father's Day Committee in 1993.

Dobbs serves on the boards of the Society of Professional Journalists Foundation, the Horatio Alger Association, the National Space Foundation and Space.com, in which he owns a minority stake, as he does in Integrity Bank. He is also a member of the Planetary Society, the Overseas Press Club, the American Economic Association and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences .

Books

• Exporting America : Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas (Warner Business Books, 2004) ISBN 0446577448
• Space: The Next Business Frontier by Lou Dobbs, HP Newquist (Atria, 2001) ISBN 0743423895

External link

• Lou Dobbs bio at cnn.com