Lou Dobbs Biography
- Title:
- Anchor and Managing Editor for Cable News Network (CNN)'s Lou Dobbs Tonight
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Government Allow a Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants?"
- Reasoning:
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“I think the essence of the legislation of 2007 is right: pay a fine, learn English, commit to assimilation in the United States, and begin a path to citizenship.”
Andrea Nill Sanchez, “A Self-Described ‘Wiser Lou Dobbs’ Supports Legalizing Undocumented Immigrants,” thinkprogress.org, Jan. 8, 2010
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Former Anchor and Managing Editor, Cable News Network (CNN)’s Lou Dobbs Tonight
- Founding Member, CNN and CNN’s financial news division
- Monthly Columnist, Money magazine
- Contributing Editor, U.S. News and World Report
- Manager and Editor, Lou Dobbs Money Letter
- Board Member, Society of Professional Journalists Foundation
- Board Member, Horatio Alger Association
- Member, Overseas Press Club
- Member, American Economic Association
- Member, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Recipient, Emmy Award for Exporting America, 2004
- Recipient, The Man of the Year Award from the Organization for the Rights of American Workers, 2004
- Recipient, Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration from the Center for Immigration Studies for his ongoing series “Broken Borders”
- Recipient, George Foster Peabody Award for his coverage of the 1987 stock market crash
- Education:
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- Economics, Harvard University, degree unknown
- Other:
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- None found