John Stossel

Birth Name:

John F. Stossel

Birth Place:

Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States

Profession

Writer

Has won the George Foster Peabody Award and the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting
Named by the Dallas Morning News as "the most consistently thought-provoking TV reporter of our time․"
Has earned 19 Emmy Awards and been honored five times by the National Press Club for excellence in consumer reporting
Has written three national bestselling books on American economics and government
Graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Psychology in 1969
Has worked at WCBS-TV in New York City and was the consumer editor for "Good Morning America․"
Started out as a researcher for KGW-TV in Portland
Quote: "(On global warming) "Activists always paint the more dire scenario․ But we don't know․ The science of climate predicting is primitive․""
Previously co-anchored the primetime news show "20/20" on ABC, where his "John Stossel specials" featured debates on important American issues
Best known as the host of the consumer issues program "Stossel․"
His programs have been made into teaching kits by the non-profit "Stossel in the Classroom" and are used to teach high school students about economics and economic freedom

1987Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story - Segments:Winner
2000Emmy - Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story - Segments:Nominated

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