Kristie Lu Stout

Kristie Lu Stout is an award-winning anchor and correspondent for CNN International, having joined the network in 2001. Stout hosts the network's morning program “CNN Today” from CNN's Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. “CNN Today” was awarded “Current affairs program of the year” at the prestigious Asian Television Awards, whilst Stout herself won the award for “Best news presenter or anchor.”

From the anchor desk, Stout has covered a broad portfolio of major news events including the global economic crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama’s first year in office, tensions in the Middle East, and social upheaval in China.

She has reported live from Tiananmen Square in Beijing to cover the city’s preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games, from Tokyo on Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s historic visit to Japan, and live from Shanghai during CNN’s ‘Eye on China’ week of special programming.

Additional experience includes reports from the DMZ between North and South Korea during the network’s ‘Eye on South Korea’ special, from Indonesia after the Indian Ocean tsunami, and Vietnam after its entry into the World Trade Organization.

Prior to “CNN Today,” Stout was CNN’s technology correspondent and host of the daily “Tech Watch” segment. In eight years since joining the network she has consistently reported on high-tech developments.

She has conducted in-depth interviews with some of technology’s biggest newsmakers including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Linux creator Linus Torvalds and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.

Her career in journalism started in San Francisco at Wired magazine's online division. Stout has written on technology for various media outlets including the South China Morning Post, where she founded and wrote the “Beijing Byte” column.

She was one of the first employees to join the Beijing-based Internet portal Sohu.com and worked for Reuters' new media division in China. Stout holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree from Stanford University and studied advanced Mandarin Chinese at Beijing's Tsinghua University.

Her community efforts include speaking to university students across the region. She has lectured to journalism students at Peking University, Hong Kong University and the National University of Singapore.