Kristie Lu Stout Profile

Kristie Lu Stout is an American News Anchor/Reporter and Correspondent working for CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. She joined the network in the year 2001.

Kristie Lu Stout Education

Lu Stout graduated from Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, and then attended Stanford University. There she studied journalism as an undergraduate. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in the year 1996 and in the following year, she earned a Master of Arts in Media Studies. While there, she worked as an editorial intern at Wired. After that, she enrolled at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China to study advanced Mandarin Chinese. While there, she freelanced for the South China Morning Post and served at Sohu. During Lu Stout’s stint in high school, she served as a model in her teens and was a founding member of the Lynbrook Speech and Debate Club.

Kristie Lu Stout Career

Lu Stout serves at CNN as a news anchor and correspondent, based in Hong Kong. She also serves as a reporter from the field and in the newsroom for significant breaking news stories such as the aftermath of extreme climate events, the COVID-19 pandemic, and US-China relations. Lu Stout also serves as a host of feature programs for CNN such as a TV and digital series on the transformative power of technology, “Tech For Good.” She hosts a monthly program, “Marketplace Asia,” where she targets the network’s global audience of business leaders. In addition, Lu Stout works as a host and researcher of reports on tech titans in Asia, and she is responsible for conducting interviews with the world’s most innovative thinkers like Maria Ressa, Elon Musk, and Jane Goodall.

As an anchor and correspondent, Lu Stout mainly focuses on how developments in China are dramatically changing the world for all people worldwide. In the year 2004, she anchored the network’s groundbreaking Eye on China series and reported on fresh tensions with a new United States administration. She has also covered the Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing. In the launching of CNN’s first-ever regular series focused on the country, “On China,” Lu Stout worked in instrumental.

Lu Stout has an integral role in the promotion of CNN’s award-winning initiative, “CNN Freedom Project.” There she focuses on covering stories of modern-day slavery such as student outreach in Hong Kong and across Asia as part of #MyFreedomDay. She is part of the network’s “Call to Earth Day.” This is a global initiative that engages students on the need for urgent action against pollution and climate change.

She began her journalism career in WIRED magazine’s online division in San Francisco.  Lu Stout has written on tech for a variety of media publications such as the South China Morning Post, where she was the founder and writer of the Beijing Byte column. Before beginning her career, she worked for Reuters’ new media team in China and worked as an early employee at Beijing-based Internet company Sohu.com.

Quick Facts About Kristie Lu Stout

Lu Stout is a mentor and member of Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA). She also serves as a Correspondent Board Governor as well as a Correspondent Member at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong.

Awards and Honors

Throughout her career, she has earned several awards and recognitions. She has been a nominee for numerous categories at the Documentary and News Emmy Awards such as “Witness to the Pandemic,” CNN’s Special Report, in the year 2021. In the year 2020, her program, “Inventing Tomorrow: Tech in a Time of Pandemic” earned Best Covid-19 Factual Feature at the Content Asia Awards. In the same year, the Association for International Broadcasting awarded her together with her CNN Hong Kong colleagues, Best Continuing News Reporting for television and Video for covering the 2019 Hong Kong Protests.

Lu Stout won Best News or Current Affairs Presenter in the year 2018 at the Asian Academy Creative Awards. In 2010, she launched and conceived a news program, “News Stream” and it won Best News Program. Lu Stout also holds numerous honors from the Asia Television Awards. In the year 2013, she was honored by the Royal Television Society for covering Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Kristie Lu Stout Age / How old is Kristie Lu Stout?

Lu Stout is 47 years old as of 2021. She was born on December 7, 1974, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 7th of December every year.

Kristie Lu Stout Height

How tall is Kristie Lu Stout? Lu Stout stands at a height of approximately 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m).

Kristie Lu Stout Family

Lu Stout was raised in Saratoga, California with her loving parents, whose names are unknown at the moment. Her father’s and mother’s nationalities are European American and Han Chinese respectively. Lu Stout grew up in a partially Chinese-speaking household. Her mom is a native of Taiwan and was born to parents from Guizhou. Information regarding Lu Stout’s siblings is currently under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.

Kristie Lu Stout Husband, Wedding

Lu Stout is married to her lovely spouse, Seung Chong, a Malaysian Chinese attorney. They tied the knot on September 1, 2001. Seung is a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) lawyer with more than 2 decades of experience in outbound and inbound transactions.

Kristie Lu Stout Daughter/Children

Lu Stout and her husband takes great pride in being mom and dad to their one daughter, Arabella. She is 12 years old as of 2021, having been born on September 29, 2009. The family happily resides in Hong Kong.

Kristie Lu Stout’s Salary

Being one of the top journalists for CNN, she earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.

Kristie Lu Stout’s Net Worth

Lu Stout has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a News Anchor/Reporter and Correspondent.