The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Presents: John Stossel

The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Presents: John Stossel

ABC News Correspondent and Co-Anchor of 20/20

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania:

Award-winning news correspondent John Stossel was named co-anchor of ABC News' 20/20 in May 2003. He joined the highly acclaimed newsmagazine in 1981 and began doing one-hour primetime specials in 1994.

In addition to longer in-depth reports for 20/20 on subjects ranging from addiction to parenting issues in his "Family Fix" segments, Stossel is featured in a weekly segment entitled "Give Me a Break." These short commentaries take a skeptical look at a wide array of issues, from pop culture controversies to censorship and government regulations

Stossel's specials tackle issues that face Americans today. They consistently rate among the top news programs and have earned him uncommon praise: "The most consistently thought-provoking TV reporter of our time" said the Dallas Morning News, while the Orlando Sentinel said he "has the gift for entertaining while saying something profound."

Five of these specials have been adapted into Teaching Kits by In The Classroom Media (a nonprofit organization) in cooperation with ABC for use by high school teachers to help educate their students about economic freedom. These kits are now being used by over 25,000 teachers in over 35 percent of the schools in the United States, reaching over 4.2 million students per year.

Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards. He has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Among his other awards are the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.

In his early years at ABC, Stossel was consumer editor at Good Morning America. Prior to that he was a consumer reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City. He began his journalism career as a researcher for KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon. Stossel is a 1969 graduate of Princeton University, with a B.A. in psychology

   When:         Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 1 p.m.    Where:        Engineers' Club, 337 Fourth Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh     What:         Lunch will be served at 1 p.m.  Program ends by 3 p.m.                  Reservations required are $20 for Press Club members and                 $25 for nonmembers.  Tables of ten cost $200.  Send your                 check by November 8 to The Press Club of Western                 Pennsylvania, Engineers' Building, 337 Fourth Avenue,                 Pittsburgh, PA 15222.    Questions?    412-281-7778   

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