Kristie Lu Stout

Kristie Lu Stout is an award-winning anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Based out of Hong Kong, Stout keeps a particular focus on how developments in China are dramatically changing the world for all of us. Stout started her career in journalism in San Francisco at Wired magazine's online division. She has written on technology for various media publications including the South China Morning Post, where she founded and wrote the "Beijing Byte" column. Before her career in journalism, she was an early employee at Beijing-based Internet site Sohu.com and worked for Reuters' new media team in China. Stout is American of Chinese and European descent. She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Stanford University, and studied advanced Mandarin Chinese at Beijing's Tsinghua University.