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Biz news that is important to every American

Dave Walker of The New Orleans Times-Picayune interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Lou Dobbs about his work for the network.

Here is an excerpt:

Your first 100 episodes have certainly come at a news-rich time for your topic field.

Whether it’s the national debt ceiling, international trade, the international financial system, whether it’s the market – my gosh – job creation, housing, the list goes on. Every one of those issues is of paramount importance to the quality of life of every single American.

Aside from the reporting you initiate, who seeks your ear?

Like any of us, I have family and friends who are in a variety of walks of life. I’m a small-business owner as well. As a television and radio host, I am in daily contact with working men and women. It gives me, I think, a very good foundation in what is happening. Every day I am exposed to a variety of perspectives beyond just the content of the show itself.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.