Christine Romans is the host of Your $$$$$, CNN's weekend business roundtable program, and a featured reporter and substitute anchor for Lou Dobbs Tonight.
In her various roles, Romans has extensively covered immigration reform, substance abuse, homeland security, American foreign policy with China and Latin America and education. Her series of reports "Living Dangerously" illustrated the risks and precautions for the nearly 30 percent of America's population living in the path of an Atlantic-coast hurricane. In “Deadly Hospitals,” she examined how hospitals spread dangerous infections and what patients can do to protect themselves.
Previously, Romans was the anchor of CNNfn's Street Sweep, broadcasting from the New York Stock Exchange. Romans tracked the market's boom through the late 1990s to the economy's swoon from the Sept. 11 attacks. She has investigated the collapse of Enron, WorldCom and numerous other corporate scams and has reported on corruption from the point of view of the investor. In more than 25 segments for Lou Dobbs Tonight, she exposed misdealings in the mutual fund industry.
Her "Exporting America" reporting led Lou Dobbs Tonight to an Emmy for outstanding coverage of a business story. The National Foundation for Women Legislators recently honored her with its media excellence award for business reporting. Romans has reported extensively on CEO compensation, conflicts of interest in company boards, upheaval at the New York Stock Exchange and the war on terrorism's effect on markets. She is known for deconstructing complex stories, with the goal of explaining what they mean for the viewer.
Romans joined CNN Business News in 1999, spending several years reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. There, she interviewed everyone from Jon Bon Jovi to Sen. John McCain to New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani. From Street Sweep's perch above the trading floor, she has queried hundreds of on-air guests about how investors can protect and grow their nest eggs. Prior to joining CNN, she reported for Reuters and Knight-Ridder Financial News in the futures trading pits of Chicago.
Romans is a graduate of Iowa State University.
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