Anderson Cooper is both an author and journalist whose claim to fame is the show Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN. While he may be unknown to some, he is an excellent news anchor who has appeared live on the scene for several groundbreaking news events including the recent oil spill in the Gulf. Over time, I have come to appreciate his honesty and sincere compassion for the stories he reports on. When I hear a story by Anderson Cooper, I can rest assured I am getting information that is both accurate and truthful.

With the great Vanderbilt name in his bloodline, Anderson Cooper was lucky enough to have a prominent education, graduating from Yale in 1989 after studying International Relations and Political Science. His interest in journalism began shortly after his brother committed suicide in 1988. Cooper later cited this loss as a theme that would rope him his career as a journalist, as it quickly manifested into a genuine interest in learning why some people thrived in times of distress and others did not.

Working his way up from fact checking at a youth news program to having his own show on CNN, Cooper has risen through the ranks not with ease, but with a down-to-earth ability to connect with people on basic, human terms. Unlike other reporters, Cooper is interested in discovering the truth rather than spinning it in different directions. He has been all over the world, and has always been right at ground zero with the people when major events happened in Iraq and during Hurricane Katrina. Above all, he is an amazing humanitarian who provides the news in a very real, objective way, and not his opinion, which is what we as a captive audience deserve!