Richard Lui is a news anchor and correspondent for CNN.  He has covered live breaking stories including the Virginia Tech shooting, the Hezbollah-Isreli conflict, the Mumbai train terrorist bombings and the Enron guilty verdits.

Prior to CNN, Lui worked at Channel NewsAsia, an English-only news network reaching 21 Asian countries and territories.  Based in Asia, Lui anchored major breaking news stories including the 2004 tsunami in Banda Aceh and the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong.  He anchored live election results for Taiwan’s 2004 presidential race.

Lui started as a reporter at KALX-FM in Berkeley.  He received his bachelor’s degree in rhetoric from UCB and an MBA from the University of Michigan.