Award-winning news correspondent John Stossel was named co-anchor of ABCNEWS' 20/20 in May 2003. He joined the highly acclaimed newsmagazine in 1981 and began doing one-hour primetime specials in 1994.

In addition to longer in-depth reports for 20/20 on subjects ranging from addiction to parenting issues in his "Family Fix" segments, Stossel is featured in a weekly segment entitled "Give Me a Break." These short commentaries take a skeptical look at a wide array of issues, from pop culture controversies to censorship and government regulations. Stossel's specials tackle issues that face Americans today. They consistently rate among the top news programs and have earned him uncommon praise: "The most consistently thought-provoking TV reporter of our time" said the Dallas Morning News, while the Orlando Sentinel said he "has the gift for entertaining while saying something profound."

In his most recent special, Stossel questioned whether addiction is a disease or if people have a choice. He looked at overweight people, drug users, smokers, and gamblers, among others, as well as treatment options. In another recent special, Family Fix: Help! I've Got Kids, Stossel explored what to do with kids who disobey, parental favoritism and different ways boys and girls communicate.

Stossel traveled the world to compare American life with life elsewhere and ask: Is America Number 1? In You Can't Say That!, he looked at the battle between free speech and censorship. He looked at the mechanics of mating in Love, Lust, and Marriage, and at the science of happiness in The Mystery of Happiness. He examined bogus lawsuits in The Trouble With Lawyers, and bogus scientific claims in Junk Science: What You Know That May Not Be So.

Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards. He has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Among his other awards are the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.