title: Lou Cannon
text: # Lou Cannon
  
  Louis Cannon (born 1933) is an American journalist, non-fiction author, and biographer who was state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the late 1960s, and later senior White House correspondent of The Washington Post during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. He is a prolific biographer of Ronald Reagan, having written five books about him. Cannon is currently a columnist and editorial advisor to State Net Capitol Journal, a weekly publication focused on state legislation and politics. He is the father of Carl M. Cannon.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Ronnie and Jesse: A Political Odyssey (New York: Doubleday, 1969) LCCN 78-87099
  * The McCloskey Challenge (1972)
  * Reporting: An Inside View (1977)
  * Reagan (1982)
  * President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (1991)
  * Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1998)
  * Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio: History as Told through the Collection of the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum (2001)
  * Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (2003)
  