Phil Bronstein
Phil Bronstein | |
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Born | October 4, 1950 (age 73) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Executive Chair, Center for Investigative Reporting |
Known for | Journalism |
Spouse(s) | Sharon Stone (1998–2004; divorced; 1 child) Christine Borders (m. 2006; 2 children) |
Phil Bronstein (born October 4, 1950) is an American journalist and editor. He serves as executive chair of the board for the Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, California.[1] He is best known for his work as a war correspondent and investigative journalist.[2] In 1986, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.[3] Later, he held leadership positions with the San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and Hearst Newspapers Corporation.[4]
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Early life
Bronstein was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 4, 1950.[2] He is the father of Roan Joseph Bronstein.[4]
As a child, Bronstein’s family moved frequently.[2] Much of his youth was spent in Montreal, Canada.[5] Eventually, he settled in California. Bronstein attended but did not graduate from the University of California, Davis.[6] While at Davis, he got his first taste of journalism. He wrote movie reviews for the school paper.[2]
Career
Bronstein’s first professional job was as a reporter for KQED-TV in San Francisco.[2] In 1980, the San Francisco Examiner hired him as a beat reporter.[4] He went on to report from conflict areas around the world as a foreign correspondent for eight years, such as Peru, the Middle East, El Salvador and the Philippines.[7]
In 1991, Bronstein was promoted to the executive editor position at the Examiner.[4][8] He held that position until 2000. When an alligator escaped into a city lake in 1996, Bronstein arrived in scuba gear to assist with the capture, but police turned him away.[5]
Hearst Corporation, the parent company of the Examiner, bought the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000. The Chronicle was the other major daily paper for the San Francisco Bay Area.[7] [9] Hearst already owned the Examiner and chose to merge the two newsrooms.[9] Bronstein became senior vice president and executive editor of the Chronicle in November 2000.[10]
As editor, Bronstein had the difficult task of building trust and consensus between two previously rival news teams. The merger happened at the same time as a general decline in the newspaper industry, making the job even more difficult.[11] Bronstein made staffing changes, created new features, and attempted to bring the Chronicle into the Internet age, all while preserving the Bay Area cultural viewpoint.[11] In the first two years of the merger, staff was reduced from 520 to 485 and there was less content within the daily paper.[11]
In January 2008, Hearst Corporation announced Bronstein as editor-at-large for both the Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers.[10] In his new role, Bronstein wrote a weekly column for the Chronicle.[7] He also wrote blog entries for SFGate.com.[7] At the Chronicle, he was replaced as editor by Arizona Republic editor Ward Bushee.[12]
Bronstein left Hearst Newspapers and the Chronicle in March 2012.[12] He had been named chairman of the board for the Center for Investigative Reporting in 2011.[13] Upon leaving the Chronicle, his role at the Center expanded.[3]
Personal life
The tabloid press has closely followed Bronstein’s personal life. He has been married four times. He married actress Sharon Stone on February 14, 1998.[14] The couple separated in 2003.[15] They completed their divorce on January 29, 2004.[4] At first, Stone and Bronstein shared joint custody of their adopted son, Roan.[16] In 2008, a judge gave Bronstein full custody of their son.[16]
In 2001, Bronstein was attacked by a Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo. He was on a private tour, and a keeper had invited him into the enclosure. The dragon seriously injured Bronstein’s foot.[2]
Bronstein is married to his fourth wife, Christine (Borders) Bronstein. This is the second marriage for Christine (Borders) Bronstein, who founded a social network for women called “A Band of Wives.”[17] The couple have two children.[18][19]
Awards and recognition
In 1986, Bronstein was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos, long-standing dictator of the Philippines.[3][7] Bronstein’s work in the Philippines also earned him awards from the Associated Press, the Overseas Press Club, the World Affairs Council, and the Media Alliance.[7]
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External links
- San Francisco Chronicle
- KQED-TV Website
- Bronstein's Official Hearst Corp. biography page[dead link]
- Transcript: Sharon Stone vs. the Komodo Dragon from Time.com regarding Bronstein's attack by a Komodo Dragon
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with dead external links from July 2015
- Living people
- Writers from San Francisco, California
- American newspaper editors
- San Francisco Chronicle people
- The San Francisco Examiner people
- Animal attack victims
- 1951 births
- American investigative journalists
- University of California, Davis people
- Writers from Atlanta, Georgia
- Writers from Montreal