19 Facts About Phil Bronstein

Phil Bronstein serves as executive chair of the board for the Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, California.

Phil Bronstein is best known for his work as a war correspondent and investigative journalist.

Phil Bronstein was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 4,1950.

Phil Bronstein attended but did not graduate from the University of California, Davis.

Phil Bronstein 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.

In 1991, Phil Bronstein was promoted to the executive editor position at the Examiner.

Phil Bronstein became senior vice president and executive editor of the Chronicle in November 2000.

Phil Bronstein was editor after the merger, which occurred at the same time as a general decline in the newspaper industry, making the job even more difficult.

Phil 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.

Phil Bronstein left Hearst Newspapers and the Chronicle in March 2012.

Phil Bronstein had been named chairman of the board for the Center for Investigative Reporting in 2011.

At first, Stone and Phil Bronstein shared joint custody of their adopted son, Roan.

In 2001, Phil Bronstein was attacked by a Komodo dragon at the Los Angeles Zoo.

Phil Bronstein was on a private tour, and a keeper had invited him into the enclosure.

Phil Bronstein was bitten on his bare foot, as the keeper had told him to take off his white shoes and socks, which the keeper stated could excite the Komodo dragon as they were the same color as the white rats the zoo fed the dragon.

In 2006, Phil Bronstein married Christine Borders, the daughter of Borders Book Store co-founder Louis Borders.

Phil Bronstein is the founder of "A Band of Wives," a social network for women.

Phil Bronstein sold his San Francisco sea cliff home in 2022.

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.