Stone Stockton Phillips was born on December 2,1954 and is an American television reporter and correspondent.
15 Facts About Stone Phillips
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Stone Phillips is best known as the former co-anchor of Dateline NBC, a news magazine TV series.
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Stone Phillips has worked as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today and as a substitute moderator on Meet the Press.
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Stone Phillips was born December 2,1954, in Texas City, Texas, to parents Victor and Grace Phillips, a Monsanto chemical engineer and school teacher, respectively.
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Stone Phillips attended Parkway West High School in Ballwin, Missouri, where he was an honor student and starting quarterback on the football team.
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Stone Phillips matriculated at Yale University where he continued to excel in academics and in athletics.
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Stone Phillips graduated with honors from Yale in 1977, earning a Bachelor of Philosophy.
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Stone Phillips was supplementing his pay by moonlighting as a waiter when he landed an entry-level news position at WXIA-TV, the local NBC affiliate.
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In 1980, after less than two years as a reporter, writer, and broadcast producer in Atlanta, Stone Phillips was hired by ABC News as an assignment editor for its Washington, DC, news bureau.
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Stone Phillips ended his twelve-year relationship with ABC in 1992, joining NBC News to serve as co-anchor with Jane Pauley on Dateline NBC.
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Stone Phillips conducted a long list of notable interviews during his time with NBC.
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Stone Phillips co-anchored Dateline NBC from its inception until July 2,2007, when NBC did not renew his $7 million contract.
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On October 17,2005, Stone Phillips was the guest on the premiere episode of The Colbert Report.
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Stone Phillips' delivery was part of the inspiration for comedian Stephen Colbert's persona on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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In May 2013, Stone Phillips produced and hosted Moving with Grace, a documentary airing on PBS stations that chronicled his efforts and those of his siblings to provide care for their aging parents.