Stone Phillips

Stone Phillips: Biography in Details

Who is Stone Phillips?

Stone Phillips is an American television reporter and correspondent who is active since 1986. He rose to fame as the co-anchor of Dateline NBC from 1992 to 2006.

Stone Phillips: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

The son of Victor and Grace Phillips, Stone Phillips was born in  Texas City, Texas, and raised in Missouri. He was born on 2 December 1954 and named Stone Stockton Phillips.

Phillips was born to parents who worked as Monsanto chemical engineers and school teachers. He is of Scottish ethnicity and has an American nationality.

In which university did Stone Phillips attend?

Phillips studied at Parkway West High School in Ballwin, Missouri, and graduated from Yale University earning a bachelor’s degree in philosophy.

He won the Ivy League football championship while he was in the University.

Stone Phillips: Professional Life and Career

Talking about the career journey of Stone Phillips, he is active as a reporter and correspondent since 1986 and he is still active in it.

After his graduation, he moved to  Atlanta, Georgia where he worked as a remedial reading and math teacher at the Fulton County Juvenile Detention Center.

Then he started working at WXIA-TV, the local NBC affiliate. ABC News hired him as an assignment editor for its Washington, D.C., news bureau.

Stone Phillips worked for about 12 years on ABC News then joined  NBC News to serve as co-anchor with Jane Pauley on Dateline NBC. Additionally, he also hosted Weekend Magazine with Stone Phillips on NBC News.

He was honored with Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview. He also served as the anchor on NBC Nightly News and Today.

Phillips’s co-anchoring Dateline NBC ended on 2 July 2007 when NBC did not renew his $7 million contract. In 2012, Phillips contributed to the PBS NewsHour report and reported on golf course water usage for The Golf Channel in 2013.

He started producing and hosting  Moving with Grace, a documentary airing on PBS stations in May 2013.

Stone Phillips: Salary and Net Worth 

His success in the career path has paid him well financially. He has a net worth of  $15 million as of 2022, but his salary is not revealed yet.

Stone Phillips: Rumors and Controversy

Taking about his rumors and controversy, Stone Phillips suffered controversy when he left NBC News.

How tall is Stone Phillips?

Stone Phillips has a good height of 6 Feet 2½ Inches (1.89 m).

He has light brown hair color and his eye color is brown. There is no information about his shoe size.

Social Media Profile

Stone Phillips is active on Twitter and Facebook.

He has more than 1,427 Followers on Twitter and more than 1,375 followers on Facebook.

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