Biography
He had served as co-anchor of the program alongside Jane Pauley since the show's premiere in March 1992.
Stone Phillips began his career in news soon after his 1977 graduation from Yale as a newsroom assistant at the ABC affiliate WXIA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, soon moving up to producer for local news programs. In 1979, he moved to Washington, DC, to become an assignment editor at ABC's News Bureau and three years later was convinced to audition …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Due to "cost-cutting" moves, NBC decided not to renew Phillips' contract after it expired in June of 2007 | |
1998 | Signed six-year deal with NBC for a reported $5 million annually | |
1996 | Named as contributing correspondent for MSNBC | |
1992 | Joined Jane Pauley as co-anchor on "Dateline NBC" | |
1986 | Landed his first major on-air role as a correspondent for "20/20" (ABC) | |
| Served as general assignment correspondent for ABC News | ||
1979 | Was assignment editor at ABC News Washington Bureau | |
1977 | Began career as news assistant at WXIA in Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Attended Yale; played football for four years; team won 1976 Ivy League title | ||
| Raised in St Louis, Missouri | ||
| Born in Texas City, Texas | ||