Bob Bernick

Bob Bernick Contributing Editor

Biography

Bob Bernick is a long-time political reporter in Utah. He worked for 33 years for the statewide newspaper Deseret News, the last 25 as political editor. As political editor, Bob wrote a weekly column for the op-ed page and has covered any number of state, local and national races, including attending the party presidential nominating conventions since 1988. 



He has covered the Utah Legislature for more than 30 years. 



Bob left the Deseret News in May 2010 and soon joined UtahPolicy.com as a contributing editor, where he appears once a week with Managing Editor Bryan Schott in the state's longest running video podcast on state and local politics and writes several political stories each week. Bob also writes a weekly Friday column on politics.



Bob was born and raised in Salt Lake County, the son of a newspaper reporter and banker, and earned journalism degree from the University of Utah in 1974.



Bob and and his wife Shelley, a mortgage banker, live in the Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, have two adult daughters and a Welsh terrier named Winnie.

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  • Lane Beattie, president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, stands at the podium during a press conference announcing the U.S. Chamber’s formal endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, who is to the right foreground. U.S. Chamber chief political officer Rob Engstrom stands to Beattie’s right, and said that the national pro-business group is proud to support Matheson once again.
    Lane Beattie, president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, stands at the podium during a press conference announcing the U.S. Chamber’s formal endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, who is to the right foreground. U.S. Chamber chief political officer Rob Engstrom stands to Beattie’s right, and said that the national pro-business group is proud to support Matheson once again.
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  • Lane Beattie, president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, stands at the podium during a press conference announcing the U.S. Chamber’s formal endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, who is to the right foreground. U.S. Chamber chief political officer Rob Engstrom stands to Beattie’s right, and said that the national pro-business group is proud to support Matheson once again.
    Lane Beattie, president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, stands at the podium during a press conference announcing the U.S. Chamber’s formal endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, who is to the right foreground. U.S. Chamber chief political officer Rob Engstrom stands to Beattie’s right, and said that the national pro-business group is proud to support Matheson once again.
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Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Swallow and the Legislature

Editorial: The right decision: Herbert should stick to his guns

Suit: Make EPA force Utah to cut winter pollution

Hatch wants IRS probe to expand, include Freedom Path

Green activists, neighbors blast new West Davis freeway plan

Hatch calls for investigation of Obamacare funding

Thousands of Utahns face Defense Department furloughs

Utah charter schools under new performance scrutiny

Midvale's streetlight project stalls over flawed bid process

Deseret News

Matthew Sanders: Imploding trust in America's institutions

Editorial: Habits die hard

Utah lawmakers look to regulate child access to e-cigarettes

Oil, gas wells to move closer to Duchesne County homes

Health care reform about to 'get real' for Utahns

New poll shows GOP caucus attendees support changes to nomination system

2 county attorneys investigating Swallow, Utah Attorney General's office

West Davis Corridor project unveiled amid criticism

Elder Oaks promotes strengthening the free exercise of religion

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