Michael Brunker

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael Brunker is the projects team editor for MSNBC.com. He has interviewed hundreds of political and technological personalities including George W. Bush and Bill Gates, as well as lesser known personalities such as campaign managers and hackers. He started with MSNBC.com as one of its first employees, in August 1996.

Before leading MSNBC's team of investigative journalists (March 2006), Michael was MSNBC's West Coast news editor. He specialized in Internet stories and coverage, producing MSNBC's popular "Internet Underground" series, focusing on online crime, which included interviews with wanted hackers.

Along with Robert J. Sullivan, Jr., he received the 2002 Sigma Delta Chi national public service award for his series on internet auctions.