Bernard Weinraub

Bernard Weinraub (born December 19, 1937) is an American journalist and playwright.

Early life and education Weinraub was born in 1937 in New York City. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. For most of his career he worked as a foreign correspondent with The New York Times including home bases in Saigon, London, Nairobi and New Delhi. He started as a copyboy in his twenties, eventually being assigned as a foreign correspondent in Saigon, London, Belfast, Nairobi, New Delhi, then Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

Theatre The Accomplices As a playwright, he published his first play, The Accomplices, in 2007.

In the Times, which was negatively mentioned in the play,

Above the Fold His second play, out in 2014, was Above the Fold. Based on the Duke lacrosse case, it shows the struggles of an African American journalist who realizes the scandal is phony while covering it. It premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. It was directed by Steven Robman and the lead actress was Taraji P. Henson.

Personal life He has been married twice. He has two children, a son and a daughter, from his first marriage to Judith Weinraub. He met Amy Pascal, a film industry executive, at The Peninsula Beverly Hills in 1996; they were married in 1997, and have a son. They reside in Brentwood, a Western suburb of Los Angeles, California.