Duane Bourne

Staff writer

Office phone: 757-222-5150

Duane Bourne covers public safety in Virginia Beach, which includes police, fire, emergency medical services and the city jail. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Duane had been a journalist since he graduated from Stony Brook University in 2001 with a bachelors degree in political science. In his first job, he worked as a junior reporter and news desk assistant at WOR Radio 710 AM in New York City. Bourne has worked as a reporter covering crime and the courts at the Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times and St. Petersburg Times. He was hired at The Virginian-Pilot in August 2005.

Bourne is single and lives in Green Run.