Currently, he is the editor of Xconomy San Diego, a Boston-based business news startup focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and the startup business ventures that make up the 'exponential' economy. Bruce joined Xconomy from the San Diego Union-Tribune, where he worked 18 years covering business, technology, science and other subjects in the San Diego region. Bruce shared in the San Diego Union Tribune's 2006 Pulitzer Prize in national reporting (Rep. Duke Cunningham bribery scandal) and national journalism awards for stories about defense contractor Titan Corporation in Iraq (2006), profile of securities class-action lawyer Bill Lerach (2000) and chronicle of a San Diego startup company, the Rokenbok Toy Company (1998).