Robert Bruce Atwood (March 31, 1907 – January 10, 1997) was an American journalist who served as the long-time editor and publisher of the Anchorage Times.

His pro-statehood lobbying efforts included visits to Washington, D.C., and a steady stream of articles in his newspaper, such as a 1955 editorial where he argued that whereas commonwealth status was "wonderful" for Puerto Rico, "it wouldn't give Alaskans self-government, control of resources, tax exemptions or any of a number of benefits claimed by its supporters here."

In 1954, Atwood partnered with his brother-in-law Elmer E. Rasmuson to invest in the lease of potential oil fields on the Kenai Peninsula.

Atwood's Anchorage Daily Times celebrated with a headline in six-inch type: “WE’RE IN.”, which became a defining finish to the fight for Alaskan statehood.

On January 3, 1959, Atwood was present (along with Senators Bob Bartlett and Ernest Gruening, Representative Ralph Julian Rivers and Territorial Governors Waino Hendrickson and Mike Stepovich) in the Cabinet Room when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation that made Alaska the 49th state admitted into the United States.