Frank Bruni
Journalist and author
Frank Bruni is an American journalist who has written for The New York Times since 1995. He wrote Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, about the college admissions frenzy.
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American Born 1964 in White Plains, United States
About Frank Bruni
His career at The New York Times began in 1995. He has held a range of assignments there, including Rome bureau chief and chief restaurant critic, and he became an op-ed columnist in June 2011. He has written five books. They include Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, which looks at the frenzy around college admissions, and Born Round, a memoir about food in his family and his own struggles with overeating. He also wrote Ambling Into History, about George W. Bush. In 2021 Bruni joined the faculty of Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy as a professor of the practice, teaching in journalism and public policy. He still writes a newsletter for the Times. In November 2024 Governor Roy Cooper presented him with the North Carolina Award, the top honor the state gives to a civilian.