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Frank Anthony Bruni
Born (1964-10-31) October 31, 1964 (age 59)
Occupation(s)Journalist, New York Times Chief Restaurant Critic
Notable creditThe New York Times

Frank Anthony Bruni (born on October 31, 1964 in White Plains, New York) was the Chief Restaurant Critic of the New York Times, a position he had held since April 2004. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 with a B.A. in English. He was a Morehead Scholar and on the staff of the student paper, The Daily Tar Heel.[1] Bruni graduated second in his class with an M.S. degree in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. At Columbia he also won a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship.

Immediately prior to becoming the Chief Restaurant Critic for The Times, Frank Bruni was the Rome bureau chief (July 2002 - March 2004) and a reporter in the Washington D.C. bureau (December 1998 – May 2002). While in D.C., Bruni was assigned to cover Capitol Hill, Congress, Governor George W. Bush’s presidential campaign, and the White House. Before this (1990-1995), Bruni worked for The Detroit Free Press in an assortment of positions including covering the Persian Gulf War. In 1995, Bruni joined The New York Times as a metropolitan reporter and often wrote for Sunday magazine and for Sunday Arts.

Bruni wrote in Men's Vogue of his search for a workout to combat the calories he consumes as a food writer,[2] and in the April 2008 issue he wrote about his addiction to sleeping pills.[3] Bruni will move over to Times Magazine from The New York Times in August 2009, which is also when his book, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater is scheduled to be released. [4]

Personal

Bruni is openly gay.[5] He has struggled with his eating and bulimia.[6]

References

  1. ^ Bruni, Frank (2009-07-19). "I Was a Baby Bulimic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  2. ^ "Restaurant critic Frank Bruni builds an exercise routine that burns fat away". mensvogue.com. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  3. ^ "Everybody seems to be on sleeping pills. Aren't you?". mensvogue.com. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  4. ^ "The Times They Are A-Changin'". Zagat.com. May 14, 2009.
  5. ^ "Our Boys on the Bus". Out.com. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  6. ^ Bruni, Frank. "I Was a Baby Bulimic". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

Bibliography

  • Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, 2009
  • Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush, 2002
  • A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church, 1993 with Elinor Burkett