Frank Bruni, a 1986 graduate of UNC, former Morehead Scholar and New York Times Magazine staff writer, will be speaking about his “An Extraordinary Journalistic Adventure” at 4 p.m. today.
He has written three books, including his memoir, “Born Round.”
Bruni has covered topics ranging from presidential races to the Vatican.
He will also speak at “The Mind-Body Solution: Women’s Mental Health and Wellness Conference” on Saturday at noon about his fight against eating disorders.
DTH: How did you get from Chapel Hill to where you are today?
Frank Bruni: Well, I had a fairly unremarkable, normal past. I decided at Chapel Hill that I’d like to try my hand at journalism.
I started with smaller jobs and traded them for bigger jobs. After I left Chapel Hill, I took a year off. During that year I did a lot of freelance work and traveling. Then I went to graduate school at Columbia University.
Then I kept trading jobs.
I started out at the New York Post. I worked there for a year and a half, then I went to the Detroit Free Press, where I worked for 5 years and did a more variety of things. I covered the first Persian Gulf War for them.