Frank Bruni is a journalist and author who has reported on national politics, food, and religion. He is currently an op-ed columnist for The New York Times.Previously, Bruni was a metropolitan reporter, then a Washington reporter, and then chief restaurant critic for the NYT. Before that, Bruni wrote for the New York Post, then the Detroit Free Press.Bruni has written and co-written five books, including "Ambling Into History," published in 2002, "Born Round," published in 2009, and "Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be," published in 2015. He is a CNN contributor. His freelance work has appeared in several magazines, including Conde Nast Traveler.Bruni received a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he wrote for the student paper. He received his M.Sc. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.