“Writing is exploration; you start from nothing and learn as you go.” — E.L. Doctorow
During the second grade, UK-based, American journalist Adrian Brune took her first step towards a life in journalism by tying a string around her Kodak Instant camera, sticking a notebook in her back pocket and cruising the streets of Tulsa, OK in the backseat of her mother’s 1982 Buick Skylark, looking for the latest sensation to hit the bedroom community. Since then, Brune has never glanced back...
Brune has reported and written hundreds of freelance newspaper, magazine and website articles – from pitch to print – for publications, such as Foreign Affairs, Air Mail, the New Yorker, The Guardian and OZY.com on variety of topics, including global affairs, social justice, the United Nations, human rights and culture. She has authored magazine cover stories for the Chicago Tribune Magazine, the Boston Globe Magazine and The Nation. In 2007, Brune took on a day job at the United Nations, first as a press officer, where she covered high-level meetings and produced press releases and articles for the 2007, 2013 and 2015 General Assemblies. In 2014 and 2016 she worked as associate editor for the UN Yearbook, for which she produced the 2011 and 2012 chapters on the Middle East and the 2012 chapter on Social Development. As a former content specialist for UNICEF, Brune has written and produced communications material in all forms – from blogs to website copy to speeches to 15-page brochures to 50-page reports.
Brune began her professional journalism career as a staff writer at the Washington Blade – a respected LGBT newspaper in Washington, D.C. – followed by a stint at as the education reporter for Annapolis Capital in Annapolis, Maryland, followed by a position at American Lawyer magazine. In these positions, Brune broke national stories to the New York Times and the Washington Post. Brune holds a BS in Journalism from Northwestern University and a MS in Journalism from Columbia University. She is set to receive a MA in Global Diplomacy from SOAS, the University of London in 2022. Brune is an active member of PEN America, Society of Professional Journalists and Newswomen’s Club of New York, where she serves as the deputy communications chair. She is a former board member of Kings County Tennis League, an organization that helps disadvantaged children in Brooklyn through tennis.
The classic red postal box and phone booth near Notting Hill, London.
LETTER FROM LONDON
In addition to authoring stories from pitch to print, such as the New Yorker, The Guardian (UK), the New York Times, the Boston Globe Magazine and American Lawyer, Brune writes a regular column on being an American expat in London.
The Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Lagos, Nigeria.
The BAseLine Report
Besides working as a freelance journalist, Brune has a deep interest in tennis. To that end, she created the Baseline Report, from the courts, the clubs, the players, fans and the people who make it happen.