Bio

What's that, Mr. Walrus?

Matthew Brunwasser is an independent journalist living and working in Istanbul since July 2009.

His work appears regularly in the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times and on The World, a British Broadcasting Corporation / Public Radio International co-production airing on US public radio stations nationwide.

Previously based in the Balkans, he has covered the region for more than ten years. He has filed stories from 20 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the former USSR for over 40 print, radio and television outlets.

A native of San Francisco, Matthew Brunwasser has a Bachelor of Arts in history from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and a Master of Journalism from the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism where he specialized in documentary film production.