About Frank Tursi
A 30-year newspaper veteran, Frank Tursi is the founding editor of Coastal Review. He retired in 2016 to write, fish and take his granddaughter to Durham Bulls games. Before joining the federation in 2002, Frank was the senior environmental reporter in North Carolina. His writing has won numerous state and national awards. His fourth book — on baseball in North Carolina — will be published later this year. An avid kayak fisherman. he lives in Swansboro with his wife, Doris, where he is also a retired town commissioner.
