Kristen's narrative long-form features have covered a town in Cape Cod where many were convinced a wind turbine was making them sick (New York magazine, print), a community of disabled people thriving in the virtual world (Wired), a pastor throwing his all into building an online church (Wired), an indigenous community in Panama using GPS to defend their forest (Al Jazeera), a battle between haole hippies and Hawaiian natives over geothermal energy in Hawaii (Al Jazeera), a woman coming to terms with her identity after a face transplant (Nautilus), and the potentially violent origins of bog bodies (Nautilus).
Her news coverage has covered a wide range of science subjects, from a protest in New York City over a Romanian gold mine to heated battles over operating room attire.
Her news coverage has covered a wide range of science subjects, from a protest in New York City over a Romanian gold mine to heated battles over operating room attire.
SELECTED WORK
Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick? Or Crazy?
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick.
Almost as upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick.
Almost as upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)
First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.
Wired
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.
Wired
Pastor D.J. Soto is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church
D.J. Soto believes Christianity can be renewed through worship in virtual space.
His VR mega-church is even attracting atheists.
Wired
D.J. Soto believes Christianity can be renewed through worship in virtual space.
His VR mega-church is even attracting atheists.
Wired
New Weapons in Old Fight to Save Forests
The Wounaan people of Panama are taking up drones and GPS to protect forest on
their tribal lands from marauding loggers. Their chief was already killed in the fight.
Al Jazeera
The Wounaan people of Panama are taking up drones and GPS to protect forest on
their tribal lands from marauding loggers. Their chief was already killed in the fight.
Al Jazeera
Paradise Lost
Supercolonies of tiny fire ants are threatening the farms and beaches of Hawaii.
The ants are just one of many invasive species plaguing the islands.
Al Jazeera
Supercolonies of tiny fire ants are threatening the farms and beaches of Hawaii.
The ants are just one of many invasive species plaguing the islands.
Al Jazeera
The Curious Case of the Bog Bodies
Why do so many perfectly preserved corpses found in Europe's peat bogs
show signs of violent death?
Nautilus
Why do so many perfectly preserved corpses found in Europe's peat bogs
show signs of violent death?
Nautilus
