Jason Anthony
Executive Director of Science and Health Content, Proto magazine
Kristen is an extraordinary reporter—diligent, hard working and scrupulous with the facts. What really sets her apart is her rare gift of being able to find the white space on interesting topics. You can ask her to take a second look at trending topics, and she'll find a fascinating dimension that has not yet been explored, and spin a tale full of interesting surprises. As an editor, it's rare to find a freelance journalist who is both incredibly talented and easy to work with, but Kristen checks both of those boxes. So happy with all of the pieces she's written for Proto magazine, and hope she'll continue to let us showcase her work in the years ahead.
Sarah Fecht
Content Manager at The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Editor at State of the Planet
Kristen is an exceptional writer and reporter who makes my job as an editor easy! Over the years that we've worked together, I have learned that I can give her assignments that deal with difficult and dense topics, and that she'll find a way to make the story come alive. Even a normally plodding, institutional type of story becomes vivid in her hands. Kristen is a pleasure to work with, too — always turns in clean and accurate copy, on time, and matching the agreed upon length. I cannot recommend her highly enough!
Ben Orlove
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Editor in Chief of Glacierhub, State of the Planet
Kristen is a superb journalist who sees stories through at each stage of the process. She has an excellent nose for good stories, uncovering leads in a great variety of places. Her interviewing and research skills lead her to assemble rich materials, which she composes into fluent, well-crafted pieces, ranging across arts, culture, politics and science. Her depth of understanding of climate change science and policy deepened these pieces significantly. Her skills as an editor are impressive as well: she worked with a group of student writers—of varying background, experience and initial skill level—and shaped them into an effective, smoothly working team that produced high-quality work.
Julia Rende
Director, Writing and Language at The College Board
Kristen has been a major asset to my team at College Board. Tasked with crafting short pieces of nonfiction for a student audience, Kristen was always able to hone in on the most interesting facet of any topic and write about it in an engaging and accessible way. In her collaborations with the team, Kristen thoughtfully considered and incorporated feedback at every stage of the passage development process. Most impressive to me was her ability to write about diverse subject matter (from literature to visual art to history) and in different textual modes, all with equal facility. Kristen has my sincere recommendation.
Nicole Litchfield
CEO of Bioscribe, Inc. - Life Sciences Communications Agency
Producing top-quality and creative science writing that also meets corporate marketing objectives is a unique skill that can be hard to find in one person. Not only is Kristen a terrific science journalist, but she is able to use that skill to make her commercial promotional content more interesting and compelling. I look forward to finding more ways to use her unique skillset in the future in our work developing communications programs for our clients with cutting-edge life science products and highly recommend her for science writing in general.
Executive Director of Science and Health Content, Proto magazine
Kristen is an extraordinary reporter—diligent, hard working and scrupulous with the facts. What really sets her apart is her rare gift of being able to find the white space on interesting topics. You can ask her to take a second look at trending topics, and she'll find a fascinating dimension that has not yet been explored, and spin a tale full of interesting surprises. As an editor, it's rare to find a freelance journalist who is both incredibly talented and easy to work with, but Kristen checks both of those boxes. So happy with all of the pieces she's written for Proto magazine, and hope she'll continue to let us showcase her work in the years ahead.
Sarah Fecht
Content Manager at The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Editor at State of the Planet
Kristen is an exceptional writer and reporter who makes my job as an editor easy! Over the years that we've worked together, I have learned that I can give her assignments that deal with difficult and dense topics, and that she'll find a way to make the story come alive. Even a normally plodding, institutional type of story becomes vivid in her hands. Kristen is a pleasure to work with, too — always turns in clean and accurate copy, on time, and matching the agreed upon length. I cannot recommend her highly enough!
Ben Orlove
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Editor in Chief of Glacierhub, State of the Planet
Kristen is a superb journalist who sees stories through at each stage of the process. She has an excellent nose for good stories, uncovering leads in a great variety of places. Her interviewing and research skills lead her to assemble rich materials, which she composes into fluent, well-crafted pieces, ranging across arts, culture, politics and science. Her depth of understanding of climate change science and policy deepened these pieces significantly. Her skills as an editor are impressive as well: she worked with a group of student writers—of varying background, experience and initial skill level—and shaped them into an effective, smoothly working team that produced high-quality work.
Julia Rende
Director, Writing and Language at The College Board
Kristen has been a major asset to my team at College Board. Tasked with crafting short pieces of nonfiction for a student audience, Kristen was always able to hone in on the most interesting facet of any topic and write about it in an engaging and accessible way. In her collaborations with the team, Kristen thoughtfully considered and incorporated feedback at every stage of the passage development process. Most impressive to me was her ability to write about diverse subject matter (from literature to visual art to history) and in different textual modes, all with equal facility. Kristen has my sincere recommendation.
Nicole Litchfield
CEO of Bioscribe, Inc. - Life Sciences Communications Agency
Producing top-quality and creative science writing that also meets corporate marketing objectives is a unique skill that can be hard to find in one person. Not only is Kristen a terrific science journalist, but she is able to use that skill to make her commercial promotional content more interesting and compelling. I look forward to finding more ways to use her unique skillset in the future in our work developing communications programs for our clients with cutting-edge life science products and highly recommend her for science writing in general.
