Kristin Nelson is Head of Audio at the Boston Globe, working with producers, editors and reporters to capture the Globe's award-winning journalism for audio audiences. She is an experienced journalist, documentarian, story editor and audio producer. Between 2007 and 2022 she worked with national CBC Radio programs, including The Current, As It Happens, The House, Ideas and The Doc Project. Kristin has covered everything from Canadian federal elections and the aftermath of tornadoes around Ottawa to water shortages in the Middle East and Barack Obama's election night in Chicago. In 2019, Kristin worked with reporter Julie Ireton to produce, co-write and sound designThe Band Played On, an award-winning investigative podcast. Her work has been recognized by the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Awards, The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, New York Festivals Radio Awards, the Gracie Awards, the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Third Coast International Audio Festival and RTDNA. Before CBC, her freelance work appeared in The Toronto Star and This Magazine and she earned degrees in international development, political science and journalism.