Kristin is an experienced journalist, documentarian, story editor, audio producer and newsroom leader. After several years with The Boston Globe, she's back in Canada with CBC News Podcasts. Previously, as Head of Audio at The Boston Globe, she worked with producers, editors and reporters to capture the paper's award-winning journalism for audio audiences and helped to launch the Spotlight podcast feed. She's the co-writer and producer of Spotlight: Snitch City and Murder in Boston. 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 to water shortages in the Middle East. Her work has been recognized by the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Awards, the Scripps Howard Awards, the du-Pont Columbia Awards, the Society for Features Journalism, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Canadian Journalism Foundation, the National Edward R. Murrow Awards, the Third Coast International Audio Festival, RTDNA Canada, the New York Festivals Radio Awards and the Gracie Awards. Before the CBC, her freelance work from South Africa appeared in The Toronto Star and she earned degrees in international development, political science and journalism.