Video Producer.

Journalist.

Photographer.

About Me

Kristen is a multi-media journalist with extensive experience in all aspects of digital video development and production, including interviewing, shooting, field production, sourcing, editing, hiring and team development, product purchasing and budgeting, content acquisition, distribution, and social media. With 13+ years of experience as a producer and editor based in New York and New Orleans, Kristen has comprehensively covered a wide array of topics, including luxury and consumer travel, business and financial media, local and international news, and arts and culture.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Kristen received a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Emerson College in 2005 before joining New York 1 News as a producer. After also working as a segment producer at Bloomberg Television, Kristen left TV to focus her attention on web production and online video in 2012. She has since produced hundreds of videos in the arts, culture, and travel spaces and developed and managed teams at online outlets, large and small.

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A highlight of any Alaskan cruise through the Inside Passage is bound to be Glacier Bay National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Is getting up close to towering glaciers on your bucket list? Check out our video to see the natural wonders.

ShermansCruise: How to See Glaciers in Alaska

There's no denying it: Cuba is the hottest new cruise destination in years. The new Fathom Adonia was the first U.S. cruise ship to dock in Havana in more than 40 years when it pulled into port in May 2016, and we set sail just a few weeks later.

shermanscruise: Hello from Cuba, the Hot New Cruise Destination

AmaWaterways AmaPura is one of a dozen ships that carry passengers along the 1,348-mile Irrawaddy. With 10- and 14-day itineraries, guests travel from the populous Yangon in the south to Mandalay in the country's center (or the reverse).

ShermansCruise: Myanmar, Our New Favorite Itinerary

Ursula von Rydingsvard openly champions the "soft, sensuous" qualities of cedar wood --a material she uses almost exclusively in her practice -- as well as her team's unique use of the circular saw.

artinfo: Cedar and the Saw with Ursula von Rydingsvard

José Parlá's "In Medias Res," which opened September 12, features new paintings, sculpture and another large-scale mural installation. Parlá says the exhibition-its title drawing from a film and writing technique-chronicles his life.