I’m Kristina, a freelance reporter who writes regularly for the New York Times about business and the military. My stories have also appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Newsweek, Wired, Businessweek, Foreign Policy, Pacific Standard, AP, FoxNews.com and the New York Post. I’m also a U.S. Army veteran.
CAN SONGWRITING HELP SOLDIERS?
NYT
For the New York Times, I profiled an innovative new songwriting retreat started by Texas musicians to help soldiers and veterans readjust to life back home. They work one-on-one with each soldier to write a song about their time at war or at home. The results, which can be listened to online, were more than impressive for a long weekend.
NYT
Singer-songwriters Radney Foster, Jay Clementi and Darden Smith, who have written for the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith and Luke Bryan, lead the retreat.
HOW DO YOU SELL ROTC AT THE END OF A WAR?
For as long as Texas has existed, kids interested in the military were told to go to A&M. The charismatic leader of UT’s Army ROTC program, Lt. Col. Kopser, wants to change UT’s image as a protest-heavy school. But can he do it at the tail end of the war in Afghanistan?
courtesy of The Alcalde
I head back to my alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, to check out its Army ROTC program and its new leader for the school’s alumni magazine.
CAN SONGWRITING HELP SOLDIERS?
NYT
For the New York Times, I profiled an innovative new songwriting retreat started by Texas musicians to help soldiers and veterans readjust to life back home. They work one-on-one with each soldier to write a song about their time at war or at home. The results, which can be listened to online, were more than impressive for a long weekend.
NYT
Singer-songwriters Radney Foster, Jay Clementi and Darden Smith, who have written for the Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith and Luke Bryan, lead the retreat.
HOW DO YOU SELL ROTC AT THE END OF A WAR?
For as long as Texas has existed, kids interested in the military were told to go to A&M. The charismatic leader of UT’s Army ROTC program, Lt. Col. Kopser, wants to change UT’s image as a protest-heavy school. But can he do it at the tail end of the war in Afghanistan?
courtesy of The Alcalde
I head back to my alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, to check out its Army ROTC program and its new leader for the school’s alumni magazine.
I’m Kristina, a freelance military reporter who writes regularly for the New York Times about business and the military. My stories have also appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Newsweek, Wired, Businessweek, Foreign Policy, Pacific Standard, AP, FoxNews.com and the New York Post. I’m also a U.S. Army veteran.
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