Kristi Eaton

kristi.eaton@gmail.com
KristiEaton.com
Twitter & Instagram: @kristieaton (verified Twitter account)
Skype: KristiEaton
+1 918.219.2384

EXPERIENCE
Freelance Journalist
Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Iceland, Ethiopia, Zambia, USA | 2014 to present
 I focus on travel, health, women’s issues, social justice and breaking news
 I pitch, report and write stories for clients including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The
Washington Post, NBC News, Al Jazeera America, Ms. Magazine, Travel Weekly, BuzzFeed, AARP and
other international and national media outlets
 I am currently a Tulsa Artist Fellow examining women in the criminal justice system in Oklahoma and refugees
in Oklahoma
 I have reported from Mexico, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Iceland , Ethiopia and
Zambia

Communications Consultant
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 2015 to present
 I create content strategy, blog posts, press releases, interviews, stories, social media posts and more

Communications Officer/United Nations Volunteer | UNICEF Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia | 2016
 I planned, developed, created and edited content for annual report
 I interviewed, researched and created human-interest stories about UNICEF programs
 I planned, developed, created and edited content for monthly newsletters using MailChimp

Author & Blogger | The History Press

Oklahoma, USA | 2013 to 2015
 I pitched, reported, wrote and took pictures for book about the people, places and events that shaped
Oklahoma’s Main Streets. The History Press released “The Main Streets of Oklahoma: Okie Stories from
Every County” in fall 2014.
 I photographed and documented Main Streets throughout the United States at
mainstreetamericaphotos.tumblr.com

Reporter, Photographer & Breaking News Supervisor | The Associated Press

Oklahoma City & Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA | 2011 to 2014
 I covered Native America, rural America, breaking news, politics and anything quirky and offbeat
 My images were published in media outlets around the world, including BuzzFeed, Australian Associated Press
and the Los Angeles Times
 I edited copy from reporters and posted to AP wire
  I educated and engaged through regular posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

AWARDS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 Tulsa Artist Fellowship Special Project Grant to report from Iceland on gender equality in 2019
 Writing fellowship with the Fistula Foundation in Zambia in 2018
 Recipient of 2018-2021 Tulsa Artist Fellowship examining women in the criminal justice system in Oklahoma
 Recipient of 2017 International Reporting Project fellowship grant to report on women’s rights issues from India
 Associated Press: Best of States, Beat of the Week honorable mentions, Breaking News Staffer of the Month
 Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, multiple awards in magazine and newspaper writing
 Great Plains Journalism Awards, multiple awards in magazine writing
 Parenting Publications of America, Gold award in feature writing for my first-person account of childhood battle
with anorexia
 Arizona State University: Dean’s List, Charles Stauffer Memorial Scholarship, Sun Devil Academic Scholarship,
Arizona Press Club Scholarship

SKILLS
 AP style; copy editing; editing audio; LexisNexis; social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr,
WordPress); Photoshop and InDesign; Microsoft Office and Outlook; MailChimp; Zoom; Slack

EDUCATION
 Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Mass Communication, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass
Communication at Arizona State University, May 2008
 Photography and Italian language courses, American Institute for Foreign Study in Rome, Italy, Spring 2008

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
 Tulsa Artist Fellowship Reporting trip to Iceland and Ethiopia, 2019
 Writing fellowship with the Fistula Foundation in Zambia, 2018
 Month-long reporting project in India through the International Reporting Project, 2017
 UNICEF Communication Officer/United Nations Volunteer in Indonesia, 2016
 Spanish study in Guatemala, 2015
 Volunteer communications & fundraising officer at the Cambodian Women’s Development Agency in
Cambodia, 2015
 Freelance travel and news writing in Thailand, Myanmar, Guatemala, Portugal, Greece, Antigua, 2009 to
present
 Living and working on Saipan with frequent travel to Asia and throughout the Pacific Rim, 2008 to 2009
 Study abroad in Italy and travel throughout Western Europe, 2008
 Semester reporting class with frequent trips to Mexico, 2007