Kristen Chin

About Kristen Chin

Kristen Chin

Kristen Chin is a graduate journalism student at Boston University, documentary filmmaker, and writer. Having traveled to 25 countries and lived in two, she aspires to work on documentaries and docu-eries about travel, food, and lifestyle. Her work can be seen at www.kristenchinjournalist.com

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How a documentary filmmaker captures “lived experience”

By Kristen Chin• Strictly Q&A• January 20, 2023

By Kristen Chin A self-described “perennial schoolboy” at heart, Omar Mullick is both romantic daydreamer and pragmatic journalist. It’s in the first few moments speaking with him that I can tell why he is a documentary filmmaker. He … Read more

Print beat reporting vs documentary film drama: Pros and cons

By Kristen Chin• Strictly Q&A• October 27, 2022

As the aerospace beat reporter for the Seattle Times, Dominic Gates is one of the world’s most knowledgeable journalists about the business of commercial aviation, and especially about the Boeing Company, long based in Seattle and long the premier … Read more

A podcast focused on diversity practices what it preaches

By Kristen Chin• Story Craft• July 1, 2022

When I asked Saadia Khan whether or not she identifies as a journalist, she said no. Her definition of a journalist: “someone with a degree in journalism or has worked in the field.” Without those credentials, Khan considers herself … Read more

A documentary film breaks rules and wins an Oscar

By Kristen Chin• Why's This So Good?• May 27, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: All time codes in this post correspond to the YouTube version of “The Queen of Basketball.” It’s also available, with an introduction by filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, on The New York Times site. Read more

What happens when fandom backfires in a culture of censorship

By Kristen Chin• Why's This So Good?• March 29, 2022

Each time I lived in China, for a stretch in 2008 and again in 2015, I felt alone and disconnected. I grew up in Boston, but am Chinese by blood. I shared the same skin, eyes and hair color … Read more

When feedback is a drag, and when it’s path forward

By Kristen Chin• Personal Essays• March 11, 2022

For most of my life, feedback made me anxious. I was in third grade when my mom came home from a parent-teacher conference with this pronouncement. “Your teacher said your math skills need improvement, so I’m going to find … Read more

Challenges of sourcing, safety and reporting for narrative in China

By Kristen Chin• Story Craft• November 11, 2020

By her own admission, New York Times reporter Sui-Lee Wee doesn’t often break news out of China; her beat coverage usually follows the reporting of multiple Chinese articles about the same subject. So she pursues … Read more

How limitations — COVID, budgets, access and more — can spark fresh ideas

By Kristen Chin• Strictly Q&A• September 17, 2020

When the quarantine began in March, the lifestyles production unit at GBH Studio Six in Boston — which is responsible for a range of programming content, from cooking and travel television to documentaries on social … Read more

Rejecting the simplified news narrative

By Kristen Chin• Strictly Q&A• July 2, 2020

While reading the news in 2017, filmmaker Erin Lee Carr first saw the “very wide, intense eyes” of Michelle Carter. She looked like a “deer in headlights,” Carr said. At the time, Carter was on trial in … Read more