My name is Kristin Toussaint and I'm currently a staff writer with Boston.com. In the year that I've been there, I've profiled a small-town Massachusetts man who makes maple syrup by tapping his neighbor's trees, tackled the way Massachusetts keeps secrets from you with its notoriously bad public record laws, learned how Boston's homeless population survived the terrible 2015 winter, and witnessed the flight of a drone that aims to save whales by studying their "snot."
I've written short entertainment pieces and breaking news, working quickly but accurately to tap into what Boston readers need to know. And I've worked earlier mornings to grab stories right away -- like the dash cam video of a cop threatening to 'blow a hole' through a driver's head that surfaced online, which I expanded on with a look into the cop's file -- and I've worked late to explore how Boston's breweries offer way more than just beer.
Previously, I've focused more on Boston's culture. I wrote music reviews for the Boston Hassle, which expanded from a one-page rag of monthly local shows to a multi-page staple found in coffee shops across the city over my time in Boston. While in college, I interned with the (sadly now defunct) Phoenix, which was a staple of the Boston counterculture with a distinct voice.
I graduated cum laude from Boston University's College of Communication with a Bachelors of Science, where I concentrated in print journalism and minored in political science. I was the music director for our student-run radio station WTBU and contributed to the student-run online magazine The BU Buzz.
Outside of work, I can be found laying around in various areas of the city reading -- whenever it's warm enough in Boston -- scouring the bargain basement of the Brookline Booksmith, or pining over other people's dogs in a park near my apartment. I'm part of a monthly book club and a member of the Boston chapter of Women Who Whiskey.
I grew up in New Jersey, outside Philadelphia, where I had every sort of terrain available in which I could escape suburbia: the city, mountains, woods, farmland, and the shore. Click around to see my clips, resume, and contact information.