Professional/Personal Overview
A well-published freelancer for New York and international publications, I've covered everything from tango in Argentina to truffle hunting in Croatia to distilling Remy Martin cognac in France. I'm a "lifestyle" writer with a great sense of poetry to my writing, whether it's a travel, spa or food-focused piece. Please visit http://www.kristinvukovic.com for more information, and psfrompag.com for my travel blog about adventures with cheese and sheep in Croatia.
Work Info
Expertise
Fact-Checker
2 Years
Reporter
3 Years
Writer
5 Years
Specialty
Beauty
1 Year
Travel
4 Years
Books & Literature
7 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
7 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Bundle.com (11+), Time Inc. Magazines, InStyle (11+), Organic Spa Magazine (6-10), The Wall Street Journal India (3-5), Conde Nast Traveler's Gold List (1-2), Forbes India (1-2)
Computer Skills
Word, Excel
Foreign Language Skills
Moderate French and Croatian
Work Permits & Visas
Visa: India, 10-year.
References
John Donohue, Nightlife Editor, Goings On About Town, The New Yorker
Associations
International Travel Writers & Photographers Alliance, The American Society of Journalists and Authors
Other
M.F.A., Nonfiction Writing, Columbia University; B.A., Literature and Writing, Columbia University (magna cum laude); graduate of CUNY Writers' Institute in Nonfiction Writing, where I studied with Klara Glowczewska, Editor-in-Chief of Conde Nast Traveler, and Radhika Jones of Time Magazine. I recently took an advanced travel writing class at Mediabistro with James Sturz.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license.
Work Samples
Travel
(Forbes India , 8/12/2011)
Details the distillation process and history of Remy Martin, and Cognac, France.
(Organic Spa Magazine , 4/1/2011)
Covers Primland's new spa in Virginia's Blue Hill Mountains, which uses Native American healing techniques along with European spa aesthetics.
(The Wall Street Journal India , 5/8/2010)
Travel article covering the sinking Maldives and Zia, the Stingray Man.
(The Wall Street Journal India , 1/8/2010)
Buenos Aires through the lens of tango.
(New York Resident magazine , 12/1/2009)
A journey through Istria's treasure-trove of offerings: truffle-hunting in the Livade forest of Motovun, Croatia; visiting an oyster farm on the Limski Canal; exploring Kabola Vineyards in Momjan.
(The Wall Street Journal India , 8/1/2009)
A friendship with a former Croatian soldier-turned-landlord and an impending wedding in Dubrovnik's Old Town forges an unexpected front.
(New York Resident magazine , 8/1/2009)
A journey through memories in Stari Grad, the Old Town of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Food and Wine
(WineEnthusiast , 7/25/2011)
A culinary journey through Croatia, a country where cultural influences collide.
(Croatian Chronicle Network , 7/21/2011)
Covers a Croatian sommelier's wine tasting event in his hometown of Dubrovnik.
(Bundle.com , 5/4/2011)
A Manhattan sommelier's thoughts on what wines deliver the most value.
Culture
(Croatian Chronicle Network , 7/16/2011)
Covers the 2011 Croatian LADO dance and song performance in Dubrovnik.
(Croatian Chronicle Network , 7/12/2011)
Covers Grand Opening Festivities with quotes from Croatia's President and the Mayor of Dubrovnik.
(Zadnicar , 3/17/2010)
Covers the Croatia Club of Tampa Bay opening.
(The Connecticut Review , 5/1/2007)
A personal essay about my grandmother's cooking and our Croatian heritage.
(The New Yorker , 4/30/2007)
Details the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's cherry blossom festival.
(The New Yorker , 4/23/2007)
Details Immigrant History Week events.
Profiles and Interviews
(Bundle.com , 6/7/2011)
CEO Dennis Crowley on the creation of Foursquare.
(Bundle.com , 6/7/2011)
CEO Dennis Crowley on the creation of Foursquare.
(Bundle.com , 5/16/2011)
New Yorker editor John Donohue on his new book, Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers who Cook for Their Families.
(Bundle.com , 5/8/2011)
Christina Stanton's customized New York shopping tours.
(Croatian Chronicle Network , 4/7/2011)
Croatian American Danny Roman launches the first-ever biking and hiking company in Los Angeles.
(Bundle.com , 3/25/2011)
New York Times Reporter Jenny Anderson on fairness in marriage and the value of saving.
(Croatian Chronicle Network , 2/23/2011)
Croatian Bharatanatyam dancer on life in India, and following her dreams.
(Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art , 5/1/2009)
Susan Orlean on writers following their own natural impulses, gathering material for her new book-in-progress about Rin Tin Tin, and how having a son changed her writing life.
Fashion and Beauty
(Bundle.com , 4/11/2011)
Garment district tour in NYC.
(Bundle.com , 2/16/2011)
Behavioral economist and bestselling author Dan Ariely on why we feel compelled to pay for subpar service.
(Bundle.com , 12/20/2010)
A wholesale garment district tour.
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