Email Author Kristen Hinman

Awards

• 2011 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, published April 14, 2010

  "Down on the Farm"

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published April 14, 2010

  "Down on the Farm"

• 2010 - Pen Center USA West Literary Awards, published March 18, 2009

  "Vanishing Act"

• 2009 - Pen Center USA West Literary Awards, published November 26, 2008

  "The Pope of Pork"

• 2009 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published November 26, 2008

  "The Pope of Pork"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 26, 2008

  "The Pope of Pork"

• 2009 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published November 26, 2008

  "The Pope of Pork"

• 2008 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published December 19, 2007

  "Hoop Raiders"

• 2007 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published December 14, 2006

  Basketball By the Book, Part 3

• 2007 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published November 16, 2006

  Basketball By the Book, Part 2

• 2007 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published November 2, 2006

  Basketball by the Book, Part 1

• 2007 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 18, 2006

  An Incomplete Education

• 2007 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 1, 2006

  Basketball By the Book, Part 1

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published March 16, 2005

  "Something Fishy"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 27, 2005

  "The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 13, 2005

  "Current Event"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2005

  "Irons in the Fire"

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2005 Stories by Kristen Hinman

• Applied Pressure

  published December 7, 2005

  Every year in St. Louis County, on the fourth Monday in August, more than one thousand properties are placed on the auction block. County revenue... More >>

• Suit Monger

  published November 30, 2005

  Back in the 1970s, fancying himself a photographer, Lonnie Snelling purchased a Polaroid from an acquaintance and began shooting portraits and... More >>

• Masterpiece Theatre

  published November 16, 2005

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• Irons in the Fire

  published November 16, 2005

  On the opening day of school last year, Verona Bowers was forced to sign her first check as the new principal of Vashon High School. She had no... More >>

• L Is for L. Ron

  published October 26, 2005

  In July 2003, a nonprofit called Applied Scholastics International opened a spanking-new headquarters on 55 acres in Spanish Lake. Among those who... More >>

• The Gang That Couldn't Dress Straight

  published October 12, 2005

  Franklin Delano Morris spent a lifetime working without a net, but he always managed to land on his feet -- that is, until six months ago. The... More >>

• Power Serve

  published October 5, 2005

  Fanny Scholl puts on her game face long before the first pitch at Busch Stadium. There she is, at every Cardinals home game, setting up her small,... More >>

• Fire Proof

  published September 7, 2005

  On November 15, 2001, fifteen-year-old Zachary Kemper raked leaves with his dad and his dad's gay lover at his grandmother's home in O'Fallon. All... More >>

• Metro Messy

  published August 3, 2005

  Larry Salci steps onto MetroLink's Emerson Park platform in East St. Louis and pats the silk handkerchief in his chest pocket. With his shimmering... More >>

• Glass Act

  published August 3, 2005

  Something mighty peculiar happened at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office last month. That's when prominent St. Louis defense attorney Joel... More >>

• Mysterious Departure

  published July 20, 2005

  A roomful of folks hoisted glasses at Bar Italia last week to toast Denise Lieberman, the St. Louis civil rights attorney known about town for her... More >>

• Francis the Blogger

  published July 20, 2005

  Some mayors employ wily spokesmen who can land even the dullest of messages on a newspaper's front page. Others are quote-masters, with reporters... More >>

• Current Event

  published July 13, 2005

  Many consider southwest St. Louis, with its fish-stocked lakes, clay-paved sidewalks and 100-plus acres of parkland, one of the city's plushest... More >>

• Cocky to the Core

  published June 22, 2005

  Twenty hours left to finish the special effects for a Pontiac television commercial, and Jason Stamp has one pack of Parliaments to get him... More >>

• That Old Black Magic

  published June 15, 2005

  The modest brick homes and landscaped lawns of Green Acres look like fine places to settle. Nestled within Bellefontaine Neighbors in north St.... More >>

• The Chase Is Still the Place

  published June 1, 2005

  Candace O'Connor's new book, Meet Me in the Lobby: The Story of Harold Koplar and the Chase Park Plaza, makes it more than clear that the... More >>

• Ain't No Sunshine

  published May 4, 2005

  The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has a new policy concerning public records: Let the sun shine on some. The stance came to... More >>

• The Old Chuckaroo

  published April 27, 2005

  On the Ides of March in 1989, Charles H. "Chuck" Norman paid $42,500 for a roomful of crypts nestled between a chapel and a hallway at the Calvary... More >>

• The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit

  published April 27, 2005

  Electronics, firearms, jewelry -- the stuff of south St. Louis burglary reports is pretty standard stuff. "When you start seeing windows, it's... More >>

• The Gang That Couldn't Puke Straight

  published April 6, 2005

  Shortly after 9 p.m. on February 11, Zoran Brkovic descended into the basement of his south-city brick bungalow and noticed something awry. The... More >>

• Something Fishy

  published March 16, 2005

  A fringe of February ice clings to a riverbank along the Mississippi, tiny frozen tapestries fanning out from the concrete ramp. Stroking his... More >>

• Slay Bells Ring

  published March 9, 2005

  Francis Slay's campaign hacks reluctantly agreed to allow a Riverfront Times writer to bird-dog the mayor, albeit briefly, during his... More >>

• Red Letter Day

  published February 16, 2005

  Amy Hilgemann returned to her south-side home one evening last month to find an ominous letter awaiting her. A man had come to the door at... More >>

• Flower Power

  published January 26, 2005

  Tom Croat's hands are thick as steaks and streaked with scratches. Mushrooms of bulbous flesh cap the fingers of his deformed left hand, the... More >>

• Taking It to the MAC

  published January 12, 2005

  Men's clubs were de rigueur when the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) opened its doors in downtown St. Louis back in 1903. A cross between a gym and a... More >>