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 - 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"

• 2009 - Pen Center USA West Literary 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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2008 Stories by Kristen Hinman

• Shot in the Arms: Police say the grandson of former St. Louis mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes was wounded in a drug deal involving Clayton High School students

  published December 10, 2008

  Connor Cervantes, a grandson of former St. Louis mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes, was shot during an alleged drug transaction on Monday, November... More >>

• Prized Fighter: Boxing in St. Louis will never die — not as long as Kenny Loehr has a kid in the ring

  published December 3, 2008

  You heard of Pruitt-Igoe? Yeah, the projects. I was down there twelve years, at the DeSoto Center. Twelve years, man. I don't know what I would... More >>

• Put Up Your Dukes: The Contender, a new boxing reality show, features local fighter Ryan Coyne

  published December 3, 2008

  Sixteen men, a two-bedroom flat and a boxing ring. The last two standing duke it out before a live audience for a $250,000 purse. The... More >>

• The Pope of Pork: In tiny towns across Missouri, old-school hog farming stages a comeback — and at tables across the nation, diners rejoice

  published November 26, 2008

  Over the past few years, Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer has kept some exclusive company, from high-toqued chefs to CEOs of publicly traded... More >>

• Shaky Grounds: Congress may consider putting the Arch's riverfront park in private hands

  published November 19, 2008

  The St. Louis Arch grounds may have moved a step closer to local control. On October 3, U.S. Congressman William "Lacy" Clay introduced H.R. 7252,... More >>

• Reel It In: SLIFF rolls on with a host of events before the film fest wraps on Sunday

  published November 19, 2008

  The St. Louis International Film Festival continues this week and wraps with a closing-night party at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room at 8 p.m. on... More >>

• Fizzled Out: Andrew Gladney, heir to the 7-Up fortune, is off to a federal penitentiary

  published September 17, 2008

  Aside from the khaki jail garb and leg shackles, Andrew Gladney cut a strikingly different image in federal court the morning of September 12... More >>

• The Post-Dispatch is shedding news pages and slashing editorial staff – and there's no end in sight

  published September 10, 2008

  On the morning of August 28, unwelcome news began circulating through the newsroom at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: layoffs were... More >>

• Kevin Slaten's Head Is About to Explode: The exiled sports-talk radio ranter needs to get some things off his chest

  published August 27, 2008

  It sounds like Kevin Slaten's head is about to explode. "If the story goes like that, there'll be a lawsuit against you and the... More >>

• Kevin Slaten: A Nasty Man

  published August 27, 2008

  Below is a verbatim transcript of Kevin Slaten's on-air conversation with St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan on the March 27 broadcast... More >>

• Young agrarians at Wash. U. hope to bring us back to the garden

  published August 13, 2008

  On the first day of August, Washington University's student-farmers stood over their hand-hewn outdoor sink at high noon, elbow-deep in basil.... More >>

• Showcase Short Cuts

  published July 16, 2008

  Advertising for the Mob It sounds ridiculous: Hopeless failure of an adman gets canned from his twelfth agency and starts a crime... More >>

• Artless in St. Louis: Suppose they gave an art fair and nobody came?

  published June 25, 2008

  At least on paper the Olive and Taylor Art & Craft Fair (OTLA) sounded promising: fourteen hours of acoustic music, twelve hours of performance... More >>

• Basketball by the Book, Part 6: Fouled Out

  published June 18, 2008

  Last week St. Louis' former and longtime hoops powerhouse, Vashon High School, was stripped of three state championships in basketball for... More >>

• Home Sweet Soccer: St. Louis has become part of an international phenomenon

  published June 11, 2008

  Keith Deisner, director of development at Peter & Paul Community Services in Soulard, is a soccer nut. Colleagues know him as the guy who wears... More >>

• How Congress Rolls: Our lawmakers drive gas guzzlers — and guess who's paying for it?

  published June 4, 2008

  Each new day summons the same old clichés when it comes to fuel costs: "Record Gas Prices"..."Pain at the Pump"..."Record Gas Prices... More >>

• Deadbeats Ho!: Did you pay your tax bills last year? Of course you did — unless you’re called out in this story.

  published May 21, 2008

  Gregory F.X. Daly, St. Louis collector of revenue, and his deputy, Tom Vollmer, are among the more popular people at cocktail parties — a... More >>

• Downtown St. Louis residents to the Dolce' nightclub: Shut the hell up!

  published April 30, 2008

  Shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, residents of a North Broadway high-rise awoke to the kind of clatter one might associate with... More >>

• Captain America

  published April 9, 2008

  Eric Greitens began the month of April with a difficult phone call from an Iraq war veteran lying in a hospital bed in Hawaii. The young man, a... More >>

• Thousand Dollar Baby: By day Jamie O'Hare studies for a master's in social work. Her night job is anything but.

  published March 19, 2008

  At 5 a.m. on March 7, Jamie O'Hare clambers out of bed and spits into a cup. She spits en route to an interview with KFNS 590 AM (the Fan) and... More >>

• Seeing Red: Partners battle over a Wash. Ave. eatery's ownership

  published March 5, 2008

  Mortgage broker Kirk Apazeller says he is the rightful owner of Red, the six-month-old eatery on Washington Avenue. So does landscaper Derek... More >>

• The bench empties at controversial Milestone Christian Academy

  published February 20, 2008

  Milestone Christian Academy raised many eyebrows last fall for acquiring high school basketball talent from St. Louis- and Kansas City-area... More >>

• 7-Up vs. Coke, Part 2: From dot-com darling to disaster, the spectacular flameout of Andrew Gladney. Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all.

  published February 13, 2008

  Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part story. Read Part 1 More >>

• With Anthony Bonner at the helm, it's a whole new ballgame for Vashon basketball

  published February 13, 2008

  On Tuesday afternoons you'll likely find Vashon High School basketball coach Anthony Bonner at the library. While his Wolverines work on an... More >>

• 7-Up vs. Coke, Part 1: From dot-com darling to disaster, the spectacular flameout of Andrew Gladney. Heir to a fortune, Andrew Gladney went from John Burroughs to Yale and came home to found Savvis Inc. Then he squandered it all.

  published February 6, 2008

  "Though the boundaries of the chase are defined, the pleasures in the pursuit are immeasurable." —A.G. Epigraph on Andrew Graves... More >>