Kristen Hall-Geisler

Current

• Guide to Exotic Cars at About.com
• Automotive Journalist at HowStuffWorks.com
• Freelance Automotive Blogger at Good Green Cars

• Freelance Editor at Publication Services
• Automotive Journalist at Freelance

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Past

• Managing Editor at Sports Car Market magazine

Education

• Florida State University

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Kristen Hall-Geisler’s Summary

After five years at Sports Car Market magazine, I struck out on my own to find my fortune in freelance. It worked: I've written for the New York Times, Details, the Oregonian, and About.com, among others, and I've edited several book-length works for publication.

Kristen Hall-Geisler’s Specialties:

Automotive journalism, especially alternative fuel technology.

Kristen Hall-Geisler’s Experience

• Guide to Exotic Cars

  About.com

  (Public Company; NYT; Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  I've covered classic cars at Sports Car Market and electric cars for GoodGreenCars.com, so it seemed natural that I should move into yet another auto niche: exotic cars on About.com. I create blog posts, image galleries, model guides, company histories, and more for the site.

• Automotive Journalist

  HowStuffWorks.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  I've answered questions about NASCAR sponsorships, the role of kinetic energy in regenerative braking, and the world's biggest truck. It turns out I love this kind of expository writing; who knew? I mean, where else would I get to explain downforce as it applies to stock car racing?

• Freelance Automotive Blogger

  Good Green Cars

  (Online Media industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  After six months of writing freelance automotive posts for RiverWired.com, my work was spun off to its own blog address, GoodGreenCars.com. As the only blogger on that site, I post three times a week. I do as much original reporting as I can, rather than regurgitating what anyone can find on Jalopnick or AutoBlogGreen.

• Freelance Editor

  Publication Services

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  I've worked with Publication Services as a freelance copy editor and proofreader on dozens of book-length projects, including juvenile literature, memoir, self-help, and poetry.

• Automotive Journalist

  Freelance

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  I write about the current crop of alternative cars for web sites like GoodGreenCars.com and print outlets like the New York Times, among others. I'm also the Guide to Exotic Cars on About.com. As time passes and tech improves, those two areas of expertise are meshing -- Tesla, Fisker, Aptera, and more alt-fuel exotics are coming down the pike.

• Managing Editor

  Sports Car Market magazine

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  January 2002 — August 2006 (4 years 8 months)

  I worked my way from data entry and customer service to copy editor to managing editor. The skills I learned at the magazine inform my current freelance writing and editing career. The work I turn in to editors is cleaner for it and always on time.

Kristen Hall-Geisler’s Education

• Florida State University

  BA , Anthropology , 1993 — 1997

Additional Information

Kristen Hall-Geisler’s Interests:

autos, travel, literature, alternative fuel, racing, exotic cars

Kristen Hall-Geisler’s Groups:

Northwest Automotive Press Association, MediaBistro.com AvantGuild

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