Kristen Taylor

Current

• Digital Content/Community Manager at Pop!Tech
• Founder and Principal at kthread.com

Past

• Online Community Manager at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
• Associate Director of Content and Social Media, Interactive at PBS
• Graduate Student, Undergraduate Instructor at University of Virginia

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Education

• University of Virginia
• Davidson College

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog

Kristen Taylor’s Experience

• Digital Content/Community Manager

  Pop!Tech

  (Non-Profit; Entertainment industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Founder and Principal

  kthread.com

  (Internet industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years)

  I blog about food and my travels, have a popular cooking vlog (video blog) called kthread cooks, and detail adventures in local culture.

• Online Community Manager

  John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Philanthropy industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year)

  November 2008:
  I launched Knight Pulse (http://knightpulse.org), a community site to discuss the future of news and information. I produce and edit video as well as manage community on the site.
  
  
  Summer 2008:
  I launched the Knight News Challenge Garage (http://garage.newschallenge.org) this summer as a Drupal incubator site for applicants to the News Challenge contest (http://newschallenge.org) to work through their good ideas before applying. Over 400 projects submitted, more than a 1200 user accounts.

• Associate Director of Content and Social Media, Interactive

  PBS

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  February 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  I helped to launch PBS Engage, an effort to let PBS fans respond to and impact programming, as well as managing social media strategy for twenty shows (including Masterpiece, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, Austin City Limits, art21, e2, Roadtrip Nation, Independent Lens, and POV).

• Graduate Student, Undergraduate Instructor

  University of Virginia

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2003 — 2006 (3 years)

  Taught advanced literature surveys, new media labs, design intensives, and a food writing class.

Kristen Taylor’s Education

• University of Virginia

  MA, Ph.D. , Media, Networks, Literature, Digital Storytelling , 2003 — 2009

  Ph.D. in progress; current status: ABD

• Davidson College

  BA , English , 1997 — 2001

Additional Information

Kristen Taylor’s Websites:

• My Blog

Kristen Taylor’s Interests:

cooking, reading, blogging, bikram yoga, photography

Kristen Taylor’s Groups:

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•    Refresh Miami
•    Knight Digital Media Center
•    The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
•    Friends of Pop!Tech

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