Kendra Nordin Beato is an award-winning staff writer and editor with an interest in culture stories that explore the cross-sections of gender, sports, and food. Kendra is also the creator and manager of the Monitor’s current robust internship program that includes a rigorous curriculum and on-the-job skills training.
In more than two decades with the Monitor, Kendra has edited features, national news, and commentary pieces. As a feature writer, Kendra has covered a range of topics from the serious to the whimsical, including women farmers, climate change as art, profiles of people making a difference, and the rise of urban farming.
Awards
She was awarded First Place (Climate and Weather Reporting) by the New England Newspaper and Press Association for her July 14, 2023 story When the floods surged, a focus on readiness helped Vermont. She was awarded First Place (sports) by the Society for Features Journalism for her April 1, 2021, cover story, Breaking grass ceilings: Why more women are coaching men’s teams. She was nominated for a James Beard Foundation media award for her July 11, 2011, cover story, The Big Stir: America’s new culinary renaissance.
Kendra earned a master’s degree in American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She graduated with a BA from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, with a double major in history/English and a focus on women’s studies.
Notable stories
Cover story: Title IX at 50: How 37 words changed the world for women
Cover story: Breaking grass ceilings: Why more women are coaching men’s teams (2022 Society for Features Journalism winner)
Cover story: The Big Stir: America’s new culinary renaissance (nominated for a 2012 James Beard Foundation media award)
Podcast: It’s much bigger than Caitlin Clark: Our writer tallies women’s recent gains
When the floods surged, a focus on readiness helped Vermont (2024 New England Newspaper and Press Association winner)
Hack your fridge: Delicious meals with less waste (2024 New England Newspaper and Press Association second place, food page)
Mariachi singer turns loss into love for arts – and community
Swim pioneer Bill Meier’s mission is to transcend fear, increase safety
First Thanksgiving: How a Native woman is setting the record straight
‘Our voice matters’: Promoting female composers in classical music
Finding their voices: Music feeds the soul for women facing homelessness
A young Boston restaurateur who’s helping to change the game
Women farmers take the tractor wheel
Rediscovering Indigenous foods – and a way of life
Eating in: How to transform pantry staples into comfort food
Stories by Kendra Nordin Beato
- Cultures meet and meld deliciously in 3 new cookbooks
- This Thanksgiving, here’s a helping of turkey trivia to gobble up
- Driven by Caitlin Clark mania, women’s basketball soars on sellout crowds
- Father and son cooking duo stirs up Chinese cuisine
- Review Hack your fridge: Delicious meals with less waste
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