Kristen Saloomey has been covering news in New York for more than a decade, currently as a correspondent for the international news network Al Jazeera English.

Her beat touches on many local issues of great importance to the rest of the world: immigration, the economy, and justice, particularly relating to the United States’ “war on terrorism.” Her stories include the attempted Times Square car bombing and the trial of Aafia Siddiqui, the American educated Pakistani woman the US government has linked to Al Qaeda.

Kristen has a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She has also worked for CNN, the music network MTV, and a variety of other American news operations, both print and broadcast.