Journalist · Digital Storyteller · Essayist

Hi, I'm Christina.

Modern storytelling, traditional ethics.

I'm a writer and digital storyteller working at the seam between memory, faith, and the people the news cycle tends to forget.

My work began in the classroom, teaching students the craft of attention. When a twist of fate brought journalism close to home, I learned to harness the best technology has to offer to bring stories to life through compelling audio and visual mediums.

I've learned what it takes to tell stories in an AI-saturated world — a certain humanness that I believe is essential to good reporting. I'm determined to pursue rigorous standards of truth-telling in my own work.

Portrait of Christina Beall
Christina Beall

Certification

Digital Storytelling

Awarded by

Harvard Extension School

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Selected Writing

Profiles, features & essays

Profile 2026
01

“Take Great Care”: Humanity at the Heart of Amory Sivertson’s Journalistic Work

For years, Amory Sivertson has lived alongside the story of a murder whose perpetrator is legally unknown — and the family it will not let go.

A portrait of the WBUR journalist behind the Ambie-winning true crime podcast “Beyond All Repair. Read
Op-Ed 2026
02

Journalists Should Use — and Question — the AI Systems Reshaping Their Craft

The tools and systems of AI are like a library — full of books both helpful and controversial, none of which should be banned.

On DNA tests, the Spotlight team, and why the fourth estate can’t afford to ban the tools remaking it. Read
News 2026
03

Poynter’s Alex Mahadevan Warns Newsrooms of AI’s “Market Failure” — and Its Opportunities

Alex Mahadevan visited Harvard Extension School’s journalism ethics class to describe a coming disruption to the “talent pipeline” — and what journalists must do about it.

The MediaWise director tells Harvard Extension students that guardrails, verification, and “vibe coding” will shape the next era of journalism. Read
Film Review 2026
04

“She Said” and the Quiet Discipline of Believing Women

Kazan’s Jodi can at once hold space for tears and embrace a propulsive rage as she digs for the reason behind the victim’s emotion.

Maria Schrader’s 2022 film about the New York Times’ Weinstein investigation is a study in how journalists give voice to the voiceless. Read
Feature 2024
05

“Are Haitians Bad?”: American Christians, Haitian Migrants, and the Cost of Silence

“Do we love them as much as we say we do — that we would go to another country to go see them and serve them, but now that they’re here . . . we’re not stepping up for them?”

From Springfield, Ohio to Charleroi, Pa. Read

The Podcast

Moving On.

Breaking up with the American experiment.

Some Americans are assembling go bags, renewing passports, and weighing whether to leave the country. Christina meets them where they are — and asks what it would take to go, and what it costs to stay. Researched, written, hosted, recorded, and edited entirely by her.

Episode 01 27 min

Deciding Factors

Go bags, passports, and a line in the sand — the deciding factors pushing some Americans toward the exit.

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