Kristen Lombardi joined the Center’s staff in November 2007. She has worked as a journalist for more than 12 years, mainly at alternative newsweeklies. Most recently, she was a staff writer and investigative reporter at The Village Voice, where she provided groundbreaking coverage of the 9/11 health crisis. Her work has explored such social issues as the family courts, criminal justice, and child abuse. Lombardi’s investigative reports as a staff writer for The Phoenix were widely credited with helping to expose the clergy sexual-abuse scandal in Boston and were recognized by the Columbia Journalism Review and other publications. Her investigative reporting has been honored by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, the New England Press Association, and The Livingston Awards, and she was awarded a fellowship from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma for her coverage of abuse, public health, and mental illness. Lombardi graduated with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley and has a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University.