Gina Kaufmann
Cognoscenti contributor
Gina Kaufmann is an essayist and radio journalist, most recently at KCUR, the NPR affiliate in Kansas City. She lives with her family in Cambridge.
Recently published
What to do about grocery store plastic
Writer Gina Kaufmann set out to make her family dinner from fresh ingredients that didn't come wrapped in plastic. It was a lot harder than she thought it'd be.
Pay no mind to the former president in your social media feed
In the early days of the Trump presidency, Gina Kaufmann worked as a public radio journalist in Missouri. The days' headlines provided a constant soundtrack, and that soundtrack was dominated...
I moved from Missouri to Mass. — and it feels like I'm living in a different country
Gina Kaufmann knew Missouri and Massachusetts were different from one another, but her move to Boston was still a shock to the system. ‘I’m like Walt Whitman, celebrating every blade...