Kajsa Kedefors - Digital, print and audio journalist

Kajsa Kedefors is an international freelance reporter and has reported from the U.S., Thailand, Korea and Japan. Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The Design Observer, GBH, D Magazine, KQED and 48 Hills.

 

She was previously a breaking news correspondent for the Dallas Morning News where she covered crime, cops, courts and a cult. At the News, she also reported arts and entertainment stories about artists, celebrities, trends, nightlife, religion, culture and interesting groups of people. 

 

Kedefors was a full-time Boston Globe correspondent in 2023 and continued contributing to the metro and living/arts departments through 2024. She interviewed lawyers, politicians, drag queens, doctors, academics, celebrities, rap artists and business leaders. She's also worked as an E2AC podcast intern and a NextEd research intern.

 

Kedefors graduated from Boston University with a joint philosophy and psychology major. She also majored in independent studies, a major with a course curriculum she created concentrating in social science and public policy. She minored in journalism. 

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Kedefors enjoys stand-up comedy, backpacking, memoirs, running, Afrobeats and wine. She worked as a bartender in Sweden, and lived in Spain for six months in Barcelona and Madrid where she studied Spanish linguistics and culture. For the past two years, she's been backpacking and reporting on the road. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has a goal to listen to all of the This American Life episodes. She's still working on it.