Robert Kiener

Artist Profile

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My article on Joel Meyerowitz has been named a finalist in a "Best Profile" category in Folio Magazine's 2019 Eddie Awards. Details here.

Feature Writing

A Judge Sentenced a Fellow Vet to Jail—
Then Joined Him in His Cell for the Night

Robert Kiener

“We are one big team—we are all veterans—and when one of us screws up, the rest of the team says, ‘You have to square yourself away.’”

My article on two very
special veterans in arms
has been published by
Reader's Digest.

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My article has also been included in the 2019 book, "Reader's Digest Solider Stories."

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Business Profile

How did this Vermont textile company go from
near-bankruptcy to over-the-top success?
Full story here

Nature Article

I spent a week in the Amazon to report this nature piece about piranhas for Reader's Digest.
Full article here
Brazilian edition version here

I visited Google's Silicon Valley headquarters for four days to produce this exclusive report on "what makes Google click." It has run in Reader's Digest's 40-some international editions, in 25 languages. Click here for full article.

Photographer Profiles

Click here for my profile of
London-based photographer
David Bailey
and here for my profile of Harry Benson (right)

International Reporting

I spent nearly a week in rural Pakistan with human rights activist Mukhtar Mai to report this story on her brave campaign to fight honor killings and improve women’s rights.

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Travel Story

Travel story on Nashville published in Reader's
Digest.

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Artistry Profile

Read my article here on Vermont-based sculptor Richard Erdman

Human Interest

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Profile

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my profile of
the very talented,
very cool,
Adger Cowans

Profile

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Profile

The world is a vastly better place thanks to people like my longtime friend, Reg Green. For the full story, click here and for an earlier article here

Sports Profile

For my recent profile of Olympic champion skier Billy Kidd click here

Drama

To report this real-life drama of two Norwegian adventurers attacked by a polar bear, I met with them in Oslo, Norway and also interviewed their rescuers in Longyearbyen, north of the Arctic Circle.
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Profile

This article on a most
remarkable woman has
run internationally
and can be read here.

(Carmen has recently had some serious medical issues. For more information and if you wish to donate to help her defray new medical/living expenses, click here.)

Human Interest

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Harry Benson: The Consummate Professional

50 Years ago the photographer
Harry Benson was in the right
place at a very wrong time.
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International Profile

Of all the people I have profiled there are a select few I would class as "heroes." Bridgebuilder Toni Ruttimann is at the very top of that list. After traveling through Cambodia and Laos with him and seeing him in action, I now know what the real meaning of "hero" is.
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Profile

Harry Benson, a photography icon! Full story here and more here.
Copyright by Professional Photographer Magazine and Harry Benson

Drama in Real Life

My article about a skydiver
who passed out before he
could open his parachute
has been published
by Reader's Digest.

Full story here
French edition here
Spanish here

Travel Article

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Celebrity Profile

To report this profile of Anthony Hopkins, I spent a day with him in London, walking through the city, having lunch, and visiting his Knightsbridge home. A month later I spent another day with him in his native Wales.
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Business Profile

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Profile

My story on Major Zach Fike
and the organization he founded,
Purple Hearts Reunited,
is running in the 1.3 million
circulation magazine, "VFW Magazine."
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Photographer Profile

Click here for my profile of (the very fun, very talented) photographer Patty Carroll

Travel Feature

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International Feature

I traveled aboard one of the world's largest container ships as it entered the port of Rotterdam to report this story on a Maersk EEE. The story is running now in Reader's Digest's international editions. Click here for the article.
French version here.

International Travel

Full story here

Profile

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Profile

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Human Interest

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Survival Drama

Reader's Digest

My article about a
dramatic survival
at sea has been
published by
Reader's Digest.
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Profile

Do you know the writings
of Vermont-based writer,
Archer Mayor? If you don't,
you are in for a treat.
And, as I hope my recent
profile of him in Writer's Digest
Magazine will show,
he is as engaging in person
as he is on the page.

Artist Profile

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Nature Article

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Sports Profile

To write this profile of former Major League pitcher Bill Lee, I interviewed him at his Craftsbury, Vermont home and watched him pitch in several Vermont Senior League games (He won both.)
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Adventure

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International Travel Feature

I spent five days in Copenhagen, including riding around the city with its Lord Mayor, to report this story on Denmark's capital city. Click here for full article and here for radio interview (8/29/2015, 11:20) on my article.
Online version here

Artist Profile

I interviewed artist/photographer William Wegman (and his friends/partners) at his Maine vacation home for this New England Home Magazine profile. Click here for the full story.

International Relations

This is a 10,000 word article on the current state of affairs in North Korea, which I wrote for Congressional Quarterly Press. Click here for more information.
Copright CQ Press 2011, reprinted with permission

Nature Writing

Read the full article here and see the video that used film I shot in the Bahamas.

Corporate Case Study

Click here for an example of one of the many corporate case studies I have written

Travel Article

I spent almost a week in the Arctic settlement of Grise Fiord to report this story. .

Medical Drama

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Congressional Quarterly Press Contributing Writer

As a Contributing Writer for Washington DC-based Congressional Quarterly Press, I have written more than a dozen 10,000-word reports on a variety of international issues. Subjects I have covered include: North Korea, Pakistan, Honor Killings, Children at Risk, Wildlife Smuggling, Gendercide and more. Some of these reports have been reprinted as chapters in the Sage Publications book series, “Selections From CQ Researcher.” (Click on the above book for an example of one of my CQ reports.)

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“We are one big team—we are all ­veterans—and when one of us screws up, the rest of the team says, ‘You have to square yourself away.’”

I interviewed artist/photographer William Wegman (and his friends/partners) at his Maine vacation home for this New England Home Magazine profile. Click here for the full story.

“We are one big team—we are all veterans—and when one of us screws up, the rest of the team says, ‘You have to square yourself away.’”