About Katia

Katia Hetter is a senior producer for CNN Digital Travel, where she produces, edits and writes travel features, including stories about the Equal Justice Initiative’s museum in Montgomery, Alabama; Alice Waters and tasting menus; the National Park Service centennial; breaking travel news and worldwide travel trends. 

Hetter has also covered happiness, parenting, relationships, entertainment, books and culture for CNN. 

She previously covered the post-9/11 redevelopment of the World Trade Center site for Newsday, then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s first acts in office as a City Hall reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and the U.S. Supreme Court for U.S. News & World Report.