ANNIE AVILÉS

I make stories about rural lands and subcultures—and how they’re shaped by technology and natural resources.

My longform reporting is published by Harper’s, Pacific Standard, VQR, and others. My work has earned a Murrow, a Fulbright, and fellowships from Johns Hopkins, Middlebury, NYU, and UC Berkeley.

I’m from a blue collar town in rural Maine and I approach journalism like a trade. I got my start doing the reporting equivalent of apprenticeships, while I was a translator and fixer in Bolivia. My first solo reporting gig was for NPR, where I then spent several years covering environmental disaster and resource conflict in small towns and rural communities across South America.

Following a move back to the U.S., I co-created and led editorial at Vice Audio. Today, in addition to reporting, I consult on select podcasts, including Staying Human with Dr. Vivek Murthy, where I’m series editor.

For assignments, consulting, or story ideas: hello at annieaviles.com

Photo of a broken computer and other trash in a leafy drainage ditch, in Nor Yungas, Bolivia.