ANNIE AVILÉS

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

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 come from a rural, blue collar community and learned journalism out in the field, while working as a translator and fixer in Bolivia. My first reporting gig was for NPR, where I spent several years covering environmental disaster and resource conflict from across the Andes and Amazon. Six years later, 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.