https://annieaviles.com Annie Avilés Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:34:03 +0000 https://annieaviles.com en http://annieaviles.com/home Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:34:03 +0000 Annie Avilés 230514 ANNIE AVILÉS   I make stories about the future of rural places and the people who call them home. I also help teams build podcasts.Some of those stories include: A reported essay about Bolivia’s struggle to reclaim its lost sea, for Harpers.  An investigation into FEMA flood maps in Maine, for Pacific Standard. A narrative podcast about the opioid epidemic, for Vice and Spotify. I’m from a rural, blue collar community; I learned journalism out in the world, while working as a translator and fixer in Bolivia. My first solo assignment was for NPR and involved spending a month at the epicenter of an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile. After that, I continued working for NPR, covering land and resource conflicts from rural communities throughout North and South America. Following a move to the U.S., I began to help people build podcasts, including the team at Vice Audio, where I stayed on for several years and led editorial.My work has earned a Murrow, a Fulbright, a Rona Jaffe Bread Loaf Fellowship, and other awards. I’ve also taught writing and/or audio at Boston University, Colby College, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies.  Today, in addition to freelance reporting, I work as series editor on Staying Human with Dr. Vivek Murthy, which I helped develop and launch. For assignments, podcast consulting, or stories: aviannie@proton.me Photo of a broken computer and other refuse in a ditch. Nor Yungas, Bolivia.  ANNIE AVILÉS   I make stories about the future of rural places and the people who call them home. I also help teams build podcasts.Some of those stories...