Hilary Niles
Hilary is available for
... contributing to a healthy and curious team that operates with a sense of purpose. If you need research, fieldwork, interviewing, data reporting, or writing/editing/voicing scripts, I can help. Investigative and narrative projects welcomed. I'm based in New England, but I love excuses to travel!- Business
- Editing
- Producing
- Recording
- Reporting
- Voice
- Other
About Hilary
Hilary's Portfolio
NPR All Things Considered: "Allegations facing two ski resort developers took Vermont by surprise last week. Federal and state regulators are reviewing a federal immigrant investor program." The allegations followed years of my sustained investigative and explanatory reporting on the developers' projects.
Four years in a row, I followed a group of motorcycle-riding investors who toured Vermont annually to get pitched by local entrepreneurs looking for money and advice. My reporting was featured on Vermont Public Radio and the front page of the Boston Globe's business section.
As part of my ongoing coverage of and advocacy for access to public information, this story connects the frustrations of one citizen to macro trends of data in society and an incoming governor's political legacy.
In this field-reported story for BBC's "The Food Chain," I reported ways the demand for "natural" meat has brought changes to farming techniques in Vermont. One farmer is featured who has abandoned use of growth hormones on his cattle.
This story for NPR's "Only A Game" profiles my father's college football coach 50 years after their undefeated season.
Experience
Skills
- Tape Syncs
- Story Editing
- Show Development
- Research
- Reporting
- Producing
- Logistics and Coordination
- Interviewing
- Hosting
- Grant Writing
- Field Recording
- Field Producing
- Voiceover
Equipment
- Tascam DR-100 recorder
- RĂ˜DE NTG2 shotgun mic
- Nikon D300 camera
- tripod
Previous Work
- Business and Data Reporter at VTDigger.org (December 2014)
- Researcher at Investigative Reporting Workshop (July 2013)
- Graduate Research Assistant at IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors) (May 2013)
- Reporter and Anchor at KBIA 91.3 FM (NPR Affiliate) (May 2013)