About
Hilary Niles is a journalist, researcher, writer, editor, data geek, audio producer and trainer with a master’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism.
Hilary also studied fiction and poetry at the University of New Hampshire, and creative non-fiction writing & editing at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She went on to volunteer as founding program director for the low-power FM station Portsmouth Community Radio on the New Hampshire Seacoast.
In 2014, a white paper she co-authored with Charles Lewis, “Measuring Impact: The art, science and mystery of nonprofit news,” earned the Sigma Delta Chi award for journalism research.
In 2015, she helped secure passage of Vermont’s journalism shield law. From 2018-2022, she served as the five-term elected chair of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Freelance Community.
When she’s not reporting, editing or planning a new project, she’s either reading, writing, swimming, collecting driftwood, riding her motorcycle, learning Spanish, pining for northern Vermont winters or hatching her next adventure.