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Hilary Niles

@nilesmedia

Hilary Niles is an independent multimedia and data journalist, and former farmer, bartender and drug store shift supervisor. She holds a master’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism, has produced stories for NPR and the BBC, and currently chairs the Society of Professional Journalists’ Freelance Community and serves on SPJ’s FOI Committee.

Journalism lives at the check-out counter

Journalism lives at the check-out counter

The job I moved back to New Hampshire for was not Shift Supervisor at the local branch of a national drug store chain. Back in February, I folded up five…