Annie Hylton is an international lawyer and investigative journalist from Canada, based in Brooklyn. Through long-form narrative writing, she seeks to create empathy and illustrate the human stakes behind key policy debates. She writes about gender, immigration, human rights, and conflict, and has worked in the Middle East, Central America, and East Africa, among others. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Global Migration Program at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Annie is the recipient of an International Reporting Project fellowship, and was a graduate of Columbia's graduate school of journalism as a Stabile fellow for Investigative Journalism. She also holds a B.Com, J.D. and LL.M.
Annie has conducted hostile environment training with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, as well as RISC, and has received education in trauma-sensitive interviewing practices.