I worked here:
– No Depression, Managing Editor (2017-present)
– Paste magazine, Associate Music Editor (2017)
Assistant Music Editor (2015-2017)
– New World Symphony, Communications Manager (2012-14)
…where I was a highly flexible resource for PR, marketing, advertising, customer service, copywriting, copy editing, social media, and creating and maintaining an internal system of communications
Interviewing (L-R) trombonist Natalie Cressman and trumpeter Jennifer Hartswick during a 2024 Park City Song Summit panel titled, Brass Without Borders. Photo by Erika Goldring.
Interviewing Ani DiFranco at First Church Berkeley in 2019, in honor of her memoir, No Walls and The Recurring Dream.
I studied here:
– University of Liverpool, M.A. in Music Industry Studies
Completed “With Merit” (Want to read my master’s thesis? Ok, head over here.)
– University of Miami, B.S. in Communications
Double Major in Journalism and American Studies (Pop Culture), Minor in Music (Harp)
GPA: 3.7, Cum Laude
Hilary interviewing singer-songwriter Mon Rovîa as part of “A New York Evening With Mon Rovîa,” presented by The Grammy Museum in 2024. Photo by Rob Kim, Getty
Technical skills:
– Microsoft Office
– Adobe Photoshop, InDesign
– Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok
– CMS: WordPress, Movable Type, Foundation, Ghost
– Google Suite
– Digital SLR photography
Affiliations:
– Folk Alliance International – Board of Directors (2025)
– The Recording Academy (2024)
– Society of Professional Journalists – New York City chapter (2021)
– National Press Club (2020)
– Columbia Scholastic Press Association (2018)
Interviewing First Nations singer-songwriter William Prince as part of "A New York Evening With William Prince," presented by The Grammy Museum in 2023. Photo by Rob Kim, Getty.
Professional Speaking Engagements:
– Grammy Museum, New York, Ny, (2023, 2025)
– Elsewhere Festival, Wichita, KS, (2024)
– Switchyard Festival, Tulsa, OK, (2024)
– Park City Song Summit, Park City, UT, (2023, 2024)
– The Port Authority Music Export Academy, New York, NY (2023)
– Brooklyn Folk Festival, Brooklyn, NY (2023)
– Folk Music Ontario, London, ON, (2022)
– The New Colossus Festival, New York, NY (2022, 2020)
– M for Montreal, Montreal, QB (2021)
– Smithsonian Future of Music Public Forum, Washington DC (2019)
– Ani DiFranco’s book tour for No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Berkeley, CA (2019)
– Word of South Festival, Tallahassee, FL (2019)
– NAMM conference, Nashville, TN (2018)
– CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference, Nashville, TN (2018)
– Music PEI’s Canadian Songwriter Conference, Charlottetown, PEI (2018)
– Hard Working Class Heroes, Dublin, IE (2017)
– Secret Knowledge Conference, Portland, OR (2015)
Educational Speaking Engagements:
– Ohio State University – Lawrence and Elizabeth Barnett Symposium on the Arts and Public Policy (2023)
– University of Southern California graduate arts journalism classes (2022, 2021)
– Gettysburg College music and politics seminar (2019)
– Hunter College arts classes (2018)
– College of Charleston music business class (2017)
– University of Miami journalism classes (2017, 2019)