About

I’m a freelance writer and editor with a special interest in culture and wildlife.

Recently, I’ve been writing about human-wildlife conflict in Greenland for The Guardian, the reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx for BBC Wildlife, training to be a Kilimanjaro guide for the Independent, and more. For my work in 2025, I became a finalist at the Chartered Institute of Journalists’ Young Journalist of the Year Awards and was nominated for Feature of the Year at the TravMedia Awards.

I’ve also served as the editor of adventure travel magazine Wired For Adventure, where I launched the sustainable travel series “What it Takes”, detailing the lives of adventure tourism guides around the world, as well as the Wired For Adventure Podcast.

My career started at university, writing for the King’s Business Review and interning at anti-torture INGO REDRESS. There, I wrote campaigns and edited legal documents, which set me up perfectly to sub-edit for The Sun. Other publications have included The New Zealand Herald, The Toronto Star, The Dispatch, More To Her Story, Inked, Adventure Bike Rider, and more.

I’ve also been able to hone my multi-media skills, as a published photographer, editor and podcast host. I’ve hosted live discussions on digital rights and written scripts for educational anti-torture videos. You can find examples of that work here.

Please do get in touch if you’d like to collaborate on a project or just want to chat travel, adventure or writing (I’m also a burgeoning trapeze artist, avid reader and theatre-goer, bass player, and animal lover if those are more up your street)!

Annaliese speaking on a media panel at the Tashkent International Tourism Fair 2025. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.