Caelan Bailey covers the new rural landscape for 100 Days in Appalachia. Before joining Report for America, Bailey’s freelance work appeared in 100 Days, The Assembly, and Burnaway. Previously, she was West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s state politics reporter and managing editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator’s long-form journalism magazine, The Eye.
Beat: The New Rural Landscape
The New Rural Landscape explicitly and effectively covers the intersections of Tech, Environment and Poverty/Economic mobility through coverage of the impacts of data centers and economic exploitation via new tech in rural communities throughout the Appalachian region. The reporter will investigate the effects of modern industry in the Appalachian region across environmental, economic and other systemic impacts making up current dystopian landscape.