Nilo covers international stories, national security and extremism. Prior to this, she worked on live interactive journalism, which featured projects that directly involved the NYT's online audience in original reporting. She is a former producer and correspondent for VICE News, where she covered drug policy, the environment and breaking news. She also produced and edited web videos for NowThis, and produced daily news packages for the United Nations and New York bureaus of Al Jazeera English. She received her Master's of Science from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and her BA in Political Science and French from the University of British Columbia