Annabel has two decades’ experience in human rights and climate action, at the local and international levels. Trained as a journalist with a post-graduate diploma in Periodical Journalism from City University, London, communications and media have been a through-thread in her career.
Expertise
Annabel has experience designing and leading programmes and policy on human rights and climate change, with a strong emphasis on city- and local-level action, and the built environment.. She has expertise in communications strategy for nonprofits, writing, framing, narrative-building and storytelling.
Current Work
Annabel is Project Lead for the Centre’s “Generation 2026: Youth Media Forward Initiative”. The initiative provides training for cohorts of young journalists aged 15-17 in four of the FIFA 2026 World Cup host cities: Guadalajara, Los Angeles, New York New Jersey, and Toronto. And it provides opportunities for the young journalists to publish their stories on the human rights dimensions of sport and major sporting events in their communities and beyond.
Previous Experience
As Principal of It’s Material Annabel works with nonprofits, foundations and business to design and implement strategies for social and environmental change. Communications were a core part of Annabel’s leadership roles with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and with ALIGN (Alliance for a Greater New York).
Annabel is the creator of local initiatives in New York City that engage communities and youth including “30th Ave – A Year in the Life of a Street” and “I Live Here – Queens”. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, Open Global Rights, Urban Omnibus, Geographical and Resurgence Magazine, and she is the author of "Go M.A.D! - 365 Daily Ways to Save the Planet" for The Ecologist. Having been a youth reporter at a global sustainable development summit in Johannesburg, Annabel knows first-hand the value of participating in youth reporting initiatives.