Avery Wilcox is a photo editor from Los Angeles. She is the 2025-26 Opinion Photo Editing Fellow at the New York Times. 

She was previously Chief Editor of Los Angeles based Chuck Magazine. She is interested in visual storytelling, journalism, photo editing, curating and print media. 

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Project List:

1. Drafting a New America
Photographs and Text by Taryn Simon

2. It’s Quieter Now. People are Afraid.
Text by Xiao Rongqing
Visuals by Andrés Altamirano

3. The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It was Inherited by the Children.
Introduction by Barbara Kingsolver
Photographs by Tamara Reynolds

4.Chuck Magazine: Issue V

5.Chuck Magazine: The Los Angeles Food Issue

6.Chuck Magazine: Issue IV



CV (SAMPLE)



Education
BA Journalism 
Photojournalism Concentration
Museum Studies Minor
San Francisco State University
2022

Employment New York Times Fellowship Opinion Photo Editing
New York
Current

Chief Editor
Chuck Magazine
Los Angeles
2020-2025

Media Coordinator
Paramount Marketing
Los Angeles
2023-2025

Editorial Assistant
Annie Jacobsen, Author
Los Angeles
2023-2025

Production Coordinator
Hubble Studio 
Los Angeles
2023

Curatorial ExperienceOn American Iconography
Chuck Magazine Innaugural Group Show
Los Angeles
2024


Park Pictures
Solo Show
Park Life Gallery
San Francisco
2023


VAPA @ VDL
Neutra Studio and Residences
Group Show
Los Angeles
2017



Skills
Photo Editing
Photo Production
Video Editing
Adobe Suite
Figma
Archive Organization
Research
Writing
Editing







Last Updated 03.01.25
RECENT PROJECTS






1.Drafting a New America
Photographs and Text by Taryn Simon

Photo production
Project management
Research

Jan. 24, 2026




2.It’s Quieter Now. People are Afraid.
By Rong Xiaoqing
Visuals by Andrés Altamirano

Video production
Project management

Published Feb. 7, 2026



3.The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children.
Introduction by Barbara Kingsolver
Photographs By Tamara Reynolds


Photo production
Asset management

Dec. 22, 2025




4.Chuck Magazine: Issue V

Featuring: Tom O’Neill, Lydia Night, Michael McGregor, Tula Goodman, Gem Hale, Dylan Kaposi, Joji     Baratelli, Ella Bandouveris, Cliff L. Powell, Nehemiah Cisneros, and Stefan Simchowitz.

Chief Editor
Photo editing
Contributed writing   

Published June 2025


5.Chuck Magazine: The Los Angeles Food Issue

Featuring: A Letter To Chuck, The Martini Tour, The Taco Tour, Quality Seafood, Chainsaw LA, Stir Crazy, Papa Cristo’s, and Crawfords.

Chief Editor
Photo editing
Contributed writing   

Published June 2024
  



6.Chuck Magazine: Issue IV

Featuring: Paris Texas, Rose Costolo, Baird, Julian Pace, Bird & Byron, Glenn Goldberg, Fred Hoffman, Boni Mata and Julien Nguyen, Lydia Sprecher, Cliff Powell, Dylan Kaposi, Tommy Rizzoli, Ollie Cowley, Aaron Sinclair, Taylor Alexander, Liam Kozak.

Chief Editor
Photo editing
Contributed writing   

Published December 2023



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