Katie is a Bethel-based photojournalist and filmmaker with a focus on her home, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska. Basile’s work has appeared on PBS NewsHour and in The Washington Post Magazine, NPR, The New York Times and High Country News Magazine.
Katie began her career as a teaching artist and has more than a decade of experience collaborating on multimedia stories with rural Alaskan youth. From Yup’ik kayak building to the high teacher turnover rate, youth-led storytelling continues to expand Katie’s understanding of traditional and contemporary rural Alaska. She directed the award-winning short film To Keep As One, which premiered at Big Sky Film Festival.