Laura Bliss is a journalist and editor whose work has been featured in many periodicals including The Atlantic [ 1] , Bloomberg Businessweek [ 2] , Los Angeles Magazine [ 3] , MIT Technology Review [ 4] , Ms. [ 5] , Mother Jones [ 6] ,The New York Times [ 7] , Sierra Magazine [ 8] and several books.[ 9] [ 10]
Bliss is often asked to speak publicly on journalism and urban policy and has been interviewed on television,[ 11] radio[ 12] , and various public venues including CityLab Bloomberg 2023[ 13] Boston Public Library [ 14] , Columbia University [ 15] , MIT [ 16] , New York University [ 17] , North American Cartographic Information Society [ 18] , University of Oregon [ 19] , and University of Southern Maine ’s Osher Map Library [ 20]
In 2024, Bliss was announced as a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Explanatory Writing[ 21] , and a semifinalist for the 2024 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for her article, The Private Equity Firm Tapping America’s Spring Water , part of a Bloomberg Green series of articles investigating privatization of water.[ 22] [ 23] The series, Water Grab , was also named a 2023 Best in Business honoree by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.[ 24]
In 2023, Bliss was invited as a Fellow at the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT .[ 25]
During the Covid-19 Pandemic , Hachette published Bliss’s book, The Quarantine Atlas [ 26] [ 27] . The book, which began as a series of articles appealing for reader-drawn maps at Bloomberg Media , is comprised of homemade maps and essays illustrating pandemic life throughout the world. [ 28] [ 29]
In 2022, Bliss was asked to write and host the award-nominated[ 30] [ 31] Bloomberg Media /iHeart Radio podcast, Bedrock, USA [ 32] , a series focused on extremism in local politics. [ 33] [ 34]
In 2017 Bliss founded MapLab [ 35] , a Bloomberg Media newsletter about maps and geography.
Bliss currently covers the environment, urban policy and politics at Bloomberg News .[ 36]
^ Bliss, Laura (February 5, 2018). "How WeWork Has Perfectly Captured the Millennial Id" . The Atlantic .
^ "The 15-Minute City—No Cars Required—Is Urban Planning's New Utopia" . Bloomberg . November 12, 2020 – via www.bloomberg.com.
^ "Articles by Laura Bliss" . LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles . September 15, 2015.
^ "The startup CEO remaking City Hall" . MIT Technology Review .
^ "Laura Bliss, Author at Ms. Magazine" . Ms. Magazine .
^ Bliss, Laura. "The country's "most polluted air basin" braces for a Trump plan that will make things worse" .
^ Bliss, Laura (September 21, 2017). "The Remarkable Patience of the Staten Island Bat Watchers" . The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
^ https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-4-july-august/books/it-will-take-village-save-colorado-river
^ "The Future of Transportation - ARTBOOK|D.A.P." – via www.artbook.com.
^ "Los Angeles Review of Books" . Los Angeles Review of Books . July 21, 2013.
^ "Laura Bliss - Fox5 NYC interview - August 8, 2018" – via www.youtube.com.
^ https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058838930/the-pandemic-saw-a-spike-in-traffic-deaths-whats-being-done-to-stop-it
^ "Speakers" .
^ "Laura Bliss — The Quarantine Atlas: Mapping Global Life Under COVID-19" . BiblioEvents . March 1, 2023.
^ "Digital Urbanisms - Part 2" – via www.youtube.com.
^ Lee, Lin Sing. "Reporting on Cities With Laura Bliss" . MIT Events .
^ "Home" . nysgis.net .
^ "How Homemade Maps Defined the Pandemic Year - Laura Bliss, Bloomberg News, Jessica Martin" – via www.youtube.com.
^ "North America 2018 - Urbanism Next" . www.urbanismnext.org .
^ "Author Talk: Laura Bliss of Bloomberg CityLab" – via www.youtube.com.
^ https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-bloomberg
^ "Semifinalists for the 2024 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting" . 14 February 2024.
^ "The Private Equity Firm Tapping America's Spring Water" . Bloomberg – via www.bloomberg.com.
^ "2023 Best in Business Honorees – Judging Comments" . 28 March 2024.
^ Journalism, Knight Science (May 24, 2023). "Meet the KSJ Fellows: Laura Bliss" . Knight Science Journalism @MIT .
^ Bliss, Laura (August 2, 2021). The Quarantine Atlas . Running Press. ISBN 9780762478125 – via www.hachettebookgroup.com.
^ Grabar, Henry (April 20, 2022). "The Tiny Geographies of Life Under Lockdown" . Slate – via slate.com.
^ "Covid Maps Reveal Personal Pandemic Landscapes" . Bloomberg . 25 January 2022.
^ "Powerful Maps Reflect Two Years of Covid Transformations" . Bloomberg . 18 April 2022.
^ "2023 Online Journalism Awards Winners" .
^ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index" . NEW Webby Gallery + Index .
^ "Bedrock, USA Podcast - Bloomberg" . Bloomberg.com .
^ Racioppi, Frank (July 21, 2022). "Bloomberg Premieres New Podcast "Bedrock USA" About Citizen Involvement Gone Wild" .
^ "Reviews For The Podcast "Bedrock, USA" Curated From iTunes" . www.podparadise.com .
^ "MapLab: A Note from MapLab Founder Laura Bliss" . Bloomberg . 24 August 2022.
^ "Laura Bliss - Bloomberg" . Bloomberg.com . 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-10-18 .