Laura Bliss

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Laura Bliss is an American journalist and writer who founded MapLab. [1] She is also known for her work with Bloomberg and her book, The Quarantine Atlas.

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Early life and education

Born in Los Angeles, California, Bliss earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and French from Wesleyan University. [2] [3] In 2023, Bliss was a fellow at the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). [4]

Career

In 2017, Bliss founded MapLab, a Bloomberg Media newsletter focused on maps and geography. [1] [5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bliss authored The Quarantine Atlas, published by Hachette. [6] The book was based on her Bloomberg Media series that invited readers to submit hand-drawn maps and included essays depicting pandemic life worldwide. [7] [8] The Quarantine Atlas was described by Slate as a "visual archive." [6]

In 2022, Bliss became the host of Bedrock, USA, a Bloomberg Media and iHeart Radio podcast that examines extremism in local politics. [9]

Bliss has written articles for publications such as The Atlantic , [10] Bloomberg Businessweek , [11] Los Angeles Magazine , [12] MIT Technology Review , [13] Mother Jones , [14] and The New York Times . [15]

Bibliography

Awards and recognition

In 2024, Bliss was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Writing. [16] Later, she was nominated for the Harvard Kennedy School's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting for her article, "The Private Equity Firm Tapping America's Spring Water," part of Bloomberg Businessweek's Water Grab series on water privatization. [17] [18] The series received the 2023 Best in Business Honor from Arizona State University's Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. [19]

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  1. 1 2 "MapLab | 50 | A Bloomberg newsletter connecting maps and the news | La". doi:10.4324/9781003327578-50.
  2. ↑ "RAIN, BUT SPIRITS HIGH". February 6, 2008.
  3. ↑ "2012 Recipients, Student Affairs/Deans Office - Wesleyan University". www.wesleyan.edu.
  4. ↑ Journalism, Knight Science (May 24, 2023). "Meet the KSJ Fellows: Laura Bliss". MIT.
  5. ↑ "MapLab: A Note From MapLab Founder Laura Bliss". Bloomberg. August 24, 2022 – via Bloomberg.com.
  6. 1 2 Grabar, Henry (April 20, 2022). "The Tiny Geographies of Life Under Lockdown". Slate– via slate.com.
  7. ↑ "Covid Maps Reveal Personal Pandemic Landscapes". Bloomberg. January 25, 2022 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  8. ↑ "Powerful Maps Reflect Two Years of Covid Transformations". Bloomberg. April 18, 2022 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  9. ↑ "Bedrock, USA Podcast - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com.
  10. ↑ Bliss, Laura (February 5, 2018). "How WeWork Has Perfectly Captured the Millennial Id". The Atlantic.
  11. ↑ "The 15-Minute City—No Cars Required—Is Urban Planning's New Utopia". Bloomberg. November 12, 2020 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  12. ↑ "Articles by Laura Bliss". LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. September 15, 2015.
  13. ↑ "The startup CEO remaking City Hall". MIT Technology Review.
  14. ↑ Bliss, Laura. "The country's "most polluted air basin" braces for a Trump plan that will make things worse".
  15. ↑ "2017/09/21/nyregion/staten-island-bat-watchers-research". The New York Times . Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  16. ↑ "The Pulitzer Prizes".
  17. ↑ "Semifinalists for the 2024 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting". February 14, 2024.
  18. ↑ "The Private Equity Firm Tapping America's Spring Water". Bloomberg– via www.bloomberg.com.
  19. ↑ "2023 Best in Business Honorees – Judging Comments". March 28, 2024.
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