Laura Paskus has reported on environmental issues in New Mexico since 2002, when she began her career at High Country News. She has worked for print, online, radio, and television outlets, covering the most important environmental issues of her generation, including climate change and its impacts. She’s the author of the 2020 book, “At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate” and was senior producer of the series on NMPBS, “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future.”

Over the course of her career, Paskus has freelanced for local, regional, and national outlets and also worked as managing editor for Tribal College Journal, a publication of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium; as a reporter and producer for KUNM-FM in Albuquerque; and as the environment reporter for New Mexico Political Report. In 2024, Torrey House Press will publish her new book, “Water Bodies: Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth."