Laura Paskus - Multimedia Producer/Director

Laura Paskus is a longtime environment reporter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Currently, she is the environment reporter for New Mexico PBS, and produces the monthly series, “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future.” Her book “At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate,” was published in September 2020 by the University of New Mexico Press. Paskus has been a journalist since 2002, when she began her career at High Country News. She has freelanced for local, regional, and national outlets and 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. She also edits New Mexico-based stories about the oil and gas industry and climate change for Capital & Main. She’s a board member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and formerly served as president of the Rio Grande Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Paskus graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Anthropology and is a graduate student in the UNM Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.
lpaskus@nmpbs.org