An award-winning writer, Jay Walljasper has extensive experience reporting on a wide range of social and cultural subjects.


Jay Walljasper is the author of The Great Neighborhood Book (2007) and Visionaries:  People and Ideas to Change Your Life (2001), both published by New Society Publishers. 

His articles have appeared in a wide range of publications in many countries, including National Geographic Traveler, Utne Reader, Better Homes & Gardens, Ode magazine, Chicago Tribune magazine, The Nation, Huffington Post, Chicago magazine, Midwest Living, Preservation, Planning, Mother Jones, Philadelphia Inquirer magazine, L.A. Weekly, Electric Railway News and Rock & Rap Confidential.

Internationally, Jay’s writing has been published in The New Statesman (UK), Australian Financial Review, Toronto Star, Courrier (Paris), Sunday Independent (South Africa), Integral (Barcelona), Business Craft (Singapore), Planeto Humana (Madrid), Resurgence (UK), Enjeux Internationaux (Brussels), The Idler (UK), and Geographical (UK).