An award-winning writer, Jay Walljasper has extensive experience reporting on subjects ranging from urban issues and contemporary ideas and to music and travel.

Walljasper is the author of All That We Share A Field Guide to the Commons (2011), The Great Neighborhood Book (2007) and Visionaries: People and Ideas to Change Your Life (2001).

His freelance writing includes articles appearing in a wide range of North American publications and web sites such as National Geographic Traveler, Utne Reader, Better Homes & Gardens, San Francisco Chronicle, Ode, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, Planetizen, Bicycle Times, Huffington Post, AARP Bulletin, Chicago Magazine, Midwest Living, Toronto Star, Common Dreams, Preservation, Planning, Mother Jones, Philadelphia Inquirer, Christian Science Monitor, L. A. Weekly, Notre Dame Magazine, Citiwire, World Changing, Parks & Recreation, Shambhala Sun, Alternet.org, YES! Magazine and Rock & Rap Confidential.

Internationally, Walljasper’s writing has been published in The New Statesman (UK), Australian Financial Review, Courrier (Paris), Sunday Independent (South Africa), Integral (Barcelona), Business Craft (Singapore), Planeto Humana (Madrid), Resurgence (UK), Enjeux Internationaux (Brussels), The Idler (UK), Outra Politica (Brazil), Geographical (UK), Konsumer (Mayalasia), Prahou Na Kole (Prague), World Streets (Paris), Kewkradong (Bangladesh), Tygodnik Forum (Warsaw), Bikesmiling (Taiwan) and the Spanish and Slovenian editions of National Geographic Traveler.

Jay contributed regularly to the Destination Watch department of National Geographic Traveler. He's also been a columnist or blogger for National Geographic Green Guide, Shareable Magazine, Utne Reader, Resurgence, Enjeux Internationaux, Shambhala Sun and Conscious Choice.

Strategic communication is another of his skills, and he has been involved in developing publicity, messaging and publishing efforts for On The Commons, Project for Public Spaces, the Bikes Belong Foundation, Transit for Livable Communities, Citiscope and other organizations. He wrote the annual report for Friends of the Mississippi River, a report on local food initiatives for the McKnight Foundation, a Ford Foundation-funded report about the Coalition for Livable Future in Portland and a report on rural transportation for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.