Laura Kurtzberg

Hi, I'm an information designer and cartographer. I make interactive maps, data visualizations, and web applications for news and storytelling. I often work closely with journalists and scientists to create stories with an environmental focus. My work has been published on Ambiental Media, InfoAmazonia, and Mongabay.

I am also a Professor of Practice at Florida International University's School of Journalism & Media in Miami, FL, where I teach courses on data visualization and technology.

Amazon Underworld

Data analysis and cartography for an international investigation

Aquazônia

Quantifying and mapping harms to the planet’s largest hydrographic basin

Aves

Interactive Cards to explore bird species and their reponse to forest degradation.

Bright Lit Place

Interactive maps and a complete web presence for the Bright Lit Place podcast

Carbon Footprint

A carbon footprint calculator for National Geographic Latin America

Smoke Screen

Demonstrating the connection between forest fires and deforestation in the Amazon

Gold Mining

Mapping the effect of a fast-growing gold mining cooperative in the Brazilian Amazon

Indigenous in the City

A series of charts about Brazil’s Indigenous people in major cities