Laura Billings Coleman
creative content for the common good
Nonprofit Communications
Childcare, Front and Center
Creativity and new community partnership are taking shape to solve Central Minnesota’s child care crisis Written for the Initiative Foundation's I.Q. Magazine, Spring 2023 Like any new business owner, Morgan Dabill had a lot on her mind in the lead-up to launching a...
A Year Like No Other
In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, communities across central Minnesota faced new challenges and found new strengths. By Laura Billings Coleman Surrounded by thousands of surface miles of lakes, boreal forests and natural beauty, the community of the Leech...
Getting Out the Student Vote
Minnesota often leads the country in voter engagement — a trend that’s playing out at many of the state’s private colleges, too. At the age of 20, Ben Menke, a political science and statistics major from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has yet to cast his first...
Recommended Reading
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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 by RF Foster
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Tenth of December by George Saunders
Bio: Laura has been writing for national magazines, newspapers and new media since before it was called "content." A former columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Mademoiselle and Mpls/St. Paul, her reporting and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Outside, Fast Company, SELF, Salon and many other publications.
Fun fact: Laura spent her formative years writing relationship advice in women’s magazines. Ask her anything. She’s here to help.