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Mia Taylor is an award-winning finance and travel journalist, editor, and digital content producer who has 20 years of experience.

 

Over the past two decades, Mia’s writing talent has propelled an award-winning career that has taken her around the world. That journey has included writing for print & online news organizations; Fortune 500 corporations; travel companies, banks, and non-profit organizations.

Career highlights

Mia is currently a Senior Writer for TravelPulse; a features contributor for BBC News where she writes travel, culture, and futures stories; and an editor for USA Today.

Previously, Mia worked as a news editor at Dotdash Meredith Corporation–America’s largest digital and print publisher. She began as a staff writer for four of Meredith Corporation’s most iconic brands: Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Parents, and Health. Later, she was promoted to news editor for Health.

Over the course of her career, Mia has contributed articles to a variety of leading national publications. Her bylines can be found in Travel + Leisure, Real Simple; Better Homes & Gardens; Parents, Health, Fortune, TravelAge West, AAA Northeast, Bankrate, U.S. News and World Report, L.A. Parents Magazine, and TravelPulse.

Topic expertise

Mia’s topic expertise includes travel, family travel, single parent travel, wildlife conservation, sustainable living and travel, eco-tourism, climate change, the hospitality industry, women and money, investing, real estate, debt, credit cards, personal loans, and single-parent/single mom finances.

Guest appearances

Mia has also served as a guest speaker for journalism classes at the university level and is regularly called upon to serve as an expert speaker or guest on television news, conference panels, podcasts, Instagram Live, and Facebook Live. Her most recent television appearances include The Weather Channel and Channel NewsAsia. She also works as a brand partner providing expert subject matter content.

Awards

Over the course of her career, Mia has received nine awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association, including several gold and silver awards for coverage of environmental sustainability and wildlife conservation issues–including cruelty to elephants in the travel industry.

She was also part of a team of reporters from KPBS (the San Diego affiliate of National Public Radio) that won a Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism for their investigation into the salaries of California County Supervisors.

Environmental advocacy

A dedicated environmentalist, Mia previously served as the volunteer director of communications for the San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action, one of San Diego’s largest volunteer environmental organizations. In addition, she’s a cancer survivor who created a blog about battling cancer as a single mother.

To keep up with Mia’s articles, public speaking engagements, and travels follow her on social media:

 

You can also reach Mia to discuss working with her at MiaTaylorMail@yahoo.com.


Mia Taylor is a member of a number of professional organizations, including:

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