The continuing journalistic adventure of Peter Laufer has already resulted in thousands of hours of network reporting from the front lines of conflict and social change around the world, and a growing shelf of books dealing with social and political issues: from immigration (Wetback Nation) to talk radio (Inside Talk Radio) to the pleasures of an intriguing American art form: neon signs (Neon Nevada, with Sheila Swan Laufer). Laufer's latest books include one that focuses on American soldiers who return from Iraq opposed to the war; it is published by Chelsea Green Publishing
(www.chelseagreen.com/2006/items/missionrejectedpa) and another, Hope Is a Tattered Flag, written with Markos Kounalakis, offering scenarios for recovery post-Bush published by PoliPoint Press (www.hopeisatatteredflag.com). The Dangerous World of Butterflies, published by Lyons Press is a direct result of Laufer's speaking tour for Mission Rejected.

Radio work by Peter Laufer includes the creation of a magazine show from around the world for the National Geographic and a radio adaption of its investigative reporting for Mother Jones magazine. He c0-anchors a Washington Monthly magazine weekly radio talk show, and provides coaching and program consulting for talk radio shows and stations worldwide. In the past, he reported for NBC News, CBS and ABC radio, and was the Berlin voice of the public radio program "Marketplace." Peter Laufer's years in radio work resulted in his winning virtually every major award available to broadcast journalists.

The articles and op-ed pieces by Peter Laufer appear in a wide variety of publications, from the San Francisco Chronicle to Mother Jones magazine, from the Washington Monthly to Penthouse.

On television, Peter Laufer has produced and directed an award winning documentary film on immigration in Europe ("Exodus to Berlin"), and anchored national television talk shows such as LinkTV's "FAQs". Laufer is a frequent lecturer on the role of talk radio in American society and the crisis on the U.S.-Mexican border.

Peter Laufer anchored the live Sunday morning KPFA (94.1 Berkeley)
current affairs program which features guest interviews and
interaction with the audience, a show he moved to Sunday mornings on Green 960 (960-AM in San Francisco).

Read the Ben Fong-Torres San Francisco Chronicle "Radio Waves" column for more on Laufer's talk radio work.

Watch Peter Laufer talk about his butterfly book with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show

Read the Washington Post review of The Dangerous World of Butterflies, and the Los Angeles Times review.

Watch Peter Laufer discuss his book Wetback Nation with Fox TV's Bill O'Reilly.