Tim Mak

Tim Mak is an American investigative correspondent for National Public Radio.[3] He covers national security politics, and role of emerging technologies.[3]

Tim Mak
BornOctober 24[1]
Alma materMcGill University
OccupationJournalist
Years active2009-present
EmployerNational Public Radio[2]

Career

He graduated from McGill University where he was valedictorian.[4]

Mak is known for writing the first report on convicted Russian agent Maria Butina[2] and for publishing recorded audio of threats made by President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen in order to prevent a story about Trump from being published.[5][6]

He has also written extensively on the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), having published secret tapes showing how the organization's executives reacted in strategy sessions following the Columbine High School massacre.[7] He is an author of a book on the inner workings of the NRA, titled 'Misfire' and published by E. P. Dutton.[8][9][10][11][12]

He also covered the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine from within the country after having arrived on the night the invasion began.[13][3] His investigations in Ukraine include tracking down the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade,[14] and his extensive effort to solve a war crime in the town of Nova Basan.[15]

References
  1. Staff, Politico. "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Tim Mak, reporter for NPR's Washington desk". POLITICO.
  2. "Nothing fake about it". mcgillnews.mcgill.ca.
  3. "Tim Mak : NPR". NPR. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  4. "McGill Arts Class of 2009 Valedictory Address - Timothy Mak". 2 June 2009 – via YouTube.
  5. Brandy Zadrozny; Tim Mak (28 July 2015). "Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel 'Violated' During Sex". The Daily Beast – via www.thedailybeast.com.
  6. "LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats". NPR.org. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018.
  7. "A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA's evolution on school shootings". NPR. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  8. "Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA". Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  9. "Book Deals: Week of May 20, 2019". Publisher's Weekly.
  10. Jacob Rosen (12 November 2021). "NPR's Tim Mak on the NRA's troubles — "The Takeout"". CBS News. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. Charles Kaiser (6 November 2021). "Misfire review: a bullseye from Tim Mak – but the NRA isn't beaten yet". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  12. "POLITICO Playbook". Politico.
  13. "After months of escalation, Russia has begun an invasion of Ukraine". NPR. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  14. "NPR investigates Russia's notorious 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade". NPR.
  15. Tim Mak (10 December 2022). "There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. We worked to solve one". NPR. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
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