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Tim Mak
BornOctober 24[1]
Alma materMcGill University
OccupationJournalist
Years active2009–present
EmployerThe Counteroffensive

Tim Mak is a Canadian[2]-American journalist and editor of the Kyiv-based publication The Counteroffensive.[3] Previously an investigative correspondent for National Public Radio,[4] he covers national security, politics, and the role of emerging technologies.[4] He is the author of Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA (E. P. Dutton, 2021) about the gun organization's inner workings.[5][6][7][8][9]

Career

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He graduated as valedictorian from McGill University.[10]

Mak broke the news about a Russian national in Washington, D.C. named Maria Butina, who would later be convicted for acting as a Russian agent.[11] After President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen threatened Mak in an attempt to prevent the publication of a story about Trump, the journalist published the recorded audio of Cohen's threats.[12][13]

In 2020, Mak obtained recorded audio of then-Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr making a private speech about how devastating the coming COVID-19 pandemic would be, in contrast to his optimistic public messaging. After it was revealed that he sold millions of dollars in stocks around the period he gave this speech, the senator was investigated for possible insider trading.[14][15]

He has also written extensively on the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). In 2021, he published secret tapes showing how the organization's executives reacted in strategy sessions following the Columbine High School massacre.[16]

He covered the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine from within the country, having arrived the night the invasion began.[17][4] His investigations in Ukraine include tracking down the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade,[18] the unit which shot down MH-17; and investigating a war crime in the town of Nova Basan.[19]

In May 2023, he launched The Counteroffensive, a newsletter that publishes narrative journalism and personal experiences from Ukraine during the Russian invasion. It also reports from other places where people face challenges from authoritarianism, such as Syria, Georgia, and Taiwan. He told Slate magazine that he wants to tell "deeply-reported human interest stories that humanize events."[3] By 2025, The Counteroffensive had become the most-read publication in Substack's 'International' category.[20] With a "small team of local journalists" operating in Kyiv, the audience had grown to approximately 150,000 subscribers, according to Forbes.[21]

Politico cofounder Robert Allbritton invested in Mak's company in 2025 to help expand The Counteroffensive's B2B defense technology publication, The Arsenal. [22] It now has operations in Kyiv, Brussels and Berlin.

In 2026, after the beginning of the war in Iran, Mak expanded his coverage of international war with a new Substack publication called Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak.[23]

References

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  1. ^ Politico Staff (24 October 2018). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Tim Mak, reporter for NPR's Washington desk". POLITICO.
  2. ^ "Thousands of miles away from his native Vancouver, journalist Tim Mak is on the Counteroffensive". Review of Journalism. 27 April 2025. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b "The Accidental War Correspondent". Slate. 2 May 2023. Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Tim Mak : NPR". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  5. ^ "Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA". Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  6. ^ "Book Deals: Week of May 20, 2019". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  7. ^ Rosen, Jacob (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.
  8. ^ Kaiser, Charles (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.
  9. ^ "POLITICO Playbook". Politico. 19 May 2019.
  10. ^ "McGill Arts Class of 2009 Valedictory Address - Timothy Mak". 2 June 2009 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Nothing fake about it". mcgillnews.mcgill.ca. 11 January 2019.
  12. ^ Zadrozny, Brandy; Mak, Tim (28 July 2015). "Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel 'Violated' During Sex". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2023 – via www.thedailybeast.com.
  13. ^ "LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats". NPR.org. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Secret recording captures GOP Sen. Burr issuing a dire warning about coronavirus to a private club, while publicly conservatives and Trump downplayed the threat". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  15. ^ Harris, Mary (18 May 2020). "What Richard Burr Actually Did". Slate. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  16. ^ "A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA's evolution on school shootings". NPR. Archived from the original on 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  17. ^ "After months of escalation, Russia has begun an invasion of Ukraine". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  18. ^ "NPR investigates Russia's notorious 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  19. ^ Mak, Tim (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.
  20. ^ https://substack.com/top/international
  21. ^ Meek, Andy (8 November 2025). "Tim Mak, On Reporting From Ukraine: 'I Feel Like I've Aged A Decade'". Forbes. Archived from the original on 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  22. ^ "Politico Co-Founder Invests in European Defense Tech Media in Kyiv". A Media Operator.
  23. ^ "Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak". Substack. Tim Mak. Archived from the original on 12 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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