Miles Parks
Miles Parks is a correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk, where he covers voting and election security, and is a co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. He also serves as a guest host for NPR radio shows, including Weekend Edition and All Things Considered.
He began covering election issues after the 2016 presidential election, and his work was cited in the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian election interference.
In 2020, Parks and Iowa Public Radio's Kate Payne broke the news that Iowa Democrats were planning to use an untested and potentially vulnerable app to transport their Caucus results.
He has also reported extensively on misinformation. As Covid-19 vaccines were being rolled out in the U.S., Parks used data analysis to show that misleading information about the shots was going viral on social media.
Parks's investigation detailing how far-right political pressure drove states to abandon a tool that helps catch voter fraud was named a 2023 finalist for the Peabody Award and the Toner Prize for Excellence in National Political Reporting.
A graduate of the University of Tampa, Parks joined NPR as the 2014-15 Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow and he has also previously covered local politics for The Washington Post and The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla.
In his spare time, Parks likes playing, reading and thinking about basketball. He wrote The Washington Post's obituary of legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt.
Parks can be reached via encrypted message on the signal app at milesparks.10.
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