Michael Y. Park

Location: New York, NY

For both work and pleasure, Park’s traveled to over 60 countries, including having snuck through Afghanistan disguised as a Hazara Shi’ite, slept among polar bears on the Canadian tundra, picnicked with the king and queen of Malaysia, tramped around organic farms in Cuba, ridden the world’s longest train through the Sahara, and choked down gasoline clams in North Korea. He is a survivor of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Lower Manhattan, and photographs from his experience have been displayed at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and at exhibits about the event. He worked at a restaurant helmed by chef Anthony Bourdain, who once threatened to cut off his hands. Justifiably.

Experience

Michael Y. Park is a journalist living in New York City. Park has written or edited for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, the Points Guy, New York Post, New York Magazine, Toronto Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Reuters, Epicurious, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Oyster, Architectural Digest, People, Men’s Journal, Blender, Details, Rodale’s Organic Life, and other publications, on everything from space chimps to Elmo bongs to serial killers and from inside prisons. In addition, he was the former head of the travel section for LIFE magazine and digital managing editor for the world’s largest publisher of history magazines. He’s reviewed hundreds of hotels, resorts, and properties, from the infamous “Murder Hotel” in Times Square to the very suite of Costa Rican rainforest retreat where Beyonce and Jay-Z sequestered to allegedly mend their marriage, and has taken forms of transportation from dogsled to dugout canoe. His reporting on the airline industry led to the release of a flight attendant from ICE detention and ultimately led to congressional hearings.

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