Mark MacKinnon

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Mark MacKinnon
Born1974 (age 49–50)
NationalityCanadian
EducationCarleton University
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Globe and Mail
Notable workThe New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections and Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union, The China Diaries
AwardsNational Newspaper Award (7 times), Canada's print Journalist of the Year (2016)

Mark MacKinnon (born 1974) is a Canadian journalist, currently senior international correspondent for one of Canada's national newspapers,

National Newspaper Award,[1] Canada's top reporting prize, and was named Canada's print Journalist of the Year
for 2016.

Now based in London, his previous postings include Beijing, Moscow and the Middle East.

MacKinnon first book, The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections and Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union was published in 2007 by

Carroll and Graf in the United States. It is "a nuanced study that demonstrates the continuity of conflict between the U.S. and Russia", and discusses the emergence of a new "Cold War" in the 2000s (decade).[3]

He is also the author The China Diaries, an e-book of MacKinnon's travels by train through the China that was published in 2013.

He has twice been named to Foreign Policy magazine's Top 100 global "Twitterati" for his commentary via the social media network Twitter.

MacKinnon has interviewed Burmese opposition leader

Mikhail Saakashvili and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as well as King Abdullah II of Jordan and former Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze
.

References

  1. ^ "Author Spotlight: Mark Mackinnon". RandomHouse.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  2. ^ "Books - The New Cold War by Mark MacKinnon". RandomHouse.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ^ Voyer, Greg (2007-05-20). "A cold war by any other name..." Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-02-01.