Miles Parks
Miles Parks is a reporter on NPR's Washington Desk. He covers voting and elections, and also reports on breaking news.
Parks joined NPR as the 2014-15 Stone & Holt Weeks Fellow. Since then, he's investigated FEMA's efforts to get money back from Superstorm Sandy victims, profiled budding rock stars and produced for all three of NPR's weekday news magazines.
A graduate of the University of Tampa, Parks also previously covered crime and local government 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.
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Election conspiracies have fundamentally changed the job of local voting officials, and many don't want to take it anymore. -
The advice from cybersecurity experts is unanimous: Internet voting is a bad idea. But it's already happening in every federal election. In 2020, more than 300,000 Americans cast ballots online.
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A playlist to help set the mood for your July 4th barbecue.
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NPR's Miles Parks talks with author Kevin Johnson and illustrator Kitt Thomas about their new picture book for kids coping with grief, "Cape."
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Hundreds are arrested in yet another night of violence in France. It began when a teenager of North African descent was fatally shot by police.
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Jenny Lewis about her new album, Joy'All.
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Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's term which concluded yesterday.
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NPR's Miles Parks speaks to Sam Greene, Professor of Russian Politics at King's College London, about the current turmoil inside Russia.
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The latest on a developing situation in Russia involving the high-profile leader of a mercenary group that's been key in Russia's war effort in Ukraine.
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Reaction from Ukraine to tensions in Russia over the prominent head of a Russian mercenary group.
