Mika Mäkeläinen

Mika Mäkeläinen (born 30 May 1965)[1] is a Finnish foreign news journalist and non-fiction writer, who has served as both the United States and Asia correspondent for the Finnish public broadcasting company Yle.[2][3][4] Mäkeläinen was stationed in Washington, D.C., between 2006 and 2009 and in Beijing between 2015 and 2017.

Mika Mäkeläinen
Born (1965-05-30) 30 May 1965[1]
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
OccupationJournalist, non-fiction writer
Notable work
Kimlandia: silminnäkijänä Pohjois-Korean kulisseissa

Mäkeläinen is a four-time recipient of the best report of the year award (in different categories) in the CNN World Report competition.[5][6][7] He holds a master's degree in theology from the University of Helsinki,[2][8] and was accepted into the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University in 2003.[9]

Mäkeläinen has received international attention for his coverage of North Korea.[10][11][12] In 2016, he was the only Nordic journalist invited to cover the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.[13] His most notable book, Kimlandia: silminnäkijänä Pohjois-Korean kulisseissa, is based on his experiences in the country.[11][14] In 2019, a panel of judges selected Kimlandia as the best nonfiction book at the TIETOKIRJA.FI event in Helsinki.[15]

Most recently, Mäkeläinen has participated in the creation of a virtual reality experience depicting the nuclear testing at Enewetak Atoll.[16][8] He was a speaker at the 2019 Online News Association Conference.[8]

Bibliography
  • Kirkkojen maailmanneuvoston kehitysnäkemys 1968–1983. Church Research Institute, 1993. series C, 0781-8572; no. 49. ISBN 951-693-194-4
  • Radion rajaton maailma: opas kansainväliseen radiokuunteluun. Tietoteos, 1997. ISBN 951-8919-50-X.
  • Villi Länsi: kirjeenvaihtajan kanssa pitkin poikin Amerikkaa. Kirjapaja, 2010. ISBN 978-952-247-106-2.
  • Ideasta innovaatioksi: luovuus hyötykäyttöön. Co-written with Jim Solatie. Talentum, 2013. ISBN 978-952-14-2097-9.
  • Kimlandia: silminnäkijänä Pohjois-Korean kulisseissa. Atena, 2019. ISBN 978-952-300-496-2.

References
  1. Karila, Juhani (31 January 2014). "Kaksikko löytää kanavia kaikkialta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. "Mika Mäkeläinen" (in Finnish). Suomen tietokirjailijat ry. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. Yuan, Zeng. Reporting China on the Rise: Habitus and Prisms of China Correspondents. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-58641-3.
  4. "Yle nimitti uusia kirjeenvaihtajia". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. "Mika Mäkeläiselle CNN:n journalistipalkinto". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  6. "YLE's Press Releases 2000–2003" (PDF). Avoin Yle. Yle. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2019. CNN's World Report award is the fourth now for Mika, since he has received them previously in 1998, 2001 and 2002.
  7. Reiss, Markku (15 June 2005). "YLE24:n toimittaja pokkasi Huutajista CNN:n palkinnon". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. "Mika Makelainen". The 2019 Online News Association Conference. Online News Association. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  9. "Class of 2004". John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford. Stanford University. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  10. Salo, Jackie (18 April 2017). "North Korean men aren't allowed to get Kim Jong Un's haircut". New York Post. NYP HOLDINGS, INC. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  11. 원석, 최 (10 June 2019). ""북한 인터넷 '광명망' 사용해보니... 쇼핑·메뉴 주문도 가능"". OhmyNews (in Korean). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  12. Williams, Jennifer (28 April 2017). "Watch this incredible, rare video of the streets of North Korea's capital city". Vox. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  13. "Yle Pohjois-Koreassa: Harvinaiset kuvat propagandan takaa". Yle (in Finnish). 7 May 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  14. "Mika Mäkeläinen julkaisi kirjan mystisestä Pohjois-Koreasta". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). MTV Internet. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  15. "TIETOKIRJA.FI-tapahtuman Tietokirjaraadin voitti Mika Mäkeläisen teos Kimlandia (Atena 2019)" (in Finnish). Suomen tietokirjailijat ry. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  16. "Toimittajalta: Pakenin haita ja köytin itseni seinään myrskyssä – ydinkokeilla tärvelty Tyynenmeren atolli oli tuskallisen matkan takana". Yle (in Finnish). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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