Michael Tatarski is an American journalist based in Vietnam.[1][2] Tatarski is the writer of Vietnam Weekly, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Saigoneer, a Ho Chi Minh City-based English news publication, from 2018 to 2022.[3] Tatarski's reporting has covered Vietnamese culture, politics, and international relations, including the 2019 Trump-Kim Summit in Hanoi and the COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam.[4][5][6] He extensively covered Ho Chi Minh City's sidewalk clearing campaign, launched in 2018, and US-Vietnam relations.[7][8]

Michael Tatarski
Born (1988-03-04) March 4, 1988 (age 36)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist

Tatarski has reported on conservation efforts and climate change in Vietnam, particularly on the country's wildlife trafficking trade and the imprisonment of environmental activists.[9][10] His reporting has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Vice, The Diplomat, and The Telegraph.[11][12][13][14]

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Tatarski grew up in New Orleans, and attended the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 2006 with a degree in political science and history.[15]

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  1. ^ Tatarski, Michael (2019-02-28). "Vietnam Won the Trump-Kim Summit". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  2. ^ Substack. "Michael Tatarski | Substack". substack.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  3. ^ "Saigoneer Podcast: A Look Back and a Farewell (for Now) | Saigoneer". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  4. ^ Tatarski, Michael. "How Vietnam's Rice-First Policy Weakened the Mekong Delta Against Climate Change – The Wire Science". Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  5. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "COVID: How the delta variant has shattered Vietnam's success | DW | 10.09.2021". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  6. ^ Tatarski, Michael (2019-02-13). "The Trump Administration Wants North Korea to Be the Next Vietnam". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  7. ^ "Climate change: is Vietnam missing the wood for a billion trees?". South China Morning Post. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  8. ^ "A New Model for Ho Chi Minh City's Sidewalks". New Naratif. 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  9. ^ "Vietnamese environmental blogger 'Mother Mushroom' suddenly released from prison". Mongabay Environmental News. 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  10. ^ "The challenges of campaigning against wildlife trafficking in Vietnam". Mongabay Environmental News. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  11. ^ Tatarski, Michael. "Michael Tatarski". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  12. ^ "Michael Tatarski". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  13. ^ "Far from Vietnam's boomtowns, a rural region looks to Europe's distant shores for escape". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  14. ^ "Why Is the US Deporting Protected Vietnamese Immigrants?". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  15. ^ "A Portrait of Loss, Growth and Adaptation in New Orleans' Vietnamese Community | Saigoneer". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.