{{Short description|New Zealand journalist, producer and author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2014}} [[File:Maxim-26-1500x1000.jpg.webp|thumb|Tim Wilson]] '''Tim Wilson''' is a former [[New Zealand]] journalist and broadcaster, who is currently the executive director of the [[Maxim Institute]].<ref name="Real Life interview">{{cite web |last1=Cowan |first1=John |title=Tim Wilson - Real Life |url=https://reallife.net.nz/guests/tim-wilson/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208064259/https://reallife.net.nz/guests/tim-wilson/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2018 |website=Real Life with John Cowan |publisher=CBA |accessdate=4 November 2019 |date=24 June 2012 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.maxim.org.nz/about-us/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Maxim Institute|language=en-NZ}}</ref>
==Early life and family== Wilson was born in [[Dunedin]] and adopted by a [[Presbyterian]] minister who relocated the family to [[Pōkeno]] and then to [[New Plymouth]] and finally [[Whanganui]] when Wilson was a teenager. Wilson studied at the [[University of Auckland]].<ref name="Real Life interview" />
While working in New York, Wilson converted to Catholicism.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-09-08|title=From emptiness to abundance - Tim Wilson's story|url=https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/09/09/from-emptiness-to-abundance-tim-wilsons-story/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=NZ Catholic Newspaper|language=en-US}}</ref> He met his future wife, Rachel, a former primary school teacher, in a Catholic church in Auckland; the couple have children.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Womans Day 2019" />
==Career==
=== Journalism === Wilson was formerly a staff writer at [[Metro (magazine)|''Metro'']] magazine before moving to New York City to work as a freelance journalist in September 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tim Wilson: made in Manhattan|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/tim-wilson-made-in-manhattan/UQHKJSSCJJMKFDXUJCZ6GR5F3U/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=NZ Herald|date=27 August 2009 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> After making occasional contributions to [[TVNZ]]'s news bulletins, he was hired as [[1News|''One News'']]' first full-time US correspondent in 2004; his first assignment was the [[Second inauguration of George W. Bush|inauguration of George W Bush]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=Seven Sharp reporter Tim Wilson leaving TVNZ after 16 years|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/seven-sharp-reporter-tim-wilson-leaving-tvnz-after-16-years/636LOWHJMZQQEF3UJX6DSQFPVI/|access-date=2020-11-05|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=17 September 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> He held this position until 2012, when he returned to New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 January 2012|title=Tim Wilson: live from New York City|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/blogs/6345775/Tim-Wilson-live-from-New-York-City|access-date=5 November 2020|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|language=en}}</ref> He has since worked across [[TVNZ]]'s ''[[Breakfast (TVNZ)|Breakfast]]'' and ''[[Seven Sharp]]'' programmes as a producer and reporter, and hosting radio programmes on [[Newstalk ZB]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/tv/blogs/b/-/16056825/seven-sharp-with-tim-wilson/ |title=Seven Sharp with Tim Wilson - Yahoo |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715013148/https://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/tv/blogs/b/-/16056825/seven-sharp-with-tim-wilson/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/the-two/ |title=The Two on Newstalk ZB |website=[[Newstalk ZB]]|access-date=11 August 2015 |archive-date=5 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905191006/http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/the-two/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Womans Day 2019">{{cite web |last1=Prebble |first1=Amy |title=Radio hosts Tim Wilson and Tim Roxborogh on why they're similar but different in so many ways |url=https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/lifestyle/career/radio-hosts-tim-wilson-tim-roxborogh-why-theyre-similar-but-different-41345 |website=Now To Love |publisher=[[Bauer Media]] |accessdate=4 November 2019 |date=28 May 2019}}</ref>
Wilson left TVNZ in October 2020.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=18 September 2020|title=Tim Wilson leaves TVNZ after 16 years, plans to 'take time and pause'|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/122820701/tim-wilson-leaves-tvnz-after-16-years-plans-to-take-time-and-pause|access-date=5 November 2020|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]|language=en}}</ref>
=== Literary career === Tim Wilson has published five books. His first, ''Good as Goldie'' (Hatchette; 2002), tells the story of New Zealand art forger [[Karl Sim]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tim Wilson|url=https://www.anzliterature.com/member/tim-wilson/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Academy of New Zealand Literature|language=en-NZ}}</ref> Wilson's four works of fiction are published by [[Victoria University Press]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tim Wilson|url=http://vup.victoria.ac.nz/brands/Tim-Wilson.html|website=Victoria University Press|accessdate=16 October 2016}}</ref> His first novel ''Their Faces Were Shining'' was published in 2010. A collection of short fiction, ''The Desolation Angel'', was published in 2011. ''News Pigs'' was published in 2014 with the sequel ''The Straight Banana'' published in 2016.
=== Public policy === Wilson is currently executive director of the [[Maxim Institute]], an independent public policy think tank.<ref name=":0" />
==See also== * [[List of New Zealand television personalities]]
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tim-wilson-blog-archive-1840076?q=tim+wilson&sort=date%3AD%3AS%3Ad1 TVNZ - Tim Wilson Blog Archive] *[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11232461 Michele Hewitson interview: Tim Wilson] *[http://vup.victoria.ac.nz/brands/Tim-Wilson.html Tim Wilson's profile on Victoria University]
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