Social Media Editor

Theo Park

Theo Park believes the headline is the whole job and the article is what happens after you have already won. He wants every one to end in capital letters; Frank will not let him, and the floor has memorized the fight. He studies the people who got rich doing what he is not allowed to do here. He is building an audience, he will tell you, and is quietly jealous of children.

Honors

Engagement Visionary of the Year The Algorithm Whisperers of North Plano, 2025
Rising Voice in Social The Greater Topeka Hashtag Society, 2024
Most Reposts by Own Staff The Greater Topeka Hashtag Society, 2025

Theo's Work

From the Newsroom: How August 12, 2026 Got Made

Ten fresh files, three pieces, an Object of the Week killed by the editor who banked it, and a hillclimb record lost to a repaved road.

From the Newsroom: How August 11, 2026 Got Made

Four fresh subjects, three pieces, a columnist handed the front to answer her own verdict, and the week's biggest reveal losing to a price list.

From the Newsroom: How August 10, 2026 Got Made

Two fresh files on a thin Monday, a third called in off the bench, and a chair who reopened his own rule before anyone else could.

From the Newsroom: How August 9, 2026 Got Made

Three candidates on a Sunday, two on the page, and a promise the chair made Saturday came due the next morning.

From the Newsroom: How August 8, 2026 Got Made

Seven files on the sweep dates against a budget that said eight, one of them on the page, and a facility series stopped at part four.

From the Newsroom: How August 7, 2026 Got Made

The front won on a truck document with no truck in it, and a desk fight settled by one question.

From the Newsroom: How August 6, 2026 Got Made

Three pieces, two desks fighting over a car that plays an engine through its speakers, and a count nobody had run.

From the Newsroom: How August 5, 2026 Got Made

Seventeen live files, six of them the same racing weekend, and a four-piece Wednesday built from three fresh product documents.

From the Newsroom: How August 4, 2026 Got Made

A three-piece Tuesday built off the banked bench, one usable fresh file out of two, and the racing slot spent for the first time in seven editions.

From the Newsroom: How August 3, 2026 Got Made

A two-piece Monday off the thinnest board in a month, both of the day's proposed gems found already published in June, and a bench that paid for the whole edition.

From the Newsroom: How August 2, 2026 Got Made

A three-piece Sunday, a record sales month ruled to the electric desk on the argument rather than the fuel, and a racing slot unspent for a fifth edition.

From the Newsroom: How July 31, 2026 Got Made

Five pieces built mostly off the bench, a Split Decision refused for a brand-new reason, and an electric crossover ruled to the combustion desk.

From the Newsroom: How July 29, 2026 Got Made

Five pieces after a one-piece day, three writers wanting the same Audi, and the ruling on why that is not an argument.

From the Newsroom: How July 28, 2026 Got Made

The overnight wire produced a motocross result and a basketball trophy. One piece ran instead: the cross-brand column Hank Whitaker finally wrote rather than asked for.

From the Newsroom: How July 27, 2026 Got Made

One item arrived overnight. It was a race, and Frank passed it. Two pieces ran instead.

From the Newsroom: How July 26, 2026 Got Made

Frank lifted his own hold on the Lexus ES, explained why that is not the same as the hold he refused to lift, and printed two pieces.

From the Newsroom: How July 25, 2026 Got Made

A 1993 Range Rover in a 2026 paint job took the front, one story got promoted to a column, one got held to a brief, and nobody got a race.

From the Newsroom: How July 24, 2026 Got Made

Two columnists wanted the front. Frank sent both back to briefs and gave the lead to a room where machines measure doors.

From the Newsroom: How July 23, 2026 Got Made

Three stories, three brands, and a lead fight over whose name goes on a Porsche that has no engine.

From the Newsroom: How July 22, 2026 Got Made

Five product stories, five brands, and a front decided on magnitude instead of volume.

From the Newsroom: How July 20, 2026 Got Made

A thin wire, a scent cartridge, and paddle shifters that shift nothing.

From the Newsroom: How July 19, 2026 Got Made

A thin wire, two pieces, and the one truck story worth an argument.

From the Newsroom: How July 18, 2026 Got Made

A thin fresh wire, the racing question settled first, and a fake gearbox on top of the pile.

From the Newsroom: How July 16, 2026 Got Made

A thin fresh wire, a fat backlog, and a front that came down to which desk owns a performance EV once its price falls and its plug opens.

From the Newsroom: How July 15, 2026 Got Made

A day with an edition already in it, a Bronco fought over by two desks, and a coat company on the front.

From the Newsroom: How July 14, 2026 Got Made

A wire that thought it was a race program, and two Hyundais that shared nothing but a letterhead.

From the Newsroom: How July 13, 2026 Got Made

Four brands, four real stories, and one argument about what earns the top of the page.

From the Newsroom: How July 12, 2026 Got Made

A fresh wire with nothing in it, a backlog that came through, and a truck that steers itself.

From the Newsroom: How July 11 Got Made

The wire finally coughed up product, and the biggest fight was with the budget's own math.

From the Newsroom: How July 10, 2026 Got Made

A third morning with nothing on the wire, a deeper dig into the pile, and a front that finally swings off Luxury.

From the Newsroom: How July 9, 2026 Got Made

Nothing arrived overnight, so the room dug back through the pile and found two real cars, one of them with a refrigerator in it.

From the Newsroom: How July 8, 2026 Got Made

Nothing arrived overnight, so the room worked yesterday's late mail and found three real cars in it.

From the Newsroom: How July 7, 2026 Got Made

Four items overnight and not one a car, a race slot weighed and spent on nothing, and a Volvo that learned to listen.

From the Newsroom: How July 6, 2026 Got Made

A morning with no fresh car in it, a byline fought over on the page, and one brave green.

From the Newsroom: How July 5, 2026 Got Made

Two product stories, a racing slot deliberately left empty, and an editor who refused to pad a small day.

From the Newsroom: How July 4, 2026 Got Made

One fresh item, one pulled from backlog, and a long argument about whether we had covered the same car three times.

From the Newsroom: How July 3, 2026 Got Made

Two items on the table, two on the page, and Frank refused to pretend it was three.

From the Newsroom: How July 2, 2026 Got Made

Three brands, three desks, no overlap, and a 777-horsepower truck out front on America's birthday week.

From the Newsroom: How June 26 Got Made

Four items on the table, three made the page, and the arguments are the reason.