--- title: Maya Chung | TIME description: Maya Chung is an editor at TIME. canonical: https://time.com/author/maya-chung/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/maya-chung/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Maya Chung  ## Maya Chung Maya Chung is an editor at TIME.  ## Maya Chung *  Feb 6, 2025 ### [How We Chose the Closers](https://time.com/7211513/how-we-chose-closers-2025/) The list features 25 people who are spearheading efforts to close the racial equity gap. [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Dec 10, 2024 ### [See Photos from the Raging Franklin Fire in Malibu](https://time.com/7201330/franklin-fire-malibu-photos/) A wildfire, labeled the Franklin Fire, has spread across more than 2,500 acres along California’s Pa... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 14, 2024 ### [Red Lobster Closing at Least 48 Locations](https://time.com/6977878/red-lobster-closures/) Dozens of Red Lobster locations are closing their doors amid financial difficulties for the restaura... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 26, 2024 ### [Why Drake Had to Remove Song With AI-Tupac Vocals](https://time.com/6971720/drake-tupac-ai/) On Thursday, the song, which was originally released on April 19, was scrubbed from Drake’s Instagra... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Feb 1, 2024 ### [How We Chose the Closers](https://time.com/6590520/how-we-chose-closers-2024/) The list features 18 people who are spearheading efforts to close the racial wealth gap. [U.S.](/section/us/) *  May 7, 2023 ### [What We Know About Texas Mall Shooting](https://time.com/6277841/texas-mall-shooting/) 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia has been identified as the gunman. Police are investigating his ties to ... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 29, 2023 ### [Paul Pelosi’s Alleged Attacker Called a Reporter with a Chilling Message After Video Release](https://time.com/6251068/paul-pelosi-attack-video-reporter/) David DePape, 42, made the call from from the San Francisco County Jail [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 28, 2022 ### [6 Groups Making Mental Health Care More Accessible to People of Color](https://time.com/6217867/mental-health-care-bipoc-communities/) Here are some organizations working to bridge the mental health care gap. [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  May 27, 2022 ### [School Shootings Cause Anxiety and Panic in Children](https://time.com/6182235/mass-shootings-children-mental-health-anxiety-depression/) Younger kids may be especially at risk [HEALTH](/section/health/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/maya-chung/","name":"Maya Chung"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/maya-chung/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/maya-chung/"},"name":"Maya Chung","jobTitle":null,"description":"Maya Chung is an editor at TIME.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39a6440748aec2b5/698a3e65db298715fa269246/Maya-Chung-headshot.jpeg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/maya-chung/","sameAs":["https://x.com/mayanyani"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```