Robert Niles

Robert Niles Robert Niles is an author who grew up building and programming computers, studied math and political science at Northwestern University, got a job at Walt Disney World, then became a leader in the development of online journalism. Today, he lives in Pasadena, California, where his children attend public school.

Robert's Theme Park Insider has been named the top theme park site on the Internet by Forbes and Travel + Leisure magazines and has been a finalist for the Webby Award for best overall Guide/Ratings/Reviews site. In 2001, Theme Park Insider became the first website to win a major journalism award for a "citizen journalism" report when the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and Online News Association honored Theme Park Insider's Accident Watch with the Online Journalism Award for Service Journalism.

You can read more about Robert on his biography page, or by visiting Robert's Google Profile.

Books by Robert Niles

"Stories from a Theme Park Insider"
Robert tells dozens of warm, fun, light and occasionally embarrassing stories about life working inside the world's most popular theme park - Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Recent online articles by Robert Niles

Should journalists be truth vigilantes? Hell, yeah!
On OJR.org

2012 Best Attraction Tournament: Best Indoor Boat Ride?
On ThemeParkInsider.com

Stories from a Theme Park Insider: The Tom Sawyer Island Submarines
On ThemeParkInsider.com

Wanted: human editors. Scrapers and robots need not apply
On OJR.org

The myth of 'bad' schools
On SensibleTalk.com

The '2fer' deal returns to Disneyland Resort
On ThemeParkInsider.com

Independent online journalists should stand up to be counted by the industry
On OJR.org

'I'm going to (Tokyo) Disneyland!' - Planning a trip to the Tokyo Disney Resort
On ThemeParkInsider.com

Inside the making of Transformers: The Ride - Theme Park Insider interview with Thierry Coup and John Hallenbeck
On ThemeParkInsider.com

Why I send my children to public schools
On SensibleTalk.com. Also available on Huffington Post and DailyKos