John Machacek

John Machacek (February 18, 1940^[1] – July 24, 2020)^[2] was an American reporter.

Machacek was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Working for The Times-Union of Rochester, New York, in 1971, he and Richard Cooper covered the Attica Prison riot. Their reporting was recognized with the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Spot Reporting.^{[3] [4]}