Freelance writer

JON MARKS

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Glenside, Pennsylvania 19038

215-***-**** adrkf4@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Diversified journalist with vast writing experience on both local and national level.

Exceptional interviewer and information gatherer with extensive media contacts.

Award winning features/sports/legal/health/writer/columnist

Strong writer under deadline pressure..

Have established long-standing relationships with players/management of local professional and college teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

2021-Present

Contributing Writer

Freelance writer for city’s largest daily. Have written stories on college football, college basketball, as well as pro basketball.

FORBES.COM 2018-2020

Contributing Writer

Philadelphia Eagles, Flyers and college writer for national website, developing stories with a financial component. Stories ranged from game day coverage, to features, to columns.

PHILLYVOICE.COM

Contributor 2019-Present

Cover health-related sports stories for local website, interviewing athletes as well as medical professionals.

JEWISH EXPONENT 2015-2017

Senior Staff Writer

Produced 3-5 stories for Philadelphia weekly dealing with issues and individuals within the Jewish community. Stories ranged from profiles of political candidates, to sports and entertainment personalities, to religious issues.

METRO PHILADELPHIA 2008-2019

Staff Correspondent

Regular contributor for five-day commuter newspaper, circulated in Center City and throughout the area. Cover Flyers, Phillies and colleges, in addition to writing features.

SHERIDANHOOPS.COM 2012-2015

Philadelphia NBA Columnist

Wrote columns on Philadelphia76ers and the NBA on a regular basis for NBA website.

EXAMINER.com 2009-2010

Philadelphia Sports Examiner

Wrote columns and reported breaking stories on all sports, pro and college, in the Philadelphia area for national website. Stories were picked up and prominently displayed on Examiner’s main sports page on several occasions.

Freelance Writer 1987-Present

Launched freelance business serving newspapers, magazines and websites throughout U.S, and Canada, providing coverage otherwise unavailable. Assignments included feature writing, press releases, investigative reporting, client contact.

Designated Sixers’ correspondent for Sporting News during five-year interval, before magazine and weekly team reports were discontinued.

Coordinated event planning for public relations agency.

Provided sidebar stories or topical features for numerous major dailies, including Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Miami Herald, Chicago Sun Times, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Jose Mercury News, Seattle Times, among others.

TRENTON TIMES, Trenton, NJ 1989-2006

Staff Writer/Columnist

Beat Writer for Philadelphia 76ers. NBA Columnist and general assignment reporter, serving as backup writer for Eagles, Phillies and Flyers. Frequent Enterprise/Features Writer. Also covered area colleges and high schools. .

Demonstrated versatility by taking on a wide range of assignments, displaying that in my writing.

Utilized an array of professional skills to provide readers with quality coverage of Philadelphia 76ers, Phillies, Flyers, Eagles, as well as area college teams.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Writer/Editor

Journalistic background as sports writer for major metropolitan and suburban dailies (Philadelphia Journal, Norristown Times-Herald).

Editor/writer for legal publication (Andrews Publications).

Public relations writer/Account executive for advertising agencies (Shimer vonCantz, Rosen-Coren).

EDUCATION

Post-graduate study in Communications, Specializing in Journalism and Advertising

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Arts, English

Albright College, Reading, PA

AWARDS

First and Second Places Pennsylvania Bar Association Media Awards, 2018

Second Place Pennsylvania Bar Association Media Awards 2016, 2017

Second Place Keystone Press Awards, 2016

First Place, Features/Enterprise Writing, 2002, Professional Basketball Writers’ Association

First and third places, Sports News and Sports Columns, 2001 North Jersey Press Club

First Place, Column Writing, 1998, Professional Basketball Writers’ Association

Third Place 1997, Sports News Event Coverage, North Jersey Press Club

Third Place, Column Writing, 1997, Professional Basketball Writers’ Association

Third Place, Game Story Coverage, 1995, Professional Basketball Writers’ Association

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