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Mark E. Rondeau is a freelance writer, editor, and photographer with extensive professional journalism experience in
both weekly and daily newspapers. He has covered politics, the arts, education, healthcare, the environment, religion, business,
sports, and even the occasional crime story. He lives in North Adams, Mass., a beautiful small city in the mountainous northwestern
corner of the state, where for nine years (1994-2003) he was editor of The Advocate, a weekly general-interest newspaper.
As a freelancer, Mark serves several local clients and recently completed a profile for U.S. Catholic and a book review
for America, two national magazines.
Mark has the interviewing skills, deep curiosity, and keen intelligence to write with perception about any topic. He
digs into research, listens to suggestions, and gets the job done on deadline. He has edited a newsletter for a non-profit
social service agency, written press releases for Williams College, and can handle grant proposals and business publicity
as well.
An avid reader, his interests include politics, religion, the environment, local history, literature, the visual arts,
and the Boston Red Sox. He is the author of the book A People of Faith, Hope & Love: The First 100 Years of St. Anthony of
Padua Parish (2003). More than a standard parish history, this professional-quality book examines the lives of Italian immigrants
to North Adams and how they found their place in America. Excerpts from it are featured on this site.
This Website also features photos from and an essay about Mark’s hikes throughout the Mount Greylock State Reservation.
This 12,500-plus acre park is the flagship of the Massachusetts park system and home to Mount Greylock, the tallest mountain
in southern New England at 3,491 feet.
Mark is continually posting other highlights of his work here, including news articles, features, reviews, opinion pieces, and photographs. If you wish to hire Mark for a freelance project, or otherwise contact him, he can be reached by email at markrondeau@earthlink.net
—— Top: Mark Rondeau looks out at the Atlantic Ocean from Cadilac Mountain in Acadia National Park in Maine. Photo by Bob Mansfield, 2002. Bottom: Mark Rondeau outside The Advocate’s new offices at MASS MoCA in North Adams. Photo by Mindy Hackner, 1998. |
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