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.