Education
Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University in 1995, majoring in politics, and his Master of Surgery from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, in 1997.
Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University in 1995, majoring in politics, and his Master of Surgery from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, in 1997.
He is editor-in-chief of Palo Alto, California-based Politix, which is published by Topix, and a former editor at Politico. Mark has also published two books on American political campaigns and government, "Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning" (2006) and "Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs and Washington Handshakes: Decoding the Jargon Slang and Bluster of American Political Speech" (2014). Early in his career, Mark was a local reporter, and then worked briefly for The Associated Press.
He moved to Washington, District of Columbia, in 2000, to become a House floor/leadership reporter for Congressional Quarterly’s daily publication.
He then served as editor-in-chief of Campaigns & Elections magazine, which covers the business and trends of politics. Today, Mark is editor-in-chief of the Politix website.
Mark is also a frequent analyst in the media on political and current affairs topics. He often speaks to academic, business, educational and international groups, spanning the globe from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Fiji, Finland, France, Israel, Lithuania, The Netherlands, to New Zealand.