Mark Di Ionno
Mark Di Ionno is an American journalist and writer.
Di Ionno is a former general news columnist at New Jersey's top newspaper, The Star-Ledger. He is an adjunct professor of journalism at Rutgers University–Newark. He is a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist in news commentary for his columns on Hurricane Sandy, the suicide of Tyler Clementi, and other local events and issues. He later worked with TAPinto.
Di Ionno has written extensively about New Jersey in several books that serve as guides to the landscape and history of the state. Two of his books published with Rutgers University Press, New Jersey's Coastal Heritage: A Guide and A Guide to New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail won the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Award.
Personal
Di Ionno was raised in Summit, New Jersey and graduated Summit High School and Rutgers University–Newark. He served in the U.S. Navy. He is father of six and resides in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey.Books
- New Jersey's Coastal Heritage: A Guide 1997
- A Guide to New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail: for Families and History Buffs 2000
- Backroads, New Jersey: Driving at the Speed of Life 2002
- The Last Newspaperman 2012
- Gods of Wood and Stone 2018