Trend and Future of Journalism

Arranged by Carmela

Mark DiIonno is a columnist at The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper. He is a 2013 Pulitzer finalist in the news commentary category, and has won the New Jersey Press Association's first-place award for column writing four of the last five years. DiIonno got his start in newspapers as a Navy journalist and has been a reporter, editor, and columnist his entire adult life. Prior to writing for The Star-Ledger, he was a sports columnist at the New York Post. He is an adjunct professor of journalism at Rutgers Newark, his alma mater, and has written three award-winning books on New Jersey history and culture.

DiIonno will speak on the current trend and future of media, the role of a reporter/journalist and his writing on human interest story. This event is open to area Rotarians and the public.