August 2010
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Mark Scarp: Welcome to MarkScarp.com →
I created MarkScarp.com as the best means to showcase my many skills and applications in communications and media production, management and leadership. Highlights and details of 25 years of professional experience are here in a format designed for easy yet complete access. My roots are in journalism, and yet because it was important to reach out across professional lines to the fields of...
Aug 10th
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Contact Mark
markscarp: Like what you’ve been reading? Want to know more about this amazing writer? Mark Scarp has that effect on people. Contact him: By e-mail: mscarp1@cox.net By phone: (602) 810-8964 By mail: c/o Valley of the Sun SPJ, P.O. Box 1488, Phoenix AZ 85004 On Twitter: @markscarp
Aug 10th
November 2009
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Scarp lands a job (I know, you'll alert the media)
Pardon me from borrowing the line from Sir John Gielgud’s butler character in 1981’s Dudley Moore comedy film, “Arthur,” but while it may be simply pleasant news to those who know me that I have found regular employment after nine months, for me, well…. I’ve found regular employment after nine months! And if I had any assurance that alerting the media would be...
Nov 10th
August 2009
4 posts
Welcome to MarkScarp.com
I created MarkScarp.com as the best means to showcase my many skills and applications in communications and media production, management and leadership. Highlights and details of nearly 25 years of professional experience are here in a format designed for easy yet complete access. My roots are in journalism, and yet because it was important to reach out across professional lines to the fields of...
Aug 2nd
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Portfolio
Here’s a list of links to Mark’s work: Reporter, writer, wordsmith and columnist. The Watch Tree The way we were: Same old rhetoric doesn’t address today’s challenges The Scottsdale Tribune & East Valley Tribune New mayor would signify new era in Scottsdale For a few dollars more Light rail a Photoshopped election red herring Frigid folk don’t care about...
Aug 2nd
Mark's Resumé
Mark J. Scarp (602) 810-8964  mscarp1@cox.net SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES Natural organizer and multi-tasker; like the variety show performer who spins several china plates at once atop tall sticks, I know exactly when each plate needs attention to keep it spinning Energetic and inspirational leader; my strength is in finding out what someone’s goals, aspirations and ideals are; in helping him or...
Aug 2nd
About Mark Scarp
MARK J. SCARP has been a journalist for nearly 25 years, writing and editing for several newspapers in the Phoenix area before starting work at what became the East Valley Tribune, based in Mesa, a city of 450,000 just southeast of Phoenix. For 9 ½ years he was a member of the newspaper’s editorial board, writing many of the newspaper’s editorials as well as his own column on local issues. Mark...
Aug 2nd
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