A little about me. My name is Mark Gardner. I live in a suburb of Seattle.
My career:
1969-1973 Student, UC Berkeley. History major. Active on campus newspaper. Believe it or not all my history profs were conservative. I spent a lot of time on the campus newspaper, the Daily Cal.
1973-1974. Intern. KMED-TV-AM-FM. Medford Oregon. Minimum wage. Did everything from washing news cars and emptying trash cans to writing the TV newscast, reporting and many more tasks.
1975- 1976. News photographer KOIN-TV Portland, OR. Actually won best news clip contest nationally for the National Press Photographer’s Association in second quarter, 1976,
1976-1977. News producer Noon News, KOIN-TV, Portland, OR.
1977-1978. News producer 11PM Newscast, KOIN-TV, Portland, OR.
1978-1980. News Producer 5PM Newscast, KOIN-TV, Portland, OR.
1980-1982. Executive News Producer, KOIN-TV, Portland, OR. (Won Best Newscast in America from UPI and Best Documentary from SF State).
1982-1984. Executive Producer, KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA. (Best Newscast in America from UPI 1983 & 1984 and local, regional emmy’s).
1984-1986. Managing Editor, KIRO-TV, Seattle, WA.
1986-1994. IS Director, KIRO Inc.
1994-1996. Chairman, Mainstream Republicans of Washington.
1996 - 2000 Program Manager (of Sales Force Automation) of Philip Services, Inc., an environmental company.
2000 - IS Director, eHome.com.
2000-2005 - Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor.
Present - Board Member Mainstream Republicans of Washington.
Active Blogger.