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Mark MacNamara

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Asheville, San Francisco
As seen in: UC Berkeley News, Nautilus, NewsBreak, RealClear Science, San Francisco Classical Voice, Asheville Watchdog, RealClear History
Covers:  From crime to the concert hall to climate change....
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Mark MacNamara’s Biography

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Personal website: macnamband.com
linkedin.com/in/macnamband
Email: macnamband@mac.com
Cell: (415) 595-4405

I live outside Asheville, North Carolina. Am a long time journalist, with experience abroad, notably in Morocco. I've written for such publications as Nautilus, Salon, The Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Vanity Fair. Have been a senior writer with San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org) for the last 8 years. My pieces often appear in ArtsJournal.com. See me on linkedin.com and macn…

Mark MacNamara’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Faces in Oathalie Graham's Mirror

The Faces in Oathalie Graham's Mirror

long form profile of a dramatic soprano

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Why People Feel Like Victims - Issue 99: Universality - Nautilus

Why People Feel Like Victims - Issue 99: Universality - Nautilus

In a polarized nation, victimhood is a badge of honor. It gives people strength. "The victim has become among…

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I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem - Issue 96: Rewired - Nautilus

I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem - Issue 96: Rewired - Nautilus

Carl Hart is a neuroscientist and Ziff Professor of Psychology at Columbia University-he was the first tenure…

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How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment - Issue 90: Something Green - Nautilus

How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment - Issue 90: Something Green - Nautilus

Last week, biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake introduced Nautilus readers to Paul Stamets, a mycologist wh…

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The Last Water Fountain: The Struggle Against Systemic Racism in Classical Music

The Last Water Fountain: The Struggle Against Systemic Racism in Classical Music

I am not the right person to recount the struggles of Black musicians to play in the country's great orchestr…

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T. Rex Was a Slacker - Issue 86: Energy - Nautilus

T. Rex Was a Slacker - Issue 86: Energy - Nautilus

In our evolving understanding of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex has acquired a new persona in recent decades. I…

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The Bittersweet Science

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By Mark MacNamara Verified
| NewsBreak
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David Stull’s Culture of Achievement

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By Mark MacNamara Verified
| San Francisco Classical Voice Verified
Life is good for David Stull these days. Even in these politically tumultuous times. Life is good, the future is promising. And, at least for the moment, the 51-year-old president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music can lean back in his chair, clasp the back of his head with both hands, and dream up ever bluer skies. The 100-year-old conservatory is flourishing in earnest just now. On every level.
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Colour of Music Festival Presents Expansive Week of Classical Programs in Sacramento

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By Michael Zwiebach Verified, Mark MacNamara Verified
| San Francisco Classical Voice Verified
When San Francisco Classical Voice investigated the Colour of Music Festival for a well-read story by Mark MacNamara, little did we know that Artistic Director Lee Pringle’s hardworking, all-Black group would show up on the West Coast little more than a year and a half later. But family-friend connections resulted in a contact with retired Sacramento Council member Larry Carr and an agreement to do a three-day slate of concerts, sponsored in part by the city.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Historian for an intelligence processing wing at SAC Hq in Omaha, 1971, writing 150-page quarterly histories...

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Of course.

How is social media changing news?

It's made feature writing more difficult; because so many people just don't care for depth or detail.

Awards

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San Francisco Press Club

2017 - Digital Media, Columns-Features

First Place: Mark MacNamara, “Van Cliburn and the Cruelty of the Piano,” San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org)

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San Francisco Press Club

2018 - Newspapers-Daily, Profile

First Place: Mark MacNamara, “The Extremity of Love: Wu Han and David Finckels Chamber Music Odyssey (Part 1)” San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org). Third Place: Mark MacNamara, “Midori is in the Zone” San Francisco Classical Voice. Radio/Audio-Non-Commercial, Feature Story / Serious Nature. Second Place: Mark MacNamara, “In an Age of Ultra-Nationalism What Happens to Music” San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org)

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San Francisco Press Club

2019 - Digital Media: Feature Story / Serious Nature

Second place: Mark MacNamara, “The Orpheus Effect Revisited”, San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org). Third Place: Mark MacNamara, “The Mindful Provocateur: Conductor Michael Morgan in Strange Times”, San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV.org)

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City and Regional Magazine Association

2000 - Writer of the Year

Gold Award (based on six articles, which included profiles, essays and an investigative piece about boot camps for teens)

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