Mark McCormick

I'm a New York Times best-selling author with 20 years of journalism experience as a reporter, editor and columnist. I serve as a trustee at The University of Kansas’ (my alma mater) school of journalism and I've been a Professional in Residence at the University of Oklahoma. I’ve won more than 20 industry and community awards including five Gold Awards from the Kansas City Press Club.
I'm featured in NFL Films’ “Barry Sanders: A Football Life,” and also featured in 'Roots and Branches: Preserving the Legacy of Gordon Parks' a documentary about WSU's quest to acquire the collected works of the trailblazing photographer, writer, filmmaker and native Kansan. Most recently I was featured in the documentary on journalist and statesman William Allen White entitled, “William Allen White: What’s the Matter With Kansas?”

In 2015, I co-authored "African Americans of Wichita" with Arcadia publishing and in 2017, published “Some Were Paupers, Some Were Kings: Dispatches From Kansas” with Blue Cedar Press. I’m also a former member of the Association of African American Museums' national board of directors where I served as communications committee chair.