I am extremely excited to announce that I have just been named the new National Innovations Editor for the Washington Post. I will be responsible for helping to coordinate the online strategy for the Post’s National desk, identifying multimedia and social networking opportunities, and other web-related endeavors. The new position will also mark the end of my tenure as a producer for the Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch.
For the first time in my blogging career I’m actually speechless. If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you know that my career has had some highs and lows and this really is an amazing high. I’m really excited about working with one of the greatest teams of journalists in the world and helping to take the Post’s online reporting to the next level.
And if you’re reading this I thank you — to both longtime readers and recent inductees into the 10,000 Words universe — for all your support and making 10,000 Words into the big thing it has become. My feelings are best expressed by the video embedded below…Stay tuned!
You make my dreams come true!
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Big congrats! It’ll be awesome to have you in DC.
July 30, 2010, 10:09 am
BIG Congrats! Great move by the Post and I couldn’t be happier for you Mark. Again, an inspiration. Good luck!
July 30, 2010, 10:10 am
Congratulations, Mark!
July 30, 2010, 10:14 am
You are such a sap! Good luck and congrats again!
July 30, 2010, 10:16 am
Oh my gosh! I’m so freaking excited for you. Please let me know if I can help play with your innovations.
What a perfect job for you!
July 30, 2010, 10:18 am
Congrats!
The, best for you
July 30, 2010, 10:37 am
Congrats! You’re going to be great for this job. Can’t wait to see what multimedia goodness you come up with
July 30, 2010, 10:43 am
Congrats, man! Love the blog, looking forward to your work at WaPo.
July 30, 2010, 10:52 am
This is so great to hear! WaPo is lucky to have you — good luck with the California-to-D.C. transition.
July 30, 2010, 10:58 am
Congrats, Mark! The new job is well deserved. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
July 30, 2010, 11:07 am
They are “Luckie” to have you. Now you can run a team of awesome people and have a chance to change online journalism as we know it. Have fun.
July 30, 2010, 11:07 am
Thanks guys! I’m excited to get started!
July 30, 2010, 11:58 am
Welcome to the District!
July 30, 2010, 12:02 pm
Well deserved, Mark. Congratulations! I’m looking forward to seeing even more amazing work from the Post!
July 30, 2010, 12:03 pm
What great news, Mark,
You deserve it and will be excited to watch what you do with this new gig.
We’re speechless for you!!
July 30, 2010, 12:33 pm
Congratulations Mark!
July 30, 2010, 12:52 pm
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July 30, 2010, 2:12 pm
Way to go, Mark. A coup for the Post!
July 30, 2010, 2:13 pm
Mark,
We had the great pleasure of benefiting from your expertise at the Innovations conference this spring in S.F. Sounds like a great opportunity. All the best.
rob
July 30, 2010, 2:25 pm
Congratulations man. Welcome to the east coast from another happily displaced Californian.
July 30, 2010, 2:51 pm
Congratulations. You’ve given me another reason to keep subscribing to the Post — although I know your work will mostly be online instead of print.
Julie Drizin
@AIRMQ2
(Silver Springer)
July 30, 2010, 5:25 pm
Congrats Mark, thoroughly deserved – you’re the best around, hands down.
July 30, 2010, 5:26 pm
Long time reader, might have commented once or twice. Congratulations Mark! Good luck in your future endeavors!
July 30, 2010, 7:17 pm
I love when good things happen to good people.
Just don’t forget us out here in the Bay.
Especially me. You have to hire me later in life, okay!
July 30, 2010, 10:18 pm
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July 31, 2010, 1:20 am
Congrats…well deserved!
July 31, 2010, 5:23 am
Congrats!! Success stories are much needed! Good luck!
July 31, 2010, 7:04 am
As a long-time reader of 10,000 Words, it makes me very happy to hear about your exciting new job at The Washington Post.
Congratulations from Austria,
Christoph
July 31, 2010, 7:18 am
Congratulations! This is why I always tell my students to just ride out the lows – when you’re good, the highs will come.
Have a blast back there!
July 31, 2010, 8:16 am
Mazel tov, Mark!
July 31, 2010, 8:22 am
Congratulations Mark, I’ve been following your blog for over a year and I love it. I hope great things continue to happen to you. Take care and don’t stop writing please!
July 31, 2010, 11:11 am
Congrats!!!!!
=)
July 31, 2010, 11:20 am
awesome news, Mark. very happy for you. and yeah, still gonna hit you up for that interview.
July 31, 2010, 2:56 pm
Congratulations, Mark!
July 31, 2010, 3:44 pm
Congrats! The Washington Post is lucky to have you. Love your blog.
Cheers,
Robert Quigley
Social media editor
Austin American-Statesman
July 31, 2010, 6:11 pm
Mark,
What Zuri says! Your closer to us in Boston, at least.
Dave
July 31, 2010, 6:17 pm
Congratulations, Mark!
July 31, 2010, 6:52 pm
Way to go!
congratulations!
July 31, 2010, 7:27 pm
Holy crap, there’s hope after all!
I started reading your blog regularly since at the time, you were a fellow unemployed journalist to comiserate with.
Huge congrats, man!
July 31, 2010, 9:06 pm
Mark,
You are the most giving person–sharing your knowledge with the world. The hard work and your journalism brilliance has paid off. Go and kick ass!
Congrats!
July 31, 2010, 10:35 pm
Congrats! This is another proof that one can indeed make money from one’s passions. Do keep on blogging and inspiring everyone!
August 1, 2010, 2:31 am
Congratulations!! That’s such brilliant news, really happy for you mate. Been a long road. Everyone knows you know your stuff, but more and more the progressive people are in the right positions (hiring ones) to get the right people on board. That’s you
Too awesome, congrats again 
August 1, 2010, 5:10 am
Thank you so much for sharing your success with us!!! It reminds me that Dreams do come true!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 1, 2010, 7:46 am
Congratulations! Great news. I continue to look forward to your posts and your career growth. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.
August 1, 2010, 1:41 pm
Congrats Mark! Welcome to the East Coast!
August 1, 2010, 2:09 pm
Oh my. What good news. congratulations Mark. You deserve every bit of it. Only that i now wonder whether i can ever have the opportunity to get you in Uganda to inspire more Journalists to take full advantage of digital journalism and online tools…as we had discussed at Berkeley.
Congs once again
August 2, 2010, 2:09 am
Great news, congratulations from lainformacion.com!
Best, Carlos
August 2, 2010, 2:29 am
cheers to that mark. looks like you can come up for barcamp newsinnovation. see, the greatest thing about DC is how close it is to PHILLY! look forward to it. best,
-cgw
August 2, 2010, 9:33 am
Congrats, Mark! This is fantastic news for you and the Post.
August 2, 2010, 12:41 pm
Congrats Mark!!
August 2, 2010, 3:42 pm
Congrats Mark! I couldn’t think of a better guy for the job – I know you will accomplish many great things at WaPo! Cheers, Tracy
August 2, 2010, 5:47 pm
Congratulations! But please, do something about the WP’s ugly and super-crowded website. If you bring any sense of design and style to the WP, we who live in the area will surely follow. If it stays the same, then we will do what we normally do: stay away. Best of luck.
August 3, 2010, 11:58 am
That is fantastic news. So happy for you. Congrats!
August 3, 2010, 1:38 pm
I thought I moved around a lot…you might just have me beat.
August 5, 2010, 8:36 am
It will be great having you in DC. I’d love you to come speak to my class at Howard. Congrats!
August 9, 2010, 2:05 pm
Mark,
Even though I don’t know you personally, I read and subscribe to your blog. Welcome to the DMV area and I hope to connect with you in person once you are here. Congrats man!
August 22, 2010, 5:29 am
I’m just getting around to reading this post. So excited for you. You have so much to offer. All the best in the DMV.
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August 26, 2010, 6:01 am
The Washington Post truly got Luckie! You are one of the nicest persons/instructors I’ve met who as busy as you been, always took time to share with others and answer questions. You deserve this and much more.
Sincerly your ex-student at NAHJ-2010 Convention.
Abrazos!
August 27, 2010, 6:32 am
The Washington Post truly got Luckie! You are one of the nicest persons/instructors I’ve met who as busy as you been, always took time to share with others and answer questions. You deserve this and much more.
Sincerly your ex-student at NAHJ-2010 Convention.
Abrazos!
August 27, 2010, 6:34 am
Holy moly! Congratulations on the new job! Just remember us lowly rookie reporters/bloggers on your way to the top
Megan and Kelly
September 2, 2010, 10:11 am