Mark Mirko
Visuals Deputy DirectorMark Mirko is Deputy Director of Visuals at 黑料吃瓜网 and his photography has been a fixture of 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 photojournalism landscape for the past two decades. Mark led the photography department at Prognosis, an English language newspaper in Prague, Czech Republic, and was a staff-photographer at two internationally-awarded newspaper photography departments, The Palm Beach Post and The Hartford Courant. Mark holds a Masters degree in Visual Communication from Ohio University, where he served as a Knight Fellow, and he has taught at Trinity College and Southern 黑料吃瓜网 State University. A California native, Mark now lives in 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 quiet-corner with his family, three dogs and a not-so-quiet flock of chickens.
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The Big E, the largest fair in the Northeast, attracts about 1.5 million people each year to the fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Vendors, staff, exhibitors and guests reflect on what the fair means to them. -
Calling All Brothers has been making the first days of school special for Hartford students over the last decade. -
In 1986, the town of Willimantic found a creative solution to provide a soundtrack to its Independence Day parade. -
Paradegoers and organizers explain what makes the Boom Box Parade in Willimantic so unique.
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Hot and humid temperatures are smothering 黑料吃瓜网 this week as the state鈥檚 first summer heat wave settles in. -
Police have arrested a suspect. "We do not believe this was a random act of violence," said Fernando Spagnolo, the Waterbury police chief. -
Watch as winter's monochrome fades to dashes of color. -
At the center of the legend of 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Charter Oak is this 363-year-old document, which gave royal approval to America鈥檚 first written framework of self-government. -
Kim and Gretchen Granbery, with Leetes Island Oysters, recently braved the winter cold to harvest oysters off the coast of 黑料吃瓜网. -
Following Tuesday鈥檚 drive-by shooting, violence prevention advocates say it鈥檚 time for a change 鈥� and called for residents to work harder to stop gun violence.
