About Mark McCormick
Wichita native Mark E. McCormick joined The Eagle staff in 1995 as a reporter for the newsroom's Relationships team, which covered race, gender, youth and social issues. He moved to the Communities team, where he later became editor of the Neighbors section. From there, he became news editor and Enterprise Team leader, assembling the daily news budget, running news meetings and assigning breaking news stories. In 2001, Mark took over the newsroom's Crime and Safety Team, which covered the police, fire and sheriff's departments. In 2004, he was named Metro columnist following the retirement of columnist Bob Getz, writing columns of local interest on
Wednesdays,
Fridays and
Sundays. His columns have won First Place (2004 and 2006) awards from the Kansas City Press Club. Reach Mark McCormick at 268-6549 or e-mail
mmccormick@wichitaeagle.com.
About Mark McCormick
Wichita native Mark E. McCormick joined The Eagle staff in 1995 as a reporter for the newsroom's Relationships team, which covered race, gender, youth and social issues. He moved to the Communities team, where he later became editor of the Neighbors section. From there, he became news editor and Enterprise Team leader, assembling the daily news budget, running news meetings and assigning breaking news stories. In 2001, Mark took over the newsroom's Crime and Safety Team, which covered the police, fire and sheriff's departments. In 2004, he was named Metro columnist following the retirement of columnist Bob Getz, writing columns of local interest on
Wednesdays,
Fridays and
Sundays. His columns have won First Place (2004 and 2006) awards from the Kansas City Press Club. Reach Mark McCormick at 268-6549 or e-mail
mmccormick@wichitaeagle.com.
MOST RECENT COLUMN
What you see next to this column is a representation of me. Not all of me. Not even most of me. You can't see the long, jagged scar traveling from my ribcage to just south of my navel, the path surgeons took to relieve the extreme ulcer pain and stop the internal bleeding I'd endured for years. You can't see the bulging blue veins on my left hip, products of two blood clots, or the way my left leg swells to twice the size of my right. You can't see here any of the imperfections I see in my mirror...
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