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Magazine Journalism
Mark Obbie has been a reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, focusing on lawyers, courts, crime, and business news. He teaches magazine editing (basic and advanced) and magazine management. He has also taught news reporting and writing, media law, and a law/politics/media course. He founded and previously directed the Carnegie Legal Reporting Program at Newhouse.
Obbie's official faculty Web site is here and his class blog and Twitter feed are here .
Obbie is the former executive editor of The American Lawyer magazine in New York City. He also has managed the Internet operations for a network of legal magazines and newspapers, was editor and publisher of the Dallas-based weekly newspaper Texas Lawyer, and covered courts, cops, and city government for The Houston Post and the Warren, Ohio, Tribune-Chronicle.
His freelance work has appeared in Inc., The American Lawyer, FPO Magazine, and Slate.com, and for three years he wrote a popular blog about legal journalism called LawBeat. He has a master's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from St. John Fisher College. His personal Web site includes his CV and work samples.