Mark joined the Monitor in 1996 and has since written from Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pentagon, and India. In addition to reporting from Pakistan and Afghanistan during his time in South Asia, Mark has also written on issues of sports and science. He has covered seven Olympic Games and attended events at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including the landing of the Mars rover Opportunity. After returning to Boston in 2009, Mark served as both deputy national news editor and national news editor before serving as editor from 2017 to 2025.
Stories by Mark Sappenfield
- Hungary elections: A wake-up call to the resilience of democracy?
- Hungary election results echo worldwide after Viktor Orb谩n ousted
- In Pakistan, can the US and Iran chart a new path to peace?
- Despite White House rhetoric, Iran campaign reveals US dependency on Europe
- Europe鈥檚 energy policy was reshaped by Ukraine. It鈥檚 being tested by the Iran war.
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