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
- The Explainer The World Cup in 2026 is bigger than before. Is it better?
- The Explainer As World Cup nears, controversies over ticket prices, team and fan access still swirl
- How Norway is solving all the world鈥檚 problems 鈥� with waffles
- What do sanctions accomplish? Maybe not what you think.
- Norway is a humanitarian superpower. Can that continue without US support?
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