Experience
10+ years' experience editing print publications in all areas, with two years' experience in publishing position. Specialties include arts and culture coverage, newsroom management, and special issues and supplements, working closely with sales teams to develop projects that broaden readership and hold community attention while expanding revenue opportunities.
17+ years' experience editing, managing, and developing all aspects of high-traffic Web publications. Seven years' experience strategizing and executing social media-specific campaigns and outreach, including daily newsletters and user-generated content.
22+ years' experience writing about arts, culture, music, nightlife, travel, food, politics, and queer and local community issues, with a focus on the Bay Area but extending globally. Achievements include several high-profile press and journalism awards; two Best American Music Writing citations; an internationally respected nightlife column, Super Ego, and a Lambda Award-nominated young adult book (Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens, 2011) recommended by the American Library Association.
Marke has been featured in the New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, SF Chronicle, Vice, NPR, The Guardian, The Advocate, XLR8R, SF Weekly, the Bay Area Reporter, the Washington Blade, and local affiliates of CBS, NBC, ABC, and PBS.