Magazines & Newsletters

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The best stories are true. My nonfiction work has appeared in a number of print and online publications, including:

The Costco Connection
AARP The Magazine
Scouting magazine
Boys' Life magazine
Scout Life magazine
Eagles' Call magazine
Presbyterians Today
ASJA Magazine
PBS Next Avenue
Forbes.com
Flyover Future
Kentucky Homes & Gardens
The (Louisville) Courier-Journal and several of its speciality publications: Welcome Home Kentuckiana, Lavish, and Kentuckiana Parent
Youth Net, a publication of the United Methodist Publishing House
Museum News

I write six regular columns for Scouting magazine, the magazine for adult leaders and parents in the Boy Scouts of America. For about 15 years I was the primary feature writer for Eagles' Call magazine, the official publication of the National Eagle Scout Association, and its predecessor publications, Eagle Scout Magazine and The Eagletter.

Here are a few work samples. You can find more at https://markray.contently.com/.

Profiles

AARP The Magazine article on Larry and Kathie Stoess, founders of a pay-as-you-can restaurant
AARP The Magazine article on Sister Sue Kilduski, who plays "Taps" at veterans' funerals
Eagles' Call article on Boston Marathon bombing hostage negotiator "Russ Houston" (finalist for a Folio: Eddie Award)
Eagles' Call article on Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson
Eagles' Call article on Little Rock Nine member Ernest Green
Eagles' Call article on Baseball Hall of Fame member Pat GIllick
Eagles' Call article on Greg Deering, founder of the Deering Banjo Company
Eagles' Call article on living Eagle Scouts who served in World War II
Eagles' Call article on "Supergirl" writer Sterling Gates
Eagle Scout Magazine article on Olympic gold medalist Steve Holcomb
Eagle Scout Magazine article on a Scout service project in Russia (part of a package that won an Association Media & Publishing Gold EXCEL Award)
Eagle Scout Magazine article on a Scout who builds houses for the poor in Ciudad Juárez (3rd place winner in the Magazine Feature Article category of the 80th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition)
Eagletter article on Eagle Scout Derek Slinger
Eagletter article on Senators Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn
Boys' Life article on storm chaser Reed Timmer
Scouting magazine profile on a group of "super Scouters"