Biography
Mark Saxenmeyer is the executive director of The Reporters Inc., a 501(c)(3) journalistic production nonprofit. "The Queens" is a production of The Reporters Inc. Mark also runs SaxInTheCity Productions, a video production company company (www.thereporters.org).
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor of Arts in Journalism), Mark reported and produced for ABC, FOX and CBS affiliates in Madison, Hartford, Sacramento, Minneapolis and Chicago (between 1987 and 2013).
Mark's broadcast journalism, community service, documentary, and factual entertainment projects have been honored with numerous national awards, including an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and an Edward R. Murrow from the Radio Television Digital News Association. He's also won national prizes from the Scripps Howard Foundation, the National Association of Black Journalists, the American Women in Radio and Television, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, among others. (Additionally, his work has garnered 32 regional Emmy awards, 17 regional Associated Press awards, and 17 regional Society of Professional Journalists awards.)
Mark's documentary credits include "The Rites of Passage" (1993), "The Experiment in Black and White" (2002), "Experiment: Gay and Straight" (2004), and "The Queens" (2018). Mark served as writer, director, and executive producer on all of these projects. He also edited "The Queens." The Reporters Inc. is currently in production on two additional documentaries, "The Innocent Convicts" (about wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform), and "Reaching for the Rainbow" (about race relations in South Africa post-apartheid).
Mark is the recipient of the Leadership in Journalism Education award from Loyola University Chicago, he was presented the Young Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement And Distinguished Service from UW-Madison, and he was an inaugural inductee into his high school's (Thomas Jefferson in Bloomington, MN) Hall of Fame.
Mark has been with his partner since 2005. They reside in the Minneapolis suburb of Richfield.
