Mark Little (Irish journalist)

Mark Little (Irish journalist)
Mark Little
Born 1968 (age 42–43)[1]
Education Trinity College Dublin
Occupation Journalist
Spouse(s) Tara Peterman
Children 3
Nationality Irish
Notable credit(s) Prime Time

Mark Little (born 1968) is an Irish journalist, television presenter, author and "social media visionary".[2] He presented Prime Time for RTÉ until December 2009.[3] He took a year of leave of absence from RTÉ to pursue a project centred around digital media and global journalism.[4] He launched the project in April 2010, called Storyful.[5]

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Early and personal life

Little was born in Dublin in 1968.[6] He lived in Malahide, County Dublin, but later moved to Oughterard, County Galway.[7] He studied in economics and politics Trinity College, Dublin for 5 years and graduated in 1990 with a BA (Ord.) pass degree. During his time there he was president of the students’ union for a year and was a member of the Labour Party.[7] He joined the Dublin City University Graduate Journalism programme in 1990, but later dropped out.[8]

His first child, Sorcha, was born when Little was 21.[7] Her mother was Maxine Brady, the then president of the Union of Students in Ireland.[9] He is married to Tara Peterman, an American who worked with him on Prime Time, with two children, Daisy and Tommy, and lives in Dalkey, County Dublin.[7][10]

Career

Little began is career in journalism working for The Sunday Business Post. He was then hired as a TV reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs in 1991,[11] after answering a newspaper advertisement.[9] He became RTÉ's first Washington Correspondent in 1995.[12] He remained there until 2001, before returning to Dublin to become Foreign Affairs Correspondent. His Washington post was filled by Carole Coleman.[13] In 2001 he won TV Journalist of the Year in the ESB National Media Awards.[14][15]

In his time with RTÉ, he has met such US politicians as Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.[16] He presented the documentary programme Who’s Afraid of Islam? in 2006. He has also reported from disaster and conflict areas such as, Iraq, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.[14] In 2008, he presented American Dream: Dead or Alive on RTÉ One.[16]

Little often presented RTÉ News specials such as Government budgets and elections.[17][18]

In 2002, he joined RTÉ's flagship current affairs programme Prime Time, which he co-presented with Miriam O'Callaghan.[14] In November 2009, he announced his desire to take a leave of absence from RTÉ for the period of a year.[1] His reason was to pursue a project combining digital media and global journalism.[14] On 17 December 2009, he presented his final Prime Time.[4] This being a field he has experience in through his work on Twitter.[9] On 12 April 2010, his new project, storyful.com, was launched. He developed the website along with other web journalists.[5]

Little has written three books, two of which are on an American topic.[7] Turn Left at Greenland and Zulu Time were published in 2002 and 2004.[16] His third book The New America, was published in 2008.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mark Little takes Leave of Absence from RTÉ". RTÉ Press Centre. 6 November 2009. http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2009/1106/marklittleleave061109.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  2. ^ Catherine O'Mahony (9 May 2010). "Little makes large strides in the world of new media". Sunday Business Post. http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=MEDIA+AND+MARKETING-qqqs=mediaandmarketing-qqqid=49081-qqqx=1.asp. 
  3. ^ "The Hot Press interview: Mark Little". Hot Press. http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2721846.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  4. ^ a b Kevin Doyle (17 December 2009). "It's Mark's last time on Prime Time in TV gamble". Evening Herald. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/its-marks-last-time-on-prime-time-in-tv-gamble-1979230.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
  5. ^ a b Mark Little (12 April 2010). "Welcome to Storyful". Storyful. http://blog.storyful.com/blog/2010/04/12/welcome-to-storyful/. Retrieved 18 April 2010. 
  6. ^ "Exchanging for the Better: Speakers". Exchanging for the Better. http://www.exchangingforthebetter.com/speakers/index.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  7. ^ a b c d e Paul Cullen (15 December 2009). "Separating the news from the noise". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/1215/1224260706975.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
  8. ^ Jane Ruffino (October 21, 2009). "When dropping out doesn't mean screwing up". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/1021/1224257140232.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  9. ^ a b c Una Mullally (13 December 2009). "Profile: Mark Little - A prime time for a career change". Sunday Tribune. http://www.tribune.ie/magazine/features/article/2009/dec/13/profile-mark-little-a-prime-time-for-a-career-chan/. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
  10. ^ a b "Life Lessons". RTÉ Guide. 9 December 2009. http://www.rteguide.ie/2008/1209/marklittle.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  11. ^ "Mark Little to take one year leave of absence". Business and Leadership. 6 November 2009. http://www.businessandleadership.com/marketing/news/article/17323/marketing/mark-little-to-take-one-year-leave-of-absence. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  12. ^ "RTÉ Archives: 1990". RTÉ Libraries and Archives. http://www.rte.ie/laweb/brc/brc_1990s.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
  13. ^ "RTÉ appointment to Washington". The Irish Times. 10 October 2000. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2000/1025/00102500046.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
  14. ^ a b c d "Veteran RTÉ journalist to pursue digital media dream". Silicon Republic. 6 November 2009. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/14351/new-media/veteran-rte-journalist-to-pursue-digital-media-dream. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
  15. ^ "RTÉ Scoope 9 ESB National Media Awards". IFTN. 8 November 2001. http://www.iftn.ie/news/DigitalNews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=3061&tpl=archnews&force=1. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
  16. ^ a b c "The Afternoon Show: Mark Little". The Afternoon Show. 28 February 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/2008/0228/marklittle555.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
  17. ^ "RTÉ Elections Coverage Information Including Exit Poll Information". RTÉ Press Centre. 5 June 2009. http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2009/0605/electioncoverageinfo050609.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 
  18. ^ "Budget 2010 - Wednesday 9 December". RTÉ Press Centre. 4 December 2009. http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2009/1204/budget09coverage041209.html. Retrieved 18 December 2009. 

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