Mark Hosenball is an American national security correspondent and investigative reporter at ''

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''. Prior to joining Reuters in September 2010, he worked for ''

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''. He started there in November 1993, after working at

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as an investigative producer. He also worked at ''

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'', the ''

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'', '' Time Out'', and contributed articles to ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He has also done commentaries for American Public Radio.

Early life and education

Hosenball moved to the United Kingdom at age 18 and attended Leighton Park School in

Reading, Berkshire Reading ( ) is a town and borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire. It is the United Kingdom's largest town, with a combined population of 355,596. Most of Reading built-up area, its built-up area lies within the Borough ...

for one year. He returned to the United States to attend the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

, then attended

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

for three years.

Career

After completing his education in Ireland, Hosenball returned to Britain, where he found work as a journalist. In 1976, while working for ''Time Out'', Hosenball, Duncan Campbell, and Crispin Aubrey (who had also been at Leighton Park School) wrote a story entitled "The Eavesdroppers", which mentioned the existence of Britain's

Government Communications Headquarters Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) to the government and armed forces of the United Kingdom. Primari ...

(GCHQ). Hosenball was deported on grounds of being a "threat to British national security." Although he challenged the order in court, he was denied, and was deported to the United States in 1977. Hosenball began working for ''Newsweek'' as an investigative correspondent in November 1993. Here he covered a range of issues for the National Affairs department. He has also written stories on terrorism and the

September 11, 2001 attacks The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into ...

on the U.S., campaign finance, the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, the death of

Princess Diana Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William ...

, Bill and Hillary Clinton Whitewater political investigation, the crashes of EgyptAir Flight 990 and TWA flight 800, and related air safety issues. Prior to working for ''Newsweek'', Hosenball worked for Dateline NBC as an investigative producer and print journalist. As a print journalist, he contributed to many British and American publications.

Awards and honors

Hosenball has won a number of awards and honors: *

Overseas Press Club The Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member, as was the war correspondent Peggy Hull. The club seeks to maintain ...

's most prestigious honour *2002 Ed Cunningham Memorial Award for Hosenball's reporting on the War on Terror *

National Magazine Award The National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellie Awards, honor print and digital publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy enterprise and imaginative design. Or ...

for General Excellence in 2002 for its coverage of September 11 and its aftermath *2002 Edgar A. Poe Award for Excellence for a story he co-authored *1991

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and in ...

for his contribution to NBC News coverage of the BCCI scandal

Personal life

Hosenball is married, has a son and currently resides in the Washington, D.C. area.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosenball, Mark Newsweek people Living people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin People educated at Leighton Park School Reuters people American investigative journalists People deported from the United Kingdom 1951 births