Mark Mirko
Visuals Deputy DirectorMark Mirko is Deputy Director of Visuals at Connecticut Public and his photography has been a fixture of Connecticut’s photojournalism landscape for the past two decades. Mark led the photography department at Prognosis, an English language newspaper in Prague, Czech Republic, and was a staff-photographer at two internationally-awarded newspaper photography departments, The Palm Beach Post and The Hartford Courant. Mark holds a Masters degree in Visual Communication from Ohio University, where he served as a Knight Fellow, and he has taught at Trinity College and Southern Connecticut State University. A California native, Mark now lives in Connecticut’s quiet-corner with his family, three dogs and a not-so-quiet flock of chickens.
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Hot and humid temperatures are smothering Connecticut this week as the state’s first summer heat wave settles in. -
Police have arrested a suspect. "We do not believe this was a random act of violence," said Fernando Spagnolo, the Waterbury police chief. -
Watch as winter's monochrome fades to dashes of color. -
At the center of the legend of Connecticut’s Charter Oak is this 363-year-old document, which gave royal approval to America’s first written framework of self-government. -
Kim and Gretchen Granbery, with Leetes Island Oysters, recently braved the winter cold to harvest oysters off the coast of Connecticut. -
Following Tuesday’s drive-by shooting, violence prevention advocates say it’s time for a change – and called for residents to work harder to stop gun violence. -
Towns across Connecticut reported long lines of voters on the first day of early voting. Connecticut is among the last states in the country to offer early voting. -
People across Connecticut are finding ways to mark one year after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the start of the Israel-Hamas war. -
Two people are dead after a shooting Friday at a nursing home and rehabilitation facility in Cromwell. -
Connecticut election officials are partnering with colleges and universities across the state to get out the vote and train students to be poll workers during the upcoming election.
