Mark Di Ionno (born December 22, 1956) is an American journalist and writer.
[1] Di Ionno is a former general news columnist at New Jersey's top newspaper, The Star-Ledger.
He is a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist in news commentary for his columns on Hurricane Sandy, the suicide of Tyler Clementi, and other local events and issues.
[7] Di Ionno has written extensively about New Jersey in several books that serve as guides to the landscape and history of the state.
[8] Two of his books published with Rutgers University Press, New Jersey's Coastal Heritage: A Guide and A Guide to New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail won the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Award.