About Mark

Who is Mark A Kellner?

From February 2014 to September 2015 he was a national reporter for the Deseret News at the time a daily newspaper in Salt Lake City, Utah. There, he was part of a team recognized by the regional Society of Professional Journalists chapter for articles taking a modern look at the biblical Ten Commandments.

Mark was the founding editor for Crain’s Utah, a daily e-letter which went from zero to 13,000 opt-in subscribers, mostly C-level executives, during his tenure.  

He also has contributed to Religion News ServiceUSAToday.com, and TheStream.org among other outlets.  

His experience

 From March 11, 1991 to January 18, 2014, he wrote 1,200 weekly and, for about 18 months, semi-weekly technology columns for The Washington Times. His column, “Higher Ground,” which debuted on January 25, 2013, covered religion news and trends.  

From 2007 to 2014, he served as News Editor for Adventist Review and Adventist World magazines, publications of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Previously, Mark served the Adventist headquarters as Assistant Director for News and Information, running the weekly e-mail and online Adventist News Network.  

Mark was a 15-month contributor to the Los Angeles Times beginning in 2000 and published 61 articles there. He has also been published on The Wall Street Journal’s “Taste” page and the op-ed pages of the Detroit News and The Christian Science Monitor, among other newspapers. He was editor-in-chief of PC Portables magazine, a staff writer for Government Computer News, Federal Computer Week, Defense News and Unix Today. Mark has written and published three books, including one in the “For Dummies®” series and “God on the Internet.”

A stamp collector since his youth, Mark is a member of The Royal Philatelic Society London, The Collectors Club of New York, and a life member of the American Philatelic Society.