Clients
Throughout my career as a freelance writer, I’ve worked with several government and corporate clients writing speeches, newsletters and articles as well as copy editing existing materials. Among the notables are: the Ministry of Government Services, Ontario Cabinet Office, Credit Union Central of Ontario, Libro (formerly St. Willibrord Community) Credit Union, Union Gas, The Richard Ivey School of Business, Novack’s, and Sifton Properties Corporation.
References
“As a London Free Press Reporter for several years, non-fiction author of many books, and magazine and newspaper writer, Mark brings extensive experience to his classroom. Having attended Mark’s classroom at Western and many of his freelance workshops, Mark brings a rare enthusiasm to the classroom. As a result, his classroom is energetic and vibrant with discussion. He truly cares that students leave the classroom with a realistic and practical sense of writing in the world.”
— Melanie Chambers, magazine writer/editor and Western University lecturer
“Mark is a wonderful writer, mentor for writers and writing teacher. He is professional, encouraging to other writers and his students and his writing is enjoyable and entertaining. He’s easy to get along with and very supportive of his peers. I would recommend Mark for any writing job and work as a mentor and writing/journalism instructor.”
— Suzanne Boles, award-winning writer
“Mark is, simply, an excellent teacher. His teaching scores and his many awards are testament to that fact, but it is seeing him day-to-day and in the classroom that is the real evidence of his wonderful teaching skills. Mark connects with students. His intelligence, empathy and warm sense of humour make him a wonderful leader in the classroom.”
— Paul Benedetti, award-winning columnist and Western University lecturer
“Mark’s breadth of knowledge and experience made him an invaluable mentor to me as a young writer. He taught me everything from to how to pitch a freelance story to how to deliver a pun without sounding corny. Mark is also a generous, thoughtful, and effective teacher who provides genuinely useful feedback and encourages students to push themselves.”
— Kaleigh Rogers, staff writer at Motherboard, VICE magazine’s science and technology publication
“I’m a former student of Mark Kearney. Mark was not a good teacher. He was outstanding. He spoke to all of us in a way that made us feel like writing peers. He made time for every student. He even challenged us to try stand-up comedy at the end of our humour writing course. I took the leap and he surprised me at the club by showing up and cheering me on. I am a better communicator and a better human thanks to his teaching.”
— Blake Fleischacker. Author and Speaker, blakefly.com
I have also received many positive comments from the anonymous student evaluations that have been done over the years in all my courses. Below are just a few samples:
“Mark is very thorough in explaining concepts during lecture. He is very kind and provides encouragement when pursuing stories. He also provides valuable feedback both before and after a story is submitted for grading. Thanks Mark for a truly wonderful class.”
“Thank you for your encouragement and for always making coming to class something that we all were excited about. Taking this course has strengthened and reaffirmed that writing is something that I need to be doing, and I have you to thank for making me not only realize this dream, but for also making it seem possible.”
“Mark always pushed us to get better and critiques our work in a helpful and knowledgeable manner. This has been great in helping with my writing skills immensely.”
“I really enjoyed working with Mark this semester. He always has useful and constructive comments. He was helpful whenever I had questions and made the class a great experience. His class on freelancing was great and he was always full of advice.”