Mark Di Ionno is an Assistant Managing Editor at The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., currently in charge of the paper's extensive suburban bureau system. Before becoming an editor, Mark Di Ionno was a feature writer for The Star-Ledger, traveling the state of New Jersey in search of unique stories to tell. Mark Di Ionno wrote the inaugural season of the Star-Ledger's famed "Munchmobile" series, and wrote several other well-received feature projects including, "Oddball Attractions" and "The Roads Less Traveled" in 1993 and 1994. Before turning to features and news, Mark Di Ionno spent most of his early career covering sports. He was the general sports columnist at The New York Post, covering everything from the Pete Rose case to race-fix trials to corruption in pro boxing. His series on the living conditions of backstretch workers at Belmont and Aqueduct racetracks brought about reforms in the horse racing industry and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
    Mark Di Ionno is the author of two books published by Rutgers University Press: "New Jersey's Coastal Heritage" and "A Guide to New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail," with a third "Backroads, New Jersey" due out next year. He is currently at work on his first novel and a book of short stories.
    Di Ionno, 44, is a New Jersey native and has lived in 16 towns in six counties in the state. He has settled in Mountain Lakes with his wife, Sharon, and four of his six children. One of his children is Anthony Di Ionno, bassist for the alternative rock group Armor For Sleep.

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