Mark Geary is an EMMY award winning General Assignment Reporter for KCRG-TV9 News. Mark joined the news team in January 2005. He specializes in political and city council related stories.

Mark comes to TV9 from WNEM-TV5 in Saginaw, Michigan, where he worked as a General Assignment Reporter. Before that, Mark worked at KOMU-TV8 in Columbia, Missouri, where he spent three years as a General Assignment Reporter. Mark earned both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. While at the university, Mark also taught several college courses.

Mark has won several Associated Press and Iowa Broadcast News Association awards. He also won an EMMY award for a story about an Iowa couple that sells DVDs on eBay.

During the Iowa Caucuses, Mark interviewed every candidate including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee and several other lesser-known candidates.

In 2007, the Cedar Rapids School District inducted Mark into the Volunteer Hall of Fame. Every week, he mentors high school students and helps them improve their writing skills. 

Mark grew up in the Chicago suburbs, and he's happy to be working here in the Midwest. He loves to tell creative stories about people in the community, and enjoys reporting because each day on the job is always different.

In his free time, Mark likes to listen to music, read, watch movies and talk to his friends. Mark and his wife, Letitia, live in Cedar Rapids.

If you have any story ideas you would like Mark to investigate, please e-mail him at: Mark.Geary@kcrg.com. You can also follow Mark on Twitter.