 Mark Hedlund is one of News 10's most senior reporters, with a tenure at the station that dates back to 1981.
During that time, he's traveled around the world covering major news stories for viewers in the Central Valley. His travels have taken him to Washington D.C., Mexico, Panama, Greece, Germany and Saudi Arabia.
Mark has delivered live reports on the Persian Gulf conflict, Rodney King verdicts, military base closure hearings in Washington, the murder trials of Dorothea Puente and Richard Alan Davis, the historic climb of Half Dome by Mark Wellman, California's great floods in 1986 and 1997, major wildland fires, the Mexico City earthquake and the Loma Prieta earthquake. In 1989, he was on assignment at Candlestick Park for the World Series when the trembler hit. Within minutes, he shifted into breaking news coverage and spent the next week reporting live on the quake’s aftermath.
A full-time journalist since 1975, Mark has covered every president since Gerald Ford. His experience includes news reporting for radio, newspaper and television.
Over the years, he's earned numerous awards for his work, including the National Scripps-Howard Award for Journalistic excellence, the National United Press International Award, the Associated Press Bill Stout Memorial Award, and a Northern California Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Mark has also won state and regional awards from UPI, The Associated Press, Best of the West, California Exposition, Northern California Radio-TV News Directors Association, and the Sacramento Society for Professional Journalists.
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