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Mark Oprea
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Staff Writer, Cleveland Scene
Cleveland
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Biography
I'm a writer and freelancer living in Cleveland, Ohio. I've written for the Pacific Standard, the Cleveland Magazine, Atlas Obscura, Narratively and have been featured in The Week, Reader's Digest and Cleveland.com. I've written about Mexico's most dangerous volcano, heroin addicts-turned-police liaisons, a PhD drag queen's big come-up and the media circus at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Features , Cleveland , Mexico , Solutions Journalism , American Midwest
Economical issues
Content
By Mark Oprea| Cleveland Scene Verified Last October, as the temps around Northeast Ohio began to dip into frigid territories, 34-year-old Robert Lucas was worried. He was living in a tent near the Red Line Station in West Park. He had friends nearby, but was bracing for yet another brutal winter. “I was feeling, you know, as safe as I could feel,” he said.
By Mark Oprea| Cleveland Scene Verified It was a little after school let out when Theodore Jenkins, Jr.’s teenage son was hanging out with friends in front of Tower City Center on March 12. The hang quickly turned sour: a fight broke out nearby. Cleveland Police were called and showed up to quell the disturbance. When more officers arrived, they noticed a female officer on the ground—she had been tripped, she told the officers, by one of the nearby teenagers.
By Mark Oprea| Cleveland Scene Verified Last October, as the temps around Northeast Ohio began to dip into frigid territories, 34-year-old Robert Lucas was worried. He was living in a tent near the Red Line Station in West Park. He had friends nearby, but was bracing for yet another brutal winter. “I was feeling, you know, as safe as I could feel,” he said.
Company Info
Cleveland Scene
Northeast Ohio's Alternative weekly multimedia source.
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Founded: 1970