MARK GRABOWSKI is a journalism professor at Monmouth University in New Jersey. He also writes advice columns for young journalists in Quill, blogs for the Asbury Park Press, and consults organizations on media relations. Previously, he spent five years reporting on news and politics for newspapers around the country. The 30-year-old Philadelphian has covered the suburbs for The Providence Journal, manned the night cops desk at The Arizona Republic, served as the state capital bureau chief for a Pennsylvania newspaper chain, and tracked Congress for a wire service. Additionally, he was a journalism fellow with the American Political Science Association and holds a J.D. from Georgetown Law. Contact Mark via e-mail at Mark@CubReporters.org.