Mark Becker
"Eyewitness News" reporter Mark Becker joined WSOC-TV in 1984. Born in Passay City, Philippines where his father was a Lutheran missionary, Mark was sixteen when his family returned to the United States and settled in Washington state.
He graduated Cum Laude from Columbia University with a B.A. in English in 1980. In 1982, he received his M.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri.
Before becoming a part of the Channel 9 team, he was employed at KJRH-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma and KFRU-AM in Columbia, Missouri.
Mark has received a variety of awards for his reporting. In 1985, Mark's five-part series on child sexual abuse was cited by United Press International as "Best Documentary Series" and the series also won a national Clarion award from Women in Communications. Mark has been recognized by NCCJ-Oklahoma for "Best Documentary" and from UPI-Oklahoma for first place in spot news and second place in the documentary category.
Mark is married to former WSOC-TV anchor/reporter Suzanne Stevens, and has two daughters, Jillian and Genevieve. In his free time, Mark enjoys reading, jogging and sports.
Latest from Mark Becker
Biden's motorcade snarls traffic around city
A visit from Vice President Joe Biden on the same day of Charlotte’s annual Speed Street festival geared up made for her traffic nightmares on Thursday. Biden was attending a fundraising event for the Obama reelection campaign. He started with a $10,000 per plate fundraising luncheon, and followed that with a ...
Police expect to be ready for crowds in uptown this weekend
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they expect to be ready for any problems at Speed Street this weekend. "Substantially, what you saw last year is going to be what you see this year, with some refinements," said Deputy Chief Harold Medlock on Wednesday. Speed Street opens on Thursday and runs through the ...
No zoning restrictions in place for sweepstakes businesses in Charlotte
You may get a chance to speak up this summer about the growing sweepstakes business in Charlotte. Police say there are about 60 of the casino style "Internet cafes" or “business centers" open now offering customers a chance to play "Pot O' Gold" or other Internet-based casino style games. "We ...
Former probation officer plans to fight sexual assault charges
A former North Carolina probation officer said he will fight his federal indictment on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman he supervised in 2008. "This is inaccurate. I mean, all of it has been false from day one," Willie James Steele told Eyewitness News on Friday night. Steele has ...
Crews trying to repair Carowinds’ water slides ahead of holiday weekend
Workers are scrambling to repair two towers in Carowinds' water park in time for the scheduled opening next weekend. Workers were busy Thursday morning replacing concrete decks on the towers leading up to two water slides. A spokeswoman for the park said they had found the problems on a routine ...
Police work to have house torn down after crime problems
It's been a strategy for cutting crime in Charlotte for the last four years -- target repeat offenders and make sure they don't have a chance to commit more crimes. Now police have identified a new kind of "repeat offender" -- a house. "This was the problem for crime on ...
9 Investigates: Loophole allows felons to run private police companies in NC
One lawmaker wants to close a legal loophole that allows convicted felons to run their own private police companies in North Carolina. When driver Teddy Sims recently saw blue lights pull in behind him at an east Charlotte gas station, it didn't occur to him to ask if the man ...
Police unit fights back against shoplifting run by organized crime rings
Police in Charlotte said the growing heroin problem is driving another crime problem: shoplifting that's run by organized crime rings. Police are fighting back with a unit they call their target action plan, or Trap, for short. If you think shoplifting is a small-time crime in Charlotte, take a ride ...
High school senior released from hospital months after serious crash
A Myers Park High School senior who was almost killed in a serious accident on the way to school in February finally went home Tuesday. Thomas Crain said goodbye to the nurses and staff at the Levine Children's Hospital, where he has spent the past two and a half months, ...
9 Investigates: Police say focus on repeat offenders contributes to crime drop
In Charlotte, officers say their focus on repeat offenders is a big reason crime has dropped for the past three and a half years. They're now expanding the team that deals with those criminals. Deputy Chief Kerr Putney oversees the Priority Offender Strategy Team, or POST. This is the first ...
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