About khou

11 News investigative reporter Mark Greenblatt specializes in uncovering stories of cover-ups and injustices. Mark has received five Edward R. Murrow Awards for his investigative reports, including the 2006 national Edward R. Murrow Award for best investigative report in America from The Radio and Television News Directors Association.

He earned this award after uncovering how the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office had never inspected more than 300 public schools in the history of the office. Mark uncovered case after case where local schools had never installed working fire alarms, smoke detectors or other critical safety equipment. His series of reports prompted widespread change within the fire marshal’s office and the creation of emergency task forces to do inspections and correct the office’s previous deficiencies.

Mark became the first reporter in the world to prompt the FBI to release its secret spy files on Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., prompting nationwide calls for reform on modern-day domestic surveillance tactics. His reports on unethical recruiting efforts played a pivotal role in pushing the Commanding General over all U.S. Army Recruiting to declare a nationwide halt to recruiting activity so the Army could retrain every one of its recruiters on proper techniques.

Mark won two Emmy awards in 2007 for best crime reporting and best governmental reporting, and his reports have also earned numerous Lone Star awards from the Houston Press Club and multiple Katie Awards from the Dallas Press Club. In addition, the Texas Headliners Foundation gave Mark its Charles E. Green Headliner Award in 2005 for best investigative report across all market sizes in Texas, and the Texas Associated Press honored Mark with a first place award for Best Investigative Report in 2004.

Throughout his career, Mark's investigations have prompted reform at both the state and the federal level. His investigative stories led directly to new federal protections against identity theft for all Americans, and in Texas, new rules that will protect your personal privacy from video cameras that might spy on you in places you would least expect them. His work spurred three new state laws in Colorado that help to protect children from unsafe child care agencies and prompted the Missouri legislature to appropriate millions of emergency dollars to improve the safety of bridges. On a national level, the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization awarded Mark the prestigious I.R.E. Award and he won first place in The William Randolph Hearst Foundation's national television news contest. The Missouri Broadcaster's Association, Colorado Associated Press, Southern Colorado Press Club and the Colorado Broadcasters Association have also recognized Mark's work as an investigative reporter.

He is a graduate of the National Press Photographer's Association storytelling boot camp in Norman, Okla. Mark graduated from the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, where he was the student president of the Journalism School and the co-founder of MUTV, a student television station that is still thriving today.

He grew up in metro Denver, enjoys spending time with family and friends, volunteering, staying active and rooting for his favorite baseball teams.

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