Mark Potts (born October 22, 1984) is an American

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-winning journalist and filmmaker. He was part of the news team covering the

2015 San Bernardino attack On December 2, 2015, a terrorist attack, consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing, occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. The perpetrators, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple ...

for the ''

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'' which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2016. He grew up in Enid, Oklahoma and graduated

Enid High School Enid High School (EHS) is a public tertiary school in Enid, Oklahoma, U.S., operated by the Enid Public Schools school district. With a student body of about 2035 in grades 9-12, Enid High School has a matriculation rate of about 65 percent. Some ...

and the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

. His films include ''Simmons on Vinyl'', ''The Stanton Family Grave Robbery'', ''S&M Lawncare'', and ''Cinema Six'', the latter of which had a cameo by Bill Hader.

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1984 births Living people American male journalists Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting winners Writers from Taos, New Mexico Writers from Los Angeles Enid High School alumni University of Oklahoma alumni Filmmakers from Enid, Oklahoma Writers from Enid, Oklahoma 21st-century American journalists {{Oklahoma-stub