Magazines Editor

Mark Gauert

Mark Gauert is Executive Director of Magazines for the South Florida Sun Sentinel; and Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of City & Shore, City & Shore PRIME and Explore Florida & the Caribbean magazines. He is a national, regional and state journalism award-winning editor and writer, whose work has appeared in The Sun Sentinel, The Washington Post, Politico, The Boston Globe, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, among others. He is also the editor and writer of "Looking Back, A Photographic History of Broward and Palm Beach Counties," https://bit.ly/3X3NK1U. For his complete list of awards, see https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-gauert-722bb68/. He has worked in various roles - as reporter, columnist, editor and magazine publisher - in South Florida for more than 42 years.

The “Sun-Sentinel Smartscan Request form,’’ circa 1991. Back then, we features desk editors had to fill one out for each of the hundreds of photos that appeared in the newspaper each week.

A 25th anniversary announcement, 35 years in the making

January 2, 2026 at 6:30 a.m.

I remember everything about the day I started working at the Sun-Sentinel, 35 years ago. Ready? (Long editor’s letter ahead.) I parked in the company’s dirt lot along the New...

Pilates the Nofar Hagag way: a 50-minute Pilates class that combines 25 minutes on the "Reformer," seen here, and 25 on the "Cadillac." Which, for the record, is not a car.

How I stopped worrying and LOVE Pilates | Commentary

December 29, 2025 at 10:25 a.m.

My new year’s resolutions didn't last long this year. March, maybe. Or February. OK, Feb. 9. I know because they ended while I was watching Kendrick Lamar's super-aerobic Super Bowl...

Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 and a slice of the chef's cheesecake at Red South Beach.

Gifts of wine for anyone especially nice on your list this year

December 1, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

Some years offer opportunities to look back and reflect with a good glass of wine. Some years, only a full bottle will do. You know the ones. Among wines in...

Pier Top lounge, revolving every 66 minutes 17 floors above the Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale. (Mark Gauert/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Get your kicks at Pier Sixty-Six, newly renovated for Lauderdale boat show

October 14, 2025 at 7:15 a.m.

Pier Sixty-Six, the Fort Lauderdale resort that started in 1957 as a hotel, marina and fuel dock, is freshly renovated from a billion-dollar renovation.

Sunrise from the deck of a master suite atop a villa at Islands of Islamorada.

Voyage to an island out of the stream in Islamorada in the Florida Keys

October 14, 2025 at 7:17 a.m.

The Islands of Islamorada in the Florida Keys has the views, the amenities and the vibe of a five-star resort – without much of the five-star expense.

A stateroom towel and bedding Barbossa on a "Pirates in the Caribbean'' night on a Disney Cruise. Or possibly Mozart's dad on "Amadeus" night.

When hotel and cruise cabin towel sculptures go too far | Commentary

October 13, 2025 at 9:55 a.m.

When did everybody start sculpting linens into fanciful characters in hotels and on cruise ships? Some examples from Disney, Windstar and the Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale, among others.

The October 2025 issue of 'Explore Florida & the Caribbean' magazine.

Dig in and go places in the new issue of ‘Explore Florida & the Caribbean’

October 13, 2025 at 9:56 a.m.

The award-winning travel magazine of the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Orlando Sentinel is back with a new issue full of good reasons to travel this fall and winter.

The mystery photo from my front yard.

Who are the kids in my yard, and why can’t I get rid of them? | Commentary

October 5, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

At first I thought the little scrap of paper in my front yard was one of those notices the lawn-care people stick in the neighbor’s yard when they spray for...

The October 2025 Arts Issue. Cover image, "Duality," by Sharon Swift; courtesy of Funding Arts Broward

Coming this weekend, a look ahead to the South Florida season in the arts

October 2, 2025 at 6:30 a.m.

The A/C finally stops running, the doors and windows open to let in a cooler breeze - and we let fragile hope build that summer's finally letting up around here....