Mark W. Tatge (born June 2, 1965) is an American

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, author, and college professor. He was a senior editor at ''

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'' magazine's Midwest Bureau, a staff reporter at ''

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'', an investigative reporter in the Statehouse Bureau of Cleveland's ''

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'', and is the 2014 recipient of the Baldwin Fellowship at

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. Tatge taught journalism at

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and Ohio University's E. W. Scripps School of Journalism and at

. He also worked as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s

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, where he taught graduate journalism students about business, economics and finance. In 2010, Tatge published his first book, ''The New York Times Reader: Business and Economics''.

Career

Tatge is a past Kiplinger Fellow in Public Affairs Reporting at

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where he completed his master's degree in journalism. Tatge spent eight years as the ''

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s statehouse investigative reporter uncovering corruption in state government. Tatge's investigation into corruption at the Ohio Department of Insurance, entitled "Secrets of the Deal," was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Tatge was awarded a visiting professorship at

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endowed by the foundation established by the E.W. Scripps Co., beginning in 2008. In 2011, Tatge was named Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at

. In 2014, Tatge was awarded the Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Fellowship at the University of South Carolina. Tatge is the author of ''The'' ''New York Times Reader: Business and Economics'', In 2017, Tatge formed Deadline Media, a content production firm engaged in writing, editing and book publishing. The first book he wrote and published was "In One Era and Out the Other, The Saga of Bobby D." The book is a biography of Robert Ditmore, former president and chief operating officer of United Healthcare, now known as United Health Group, Inc.

References

External links

Mark Tatge Web site
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