Mark Tatge

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| education = Ohio University (MBA)
Ohio State University (MA-Journalism)
Western Illinois University (BA-Sociology) University of Wisconsin - Madison (no degree)

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Mark W. Tatge (born June 2, 1965) is an American journalist, author,{{Cite book|title=The New York Times Reader: Business|last=Tatge|first=Mark W.|date=2010-03-18|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781604264838|edition=Reprint|location=Washington, DC|language=English}} and college professor. He was a senior editor at Forbes magazine's Midwest Bureau, a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal, an investigative reporter in the Statehouse Bureau of Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, and is the 2014 recipient{{cite web|url=http://talkingbiznews.com/1/tatge-named-first-baldwin-fellow-at-south-carolina/|title=Tatge named first Baldwin fellow at South Carolina - Talking Biz News|website=talkingbiznews.com|date=14 May 2014 |accessdate=5 June 2017}} of the Baldwin Fellowship at University of South Carolina.{{cite web|url=https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/journalism_and_mass_communications/baldwin_initiative/fellowship/index.php|title=Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Journalism Fellowship - College of Information and Communications - University of South Carolina|website=Sc.edu|accessdate=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518112431/http://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/journalism_and_mass_communications/baldwin_initiative/fellowship/index.php|archive-date=18 May 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/journalism_and_mass_communications/baldwin_initiative/fellowship/index.php|title=Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Journalism Fellowship - College of Information and Communications|website=Sc.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518112431/http://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/journalism_and_mass_communications/baldwin_initiative/fellowship/index.php|archive-date=2017-05-18|url-status=dead}}

Tatge taught journalism at DePauw University and Ohio University's E. W. Scripps School of Journalism and at University of South Carolina.{{cite web|url=https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/about/news/who_matters_mark_tatge_business_journalism.php#.WTLhD2grJaQ|title=Who Matters - College of Information and Communications {{!}} University of South Carolina|last=Tatge|first=Mark|date=2017-06-03|website=Sc.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911011907/http://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/about/news/who_matters_mark_tatge_business_journalism.php#.WTLhD2grJaQ|archive-date=2016-09-11|url-status=dead}} He also worked as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, 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.{{cite web|url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-new-york-times-reader/book236559|title=The New York Times Reader - SAGE Publications Inc|website=us.sagepub.com|accessdate=5 June 2017}}

Career

Tatge is a past Kiplinger Fellow in Public Affairs Reporting{{cite web|url=http://kiplingerprogram.org/kiplinger_program/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923160736/http://kiplingerprogram.org/kiplinger_program/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2010|title=Kiplinger Programs at The Ohio State University - Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism|date=23 September 2010|accessdate=5 June 2017}} at Ohio State University where he completed his master's degree in journalism.

Tatge spent eight years as the Cleveland Plain Dealer'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 Ohio University endowed by the foundation established by the E.W. Scripps Co., beginning in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://medialifemagazine.com/forbes-mark-tatge-forming-journalism-program-at-ohio-university/|title=Forbes' Mark Tatge forming journalism program at Ohio University - Media Life Magazine|website=medialifemagazine.com|accessdate=5 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://joeweber.org/tag/journalism-professors/|title=journalism professors – Straight from the Heartland|website=joeweber.org|date=10 January 2011 |accessdate=5 June 2017}}

In 2011, Tatge was named Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University.{{cite web|url=http://www.tellingdigitalstories.com/|title=Digital Storytelling - Telling Digital Stories|website=Digital Storytelling|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102112856/http://tellingdigitalstories.com/|archive-date=2019-01-02|url-status=dead}}

In 2014, Tatge was awarded the Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Fellowship{{cite web|url=https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/study/phd/mass_communication_phd/baldwin_business_and_financial_journalism_fellowship.php|title=Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Journalism Fellowship - College of Information and Communications - University of South Carolina|website=Sc.edu|accessdate=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708014308/http://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/study/phd/mass_communication_phd/baldwin_business_and_financial_journalism_fellowship.php|archive-date=8 July 2016|url-status=dead}} at the University of South Carolina.{{cite web|url=https://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/journalism_and_mass_communications/#.Vkc6n3arSUk|title=School of Journalism and Mass Communications - College of Information and Communications - University of South Carolina|website=Sc.edu|accessdate=5 June 2017}}

Tatge is the author of The New York Times Reader: Business and Economics,{{cite web|url=http://www.cqpress.com/product/NYT-Business.html|title=The New York Times Reader - SAGE Publications Inc|website=Cqpress.com|accessdate=5 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://scrippsjschool.org/news/scrippsNotes.php?id=1410|title=The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University|website=scrippsjschool.org|accessdate=5 June 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210633/http://scrippsjschool.org/news/scrippsNotes.php?id=1410|url-status=dead}}

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.