Mark Tatge

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Mark W. Tatge
File:Mark Tatge.jpg
Born (1965-06-02) June 2, 1965 (age 59)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
EducationOhio University (MBA)
Ohio State University (MA-Journalism)
Western Illinois University (BA-Sociology) University of Wisconsin - Madison (no degree)
OccupationJournalist

Mark W. Tatge is an American journalist, author,[1] 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[2] of the Baldwin Fellowship at University of South Carolina.[3][4]

Tatge taught journalism at DePauw University and Ohio University's E. W. Scripps School of Journalism and at University of South Carolina.[5] 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.[6]

Early life

Mark Tatge was born in Chicago, the descendant of German and Irish immigrants who grew up on the north side of Chicago in the Portage Park neighborhood. Tatge attended Catholic schools, including St. Viator High School in suburban Arlington Heights, Ill.

Tatge is a past Kiplinger Fellow in Public Affairs Reporting[7] at Ohio State University where he completed his master's degree in journalism. Upon graduation, Tatge embarked upon a career in business journalism. Tatge went on to complete his MBA at Ohio University. He holds a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University.

Career

Tatge has written about corporate misdeeds, starting with his coverage of the savings and loan scandal in Colorado Savings and loan crisis during the 1980s. Tatge chronicled how lax federal regulations allowed bank executives to speculate on land deals with depositors' money. The funny money deals sank Silverado Banking. The thrift collapsed in 1988, costing taxpayers $1.3 billion.[8] 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.[9][10]

In 2011, Tatge was named Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University.[11]

In 2014, Tatge was awarded the Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Fellowship[12] at the University of South Carolina.[13]

Tatge is the author of The New York Times Reader: Business and Economics,[14][15] He is also a contributing editor to: The Big Chill: Investigative Reporting in the Current Media Environment.

References

  1. ^ Tatge, Mark W. (2010-03-18). The New York Times Reader: Business (Reprint ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. ISBN 9781604264838.
  2. ^ "Tatge named first Baldwin fellow at South Carolina - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Journalism Fellowship - College of Information and Communications - University of South Carolina". Sc.edu. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Journalism Fellowship - College of Information and Communications". Sc.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  5. ^ Tatge, Mark (2017-06-03). "Who Matters - College of Information and Communications | University of South Carolina". Sc.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  6. ^ "The New York Times Reader - SAGE Publications Inc". us.sagepub.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Kiplinger Programs at The Ohio State University - Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism". 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Remembering the fallout from Silverado - Denver Business Journal". denver.bizjournals.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Forbes' Mark Tatge forming journalism program at Ohio University - Media Life Magazine". medialifemagazine.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "journalism professors – Straight from the Heartland". joeweber.org. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Digital Storytelling - Telling Digital Stories". Digital Storytelling. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  12. ^ "Baldwin Business and Financial Graduate Journalism Fellowship - College of Information and Communications - University of South Carolina". Sc.edu. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  13. ^ "School of Journalism and Mass Communications - College of Information and Communications - University of South Carolina". Sc.edu. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  14. ^ "The New York Times Reader - SAGE Publications Inc". Cqpress.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  15. ^ "The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University". scrippsjschool.org. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

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