Mark W. Tatge is an

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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 University of South Carolina. Tatge taught journalism at

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and Ohio University's

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and at University of South Carolina. 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

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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'',

References

External links

Mark Tatge Web site
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