PERSON: Mark Tatge

The Baldwin Fellowship, University of South Carolina

Professor of multimedia journalism

Mark W. Tatge is an American journalist. He was a senior editor at Forbes magazine, a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and an investigative reporter in the Statehouse Bureau of Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer.

Tatge, spent three decades as a journalist before beginning his career as teacher of multimedia and business journalism. In May 2014, Tatge was named the inaugural recipient of the prestigious Baldwin Fellowship, a program designed to bring a business journalist to the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Tatge will complete a doctoral degree, generate new knowledge on the topic of business journalism, and promote the education of business reporting within the school. The fellowship is funded by a $500,000 gift from Kenneth W. Baldwin Jr., a Columbia native and 1949 University of South Carolina alumnus.

Tatge previously taught journalism at DePauw University and Ohio University’s E. W. Scripps School of Journalism. At DePauw, Tatge taught a mix of multimedia, business, journalism and media courses discussing the impact of technology on journalism and the public interest. Tatge is frequently quoted in popular media about contemporary media issues.

At Ohio University, Tatge was a visiting professor and executive-in-residence. Under Tatge’s direction, the Scripps School offered its first classes in business and economics journalism beginning in 2007. The program has since expanded, producing graduates who are now working professionally in print, digital and broadcast media nationally. Tatge teaches print and online journalism, media literacy, media law and business and economics writing. In addition, Tatge worked closely with the journalism and business schools on curriculum development, recruitment and fundraising issues.

Tatge has taught in both the journalism and business schools at OU. He is a guest commentator on national news shows, including CNBC, ABC American Broadcasting Company, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Fox Business Network, PBS station WOUB-TV, and Chicago PBS affiliate WTTW. Tatge previously 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.

Tatge was previously a Senior Editor and Bureau Chief of Forbes magazine’s Midwest Bureau, where he oversaw content produced for the magazine, Forbes.com and the Forbes Video Network. He was a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, an investigative reporter in The Plain Dealer statehouse bureau, and a staff writer for both The Dallas Morning News and The Denver Post.


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