Mark Tatge
Author, Journalist, and Consultant in Chicago, Illinois
Mark Tatge is a narrative storyteller and the author of three books. He has taught writing and storytelling the past decade. Tatge is a native Chicagoan who spent 30 years as a writer, senior editor and investigative reporter covering government and business corruption before beginning his career as a university professor. Tatge has worked at Forbes Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dallas Morning News and Denver Post. Tatge has won numerous awards including the Chicago Headliner Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists' First Amendment Award and the Morton Margolin Prize for Distinguished Business Reporting. The Associated Press Managing Editors named Tatge the Best Business Writer in Texas. Tatge is author of "The New York Times Reader: Business and Economics," and he is currently working on a multimedia textbook. Tatge appears on ABC, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, FOX and PBS stations and is founder of DeadlineReporter LLC, a digital media content consulting firm.