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Mark Tatge

Member profile details

First name

Mark

Last name

Tatge

mark@deadlinereporter.com

Contact Information

Company Name

Deadline Reporter

Website(s)

www.marktatge.com

Social Media

@johnnydeadline
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatge/

Email (Alternate)

mark@deadlinereporter.com

Address 1

2316 Fir Street

City

Glenview

State

Illinois

ZIP

60025

Phone (Office)

2246163185

Phone (Home)

8475039052

Phone (Mobile)

3125505122

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Summary

Narrative storyteller with extensive experience in finance, economics and long-form explanatory journalism. Published author and digital content consultant. Research, write, plan, create content for different platforms.

Details

Mark W. Tatge, Ph.D., MBA, is an author, business journalist, writer and narrative storyteller. I can produce text, audio and video content for different platforms. I have written several books, including a recent biography of Robert Ditmore, the co-founder of UnitedHealthcare. I also authored the best selling college textbook, The New York Times Reader: Business & Economics. My company is capable of managing all phases of printed and e-book projects for companies, candidates and individuals.

I learned to tell stories as a journalist. I was previously senior editor in charge of print, video and Web operations for Forbes Magazine and Forbes.com in Chicago, and a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal. I live in Chicago.

My company provides a range of editorial services for different clients: story planning and project management, e-book publishing, story consultation, ghostwriting, white papers, technical writing, and fact checking. In addition, I teach and train students and professionals.

Education

PhD, University of South Carolina - mass communications.
MBA, Ohio University, business, marketing and finance
MA, Ohio State, journalism.
BA, Western Illinois University, sociology and criminal justice

Experience

> 20 years

Expertise

Business
Journalism
Publishing

Specialty

Biography | Memoir
Books
Editing
Ghostwriting
Research | Fact checking