Nikhil ‘Nik’ Deogun is the deputy chief of the Washington bureau of The Wall Street Journal. In his remarkable decade-long career with the Journal, Deogun began as a reporter covering a variety of beats, and received early recognition for his innovative coverage of Coca-Cola and Pepsico for the Atlanta bureau. He further distinguished himself as the mergers and acquisitions reporter in New York, and was appointed media andmarketing editor in 2001, a position he left to accept the Washington bureau post.

A summa cum laude graduate of Muskingum with a double major in English and economics, and former editor-in-chief of the Black & Magenta, Deogun delivered the convocation address for the 2003-04 academic year. In reflecting on the importance of his Muskingum experience, he said, “I simply would not have achieved what I have without the experience and teaching I received here. Find your passion and, during your years here, figure out how to nudge the world.”

Deogun was born in Assam, India, grew up in Calcutta and is a graduate of The Doon School. He received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has worked or interned at a number of papers, including the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune