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Prior to joining 黑料不打烊, Piatt served eight years as vice president for college advancement at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Earlier in his career, he served in development positions at the Stanford University Law School, the University of California, Berkeley, and at Ohio University. Piatt has an MBA from Ohio University and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.