George Judson manages Marketplace’s reporters and editors, ensuring excellence in all material for the Marketplace portfolio of programs and web site. Judson leads the daily news meeting, working with editors and producers to decide news priorities, long-term planning and special coverage.  

Judson joined Marketplace in 2007 ready to identify and explain stories about business and the economy. Prior to joining Marketplace, Judson worked in newspapers. He was an editor and reporter at the New York Times for 16 years and then an investigative and enterprise editor at the San Jose Mercury-News and then the San Francisco Chronicle.

Judson attended Antioch College, where he received his bachelor’s degree in history.  

A native of Northboro, Mass., Judson lives in Pasadena and spends his spare time reading, hiking and exploring the neighborhoods of Southern California.

Features By George Judson

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A note from the editor on 'The non-organic future'

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George Judson
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May 6, 2011
Marketplace welcomes comments on its reporting. Ideally - especially on a critical subject such as sustainability - we hope our reporting will sp...
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The economy underlies Middle East unrest

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George Judson
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Feb 9, 2011
< p>Marketplace reporters Stephen Beard and Alisa Roth traveled to Amman, Jordan, this week to cover the growing discontent in that country a...
Posted In: Egypt, Jordan, middle east
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Dispatch from China: Powered by Solar

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George Judson
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May 14, 2010
A tour of the Hope Solar factory in Beijing reveals a budding business in alternative energy and tough competition for global competitors, especially in the U.S.
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Dispatch from China: Wrestling with Health care

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George Judson
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May 13, 2010
Like the United States, China is wrestling with its health care systems. And party officials are looking to the U.S. for good ideas as they struggle to provide universal primary care for 1.3 billion people, from affluent city dwellers to nomads in poor western provinces.
Posted In: Health
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Dispatch from China: Pandas and the Rural Economy

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George Judson
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May 18, 2010
Managing editor George Judson is off to Panda country in China's rural city of Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan Province where poor residents are struggling to keep up with China's roaring economy.
Posted In: Economy
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Dispatch from China: Polluted Lakefront Property

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George Judson
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May 21, 2010
A high-end housing development next to one of China's most polluted lakes is just one example of the country's battle between economic progress and the environment

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