Jeff Tyler is a reporter for Marketplace’s Los Angeles bureau and reports on issues related to immigration and Latin America. Tyler began his career at Marketplace producing and editing stories and in 2000 his desire to report allowed him to move to the other side of the microphone becoming a foreign correspondent for the program. Tyler admits that working for Marketplace has given him a crash course in world economics. His work has taken him from Argentina and Brazil to Indonesia and Pakistan. A California native, Tyler is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. After college, he worked for a travel guide company, writing a guide for Honduras and editing a travel guide for Mexico.
Features By Jeff Tyler
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Bids are due for Orange County Register owner
In the digital age, are newspapers companies still worth buying? California's Freedom Communications is on the block and about to find out.
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Program in Mexico helps families make better choices
A government program named Oportunidades offers Mexican families small financial rewards for meeting certain obligations, like getting kids regular medical check-ups or keeping them in school.
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NFL union may punt to avoid a lockout
The football players' union may dissolve itself to put owners at risk of anti-trust suits.
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Wisconsin budget gap is big, but hardly biggest
In worst-off states, shortfall equals a third of next budget.
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Wisconsin targets public employees
Budget plan with $1 billion in cuts relies on restricting collective bargaining by some public unions.
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In "oil rich" countries, not all are rich
Unequal wealth distribution in the Middle East is behind much of the recent turmoil. Often, in "oil rich" countries, only a few share the wealth.
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State protests spread
Wisconsin protests go wide to Indiana and other states across the Midwest. Thousands of public workers are descending on state capitols to protest states' attempts to balance budgets by stripping unions of bargaining power.
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Democrats flee Wisconsin to avoid union vote
Republicans in Wisconsin plan to cut collective bargaining powers for unions. But Democratic legislators have cleared out of the state to stop the vote.
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Fraudulent labor recruiters dupe Mexican migrants
It's estimated that poor Mexican workers have invested more than $2 million in U.S. jobs that don't exist.
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Rising food prices not expected to largely affect U.S. consumers
Food is getting more expensive worldwide, but economists predict rising prices won't largely affect American life.
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