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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South by Southwest opens -- tech flourishes
The South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, is famous for its music. It is also a film and technology event, worth tens of millions of dollars.
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News Corp. faces new Russia bribery scandal
The FBI is investigating a former subsidiary of News Corp. suspected of bribing Russian officials.
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A new civil rights march in Alabama this week
African-Americans and Latino activists march this week from Selma to Montgomery to protest voter ID laws and Alabama’s new immigration measures.
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Los Angeles Times begins charging for online content
The newspaper is following a national trend by instituting a so-called pay wall to read online content. But there is no guarantee the move will work as well in Los Angeles as it has for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
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Housing market gets good news
Home sales jumped 8% last month. Those numbers and better than expected quarterly sales in home improvement supplies could mean some long-awaited relief for the housing market.
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Obama budget increases spending on infrastructure
President Obama's budget for next year includes hundreds of billions for new infrastructure projects and repairs to the nation's roads and bridges. But it could take years before any work actually begins.
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Federal Reserve considers Capital One-ING Direct merger
Capital One wants to link up with the Internet Bank ING Direct USA in a $9 billion deal, but it has to get approval from the Federal Reserve.
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Deadline nears for mortgage settlement
States consider the pros and cons of a mortgage settlement with banks.
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Pujols pulls in fan dollars
Investment begins to pay for Los Angeles Angels' $240 million contract with first baseman Albert Pujols.
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Banks drive customers away
Consumers are hit with new fees at the same time banks reach out to attract new customers.
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