Jenny Ament

Associate Producer

SHORT BIO

Jenny Ament is a former associate producer for Marketplace Weekend. She joined Marketplace in 2014, bringing a diverse background to her role.

Jenny’s work experience has taken her all over the world: from producing radio for a community station in Winnipeg and directing audiobooks in Atlanta, to serving as a Peace Corps volunteer, an English teacher in China and Oman, and a bartender in Egypt. Prior to her start at Marketplace, she most recently worked as an associate producer for CNN Radio and as a reporter for AM 1690.

A native of Alabama, Jenny enjoys talking to strangers and exploring different ways of life—all of which makes her a perfect fit for public radio.

Latest Stories (71)

Band El Vy takes the Marketplace Quiz

Dec 4, 2015
Brent Knopf from Menomena and Matt Berninger from The National teamed up recently to form El Vy and take our economics-inspired personality quiz.
El Vy members Brent Knopf and Matt Berninger.
Deirdre O'Callaghan/Courtesy of 4AD

Uber-popular Rain Room artists talk money and patrons

Nov 13, 2015
Is art funded by a company branded content?

90s queen Lisa Loeb on the business behind the ABC song

Oct 30, 2015
Loeb talks about her transition into kid's music.

We three mayors

Oct 23, 2015
Different parts of the country. Different economies. Same jobs.

Catherine Hardwicke on Hollywood's gender bias

Oct 16, 2015
Hollywood is a heavily male industry.
Director Catherine Hardwicke arrives for the European premiere of "Miss You Already" at the Vue West End cinema in London's Leicester Square in September.
NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images

One dreaded question: What do you do?

Oct 9, 2015
Gaps in our employment change the way we think

Homeboy Industries helps former gang member start over

Oct 9, 2015
Javier Chavez now works as a mentor in Los Angeles.

My Money Story: Eustace Conway, off the grid

Oct 9, 2015
A look at a mountain man's relationship to money.

Land a job with help from virtual reality

Oct 9, 2015
A virtual interviewer helps take the stress out of job interviews.

Is the Internet taking us back in time? The return of handmade goods

Oct 9, 2015
Jody Rice is going back in time, to a different way of doing business.