Steve Chiotakis was a host of Marketplace Morning Report until January 2012

Chiotakis’ award-winning career began after finishing high school in the late 80s. He started at a country radio station in Birmingham, Alabama, moving around the state  progressing to public radio at WBHM. Chiotakis has experience serving as news anchor, reporter and news director. His reporting has been featured on CBS Radio, NBC, CBC, the BBC and NPR.

Chiotakis has been honored by The Public Radio News Directors, Incorporated more than a half dozen times with awards for feature reporting, writing and call-in show. In 2001, Chiotakis was a recipient of the prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Award for writing.

Features By Steve Chiotakis

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U.S. secretary of commerce on the importance of free trade deals

Trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea are on the table in Washington. We speak to Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank about why we need to support such deals.
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Suskind: Obama was too conciliatory during financial crisis

Obama has many new ideas on the table to help solve our economic problems in the U.S. But journalist Ron Suskin says in previous tough situations, Obama hasn't been tough enough.
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U.S. solar industry is hurting

There were hopes that the green energy sector might be one of the stronger parts of the U.S. economy. But now Solyndra, a company the government invested in heavily, has folded.
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Food stamps: An economic indicator of things to come?

Jim Weill of the Food Research and Action Center says a record number of Americans are on food stamps, and government cutbacks won't directly impact the program until 2013
Posted In: Food
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Scared of heights? No, your wallet might be

One of the world's tallest structures will soon offer visitors a stroll on its observation deck with your body tethered to the building, 1200 feet high. The catch? $184.
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How Wall Street helped to plunder the newspaper industry

Former newspaper editor James O'Shea talks about the Wall Street deals that he believes helped bring down the great American newspaper.
Posted In: Wall Street
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Do audiences still love superhero movies?

This year's summer movie season is full of superhero films -- but they've been hit or miss at the box office. Why aren't audiences showing up?
Posted In: Entertainment
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Foreclosure rates in Calif. are lowest since '07

Kenneth Rosen, a housing economist from the University of California Berkeley, explains why the housing market is in a period of sustained but choppy growth.
Posted In: Housing
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Are humans to blame for barking dogs?

A new study shows that barking is common in domesticated dogs, but nearly absent in their wild counterparts. Did dogs evolve into barkers after humans made them pets?
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Bin Laden's death may provide opening for new U.S., Pakistan relationship

Following the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, Dr. Farzana Shaikh -- author of "Making Sense of Pakistan" -- believes that the delicate financial relationship between the United States and Pakistan will change.
Posted In: Investing

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