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Alex Schroeder

"Marketplace Morning Report" Producer

Alex is a producer for the “Marketplace Morning Report.” He's based in Queens, New York. Alex joined Marketplace in 2020, working as MMR's digital producer. After a little over a year, he became the show's overnight producer, getting up far before the crack of dawn to put together the day's newscasts with the host and team. Now, he works daylight hours, preparing interviews for the following morning and producing long-term specials and series. Before Marketplace, Alex worked on several national public radio shows produced out of WBUR in Boston. He was both a radio and digital producer with “On Point,” “Here & Now” and “Only a Game.” Alex also worked at The Boston Globe after graduating from Tufts University. Alex's interests outside of work tend to fall into one of two categories: film or soccer. (Come on Arsenal!) He’s always looking for ways to cover the economics of entertainment and sports on the “Marketplace Morning Report.”

Latest from Alex Schroeder

  • Nov 20, 2019

    Toy tariff story

    Much of what Hobby Works sells is from China — and destined for a 15% tariff scheduled to start Dec. 15.
    Nancy Marshall Genzer/Marketplace

    The World Bank has a lesson for recession. Bankruptcy leaves GM off the hook. The holidays are even more stressful at one toy store thanks to tariffs.

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  • Items of clothing are used to make an SOS sign on the ground at the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. (Credit: Getty Images).

    Airbus overtakes Boeing in sales at the Dubai Air Show. Japan’s leader breaks a record. We hear from a protester in Hong Kong.

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  • Could Netflix theaters be a thing?
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    Home builders like these lower interest rates. Movie studios could have their own theaters if the DOJ gets its way. Trump makes nice with the Fed.

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  • Get rich, AI buyin’
    ARNE DEDERT/DPA/AFP via Getty Images

    The FCC auctions off airwaves to make way for 5G. PG&E tries to get out its financial responsibility to those affected by west coast fires. Technology is squeezing finance middlemen.

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  • Where art meets anger

    The U.S. and Korea fight over military funding. Why is the humble onion causing so much trouble in south Asia? We hear from a 19-year-old student protester in Iraq.

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  • Lila Johnson, a 72-year-old custodian at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said she would retire if she could afford it.
    Jay Mallin/Service Employees International Union

    President Trump might give vaping companies a reprieve. High home prices are deterring buyers. Ford’s CEO talks China trade. A federal government worker looks back at the shutdown as another one looms.

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  • When it comes to the motorcycle industry, the future is female
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    Saudi Arabia’s giant oil IPO hits a snag. Google is launching its console-free video game service. Millennial women are keeping motorcycles in business. A Ford Mustang SUV?

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  • Iranians inspect the wreckage of a bus that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration against a rise in gasoline prices in the central city of Isfahan (Credit: Getty Images).

    Protests erupt across Iran over fuel price rises. Saudi Aramco values its share listing. The popularity of electric cars means searching for power sources… at the bottom of the ocean.

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  • John Legere (R), CEO and President of T-Mobile US, and Marcelo Claure, Executive Chairman of Sprint, testify about the T-Mobile and Sprint merger during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 13, 2019.
    SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

    The trade deal that never was. Some are calling Colin Kaepernick’s NFL tryout a league publicity stunt. Why is the Sprint-T-Mobile merger taking so long?

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  • With a “Chill” section and selfie studio, this isn’t your mother’s Penney’s
    Image courtesy of JCPenney

    Amazon sues the Pentagon for going with Microsoft’s cloud instead. J.C. Penney entices the youth with new “chill” and “on point” sections. Looking at private equity through an anthropologist’s eyes.

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