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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

  • Leading the way on transgender health care
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    50,000 strike against GM. An attack on Saudi oil facilities sends the price of crude soaring. A program in Oregon focuses on highly specialized health care for the transgender community.

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  • This AFPTV screen grab from a video made on September 14, 2019, shows smoke billowing from an Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq about 60km southwest of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia's eastern province.
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    From the BBC World Service… Oil prices are up after a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility. There’s a growing trend toward virtual internships.

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  • A for lease sign is posted in front of an apartment building on February 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
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    American consumers keep the economy strong. Europe has new “open banking” rules. Will the rest of the country take California’s lead on housing affordability?

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  • The value of a company eulogy
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    Democratic candidates sound off on China. California renters get some protections. What would be in your company’s obituary?

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  • An aerial metro rides as participants compete in a stand-up paddle rally organised by the National Society of Sea Rescue (SNSM) on the Seine river with the Eiffel tower in the background in Paris on June 28, 2019 during the national day of of the Sea Rescuers.
    CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images

    A Metro strike hits Paris. New European banking rules come into force this weekend. A scheme in England aims to equip inmates with work skills for life after jail.

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  • A vegan seitan burger is seen at the Vedang fast food restaurant in the Mall of Berlin on May 18, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
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    What signal is Purdue’s opioid settlement sending to the rest of Big Pharma? Fake meat is here to stay. Brazil’s flex fuel industry might not be flexible enough.

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  • Sep 12, 2019

    Coal comfort

    Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner Chris Lewis shows his tattoo as he participates in a blockade along the railroad tracks that lead to one of Blackjewel's mines on August 08, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky.
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    Uber ignores California’s new labor law. Trump cracks down on vaping. Laid-off Kentucky coal miners are closer to a deal with their former employer.

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  • A view of euro banknotes.
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    The European Central Bank will probably cut rates today. The first World Vaccination Summit is happening in Brussels. Brazil’s biofuel industry hopes to keep ethanol on top.

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  • Lil Nas X performs onstage at the 2019 BET Awards on June 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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    The stock market is deceivingly quiet. The cost of damages from excessive drinking dwarfs alcohol tax revenue. Wellesley, Massachusetts is sick of “Old Town Road” for a very specific reason.

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  • Dorothy Johnson-Speight holds a picture of her son, Khaaliq. He was fatally shot in Philadelphia in 2001 by a neighbor who was a convicted felon and should not have been able to own a gun.
    Miles Bryan for Marketplace

    U.S. firms in China are feeling a bit squeezed these days. Operation Lipstick reaches out to women to curb illegal gun transfers. Dentists aren’t all smiles about the “tele-dental” industry.

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