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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

  • Neon ramen is epicurean
    Photo courtesy of Dashboard

    High-yield bonds are all the rage. On-demand food cuts into the pizza business. A fresh look at carbon capture. Glow-in-the-dark ramen is now a thing.

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  • Harland and Wolff shipyard workers protest at the gates to the shipyard in Belfast on August 5, 2019. (Photo by PAUL FAITH / AFP)        (Photo credit should read PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images)

    China’s exports rise despite trade feud. Chevron moves to offset its environmental impact. Workers try to save shipyard famous for building The Titanic. 

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  • A waitress takes a break and looks at her phone in the Salvadorian and Latin American restaurant Lauriol Plaza in Washington, DC on January 11, 2018.
    ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images

    Chinese exports rise. The value of gold also goes up. Food server pay might get a big boost soon.

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  • What’s the value of a “brilliant jerk” at work?
    NBC Universal/Screenshot via Netflix

    Markets deal with trade and currency uncertainty. Apple rolls out its credit card. Evaluating those high-achieving jerks at work.

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  • TOPSHOT - People hold up their phones during a prayer and candle vigil organized by the city, after a shooting left 20 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas, on August 4, 2019. - A shooting at a Walmart store in Texas left multiple people dead. At least one suspect was taken into custody after the shooting in the border city of El Paso, triggering fear and panic among weekend shoppers as well as widespread condemnation. It was the second fatal shooting in less than a week at a Walmart store in the US and comes after a mass shooting in California last weekend. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)        (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

    Walmart employees walk out over gun sales. Employers increasingly look into active shooter insurance. The U.S. levies secondary sanctions against Venezuela.

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  • Future Nyamukondiwa inspects a stunted cob in her dry maize field on March 13, 2019, in the Mutoko rural area of Zimbabwe. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

    Glencore shutters the world’s biggest copper mine. Three more global central banks slash interest rates. The U.N. warns one-third of Zimbabweans will need food aid before the next harvest amid drought and economic crisis.

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  • The other BTS craze
    pxhere

    Investors weren’t mad at China Tuesday. Is the U.S. allegation of currency manipulation even valid? Online retailers are in back-to-school mode. The state of Uber and Lyft.

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  • Aug 6, 2019

    Retraining day

    Dominic Johnjulio checks his side mirrors while learning to drive a dump truck at the New Castle School of Trades in New Castle, Pa.

    The U.S. officially labels China a currency manipulator. Venezuela faces a U.S. embargo. A former auto worker opts for retraining.

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  • China Yuan of Mao dollar bank note are arranged for a photograph on 07 September 2017, in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. ((Photo by studioEAST/Getty Images)

    The U.S. has officially accused China of being one. A major global hotel group says the U.S.-China trade feud is having an impact on growth prospects. Big data helps business deal with unpredictable climate patterns. 

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  • Marriott’s fee kerfuffle
    AFP/Getty Images

    China drops the yuan. 8chan gets rescued. Marriott faces resort fee lawsuit.

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