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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

  • The Bayer Pharma AG building stands on August 29, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
    Adam Berry/Getty Images

    Some are hoping the Fed preemptively cut interest rates next week. Lawyers are counting on all those TV ads for their class-action lawsuit business. Pet supply company Chewy issues a giant IPO.

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  • A Neapolitan pizza made with lard.
    John Laurenson

    Oil jumps after alleged tanker attacks. The economy is growing, but so is the deficit. People pay top euro to make pizza the Napoli way.

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  • Workers watch a ship as it sails during an inauguration ceremony of new equipment and infrastructure at Shahid Beheshti Port in the Southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman.
    ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

    Oil prices jump after two tankers in the Gulf of Oman are reportedly attacked. Australia gives the green light to a controversial coal project. Game addiction is a big topic at E3 this week.

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  • Cameron Jones, 26, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan, prepares to sleep in a Safe Parking LA location near the Veteran's Affairs Los Angeles Healthcare Center in Los Angeles, California, February 11, 2019.
    KYLE GRILLOT/AFP/Getty Images

    Inflation seems to be in check. Big business braces for a recession. California’s homeless college students could soon find safety in school parking lots.

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  • A customer uses an ATM at a Wells Fargo Bank office on February 07, 2019 in San Francisco, California.
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Hong Kong’s name as a business hub gets thrown into question. Where’s the “emergency” in FEMA? Moving money just got a lot faster.

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  • Police officers stand surrounded by tear gas during a rally by protesters against a controversial extradition law proposal outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong
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    Massive protests against a controversial new extradition bill in Hong Kong turn violent. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington. We find out why sustainable clothing is making a comeback.

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  • A sign directing customers to queue at the entrance of a Starbucks Roastery in Shanghai in early 2018, a few months after it opened.
    Jennifer Pak/Marketplace

    American firms have been in China for a while not, but they still want access in restricted sectors. Plus, businesses are expanding, and Senators try to curb foreign lobbyist secrecy.

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  • This photograph taken on May 24, 2019 shows a Ted Baker brand men's shirt labeled "Made in Vietnam" in a factory in Hanoi.
    MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images

    Flooding and trade tensions hit U.S. farmers hard. China fakes products “Made in Vietnam.” Plus, we look at how women revolutionized Chicago’s downtown.

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  • US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Foxconn CEO Terry Gou at the groundbreaking for the Foxconn Technology Group computer screen plant on June 28, 2018 in Mt Pleasant, Wisconsin.
    Andy Manis/Getty Images

    Foxconn unveils a new management structure so its founder can step down and run for Taiwan’s presidency. Pakistan will release its annual budget after narrowly escaping economic collapse. Non-English language songs are taking off on music streaming sites.

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  • Annual testing may be here to stay, but states are expected to have more leeway.
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    President Trump hints he should head up the Federal Reserve. Walmart wants to keep your fridge stocked. Public- and private-school teachers unite.

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