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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 report is based on a program of investment in more than 1,100 principals.
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    We take a look ahead at the week for the financial markets. The WHO weighs in on the severity of a so-called, global video gaming “disorder”. Plus, a new study suggests that a key to improved school performance is focusing on principals.

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  • Apr 8, 2019

    Miner threat

    Robert Murray (L), chairman of Cleveland-based Murray Energy Corp., listens to a colleague after the evening news conference at the command center where it was announced that rescue efforts to drill relief holes to six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet beneath the surfaces are going slower than expected at the nearby Crandall Canyon coal mine on August 9, 2007 near Huntington, Utah.
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    Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s last act tells us a lot about immigration in America. The WHO weighs in on a so-called, global video gaming “disorder”. Plus, miners fight back about safety concerns in court.

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  • Hackers broke into the email systems of the U.S. departments of Treasury and Commerce.
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    From the BBC World Service… British ministers claim new laws will make the U.K. the safest place in the world to be online. India’s ruling party publishes its election manifesto. Plus, is gentrification a problem?

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  • Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplanes are parked on the tarmac after being grounded at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville on March 28.
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    The March jobs numbers are in. Sears was saved from bankruptcy earlier this year, but its new stores will be more pared down. Plus, we go to the Puget Sound where Boeing makes most of its aircraft.

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  • Aerial view of cargo trucks lining up to cross to the United States near the US-Mexico border at Otay Mesa crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on April 4, 2019. US President Donald Trump is expected to visit a section of the border fence in Calexico during his tour to California on Friday.
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    Lines to cross the border have slowed to a costly crawl. Sears was saved from bankruptcy earlier this year, but its new stores will be more pared down. Plus, we take look at municipalities suing drug companies over opioids.

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  • DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division of Samsung Electronics, announces the new Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone during the Samsung Unpacked event on February 20, 2019 in San Francisco, California.
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    From the BBC World Service… Samsung profits take a nose dive. Plus, we break down figures which seem to show that the gender pay gap has widened at over half of Britain’s biggest firms.

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  • U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks as Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) (R) and other Congressional Democrats listen during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol February 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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    The number of people claiming unemployment in the U.S. is the lowest since December 1969. Broadcast news is doing a dismal job in covering climate change. Plus, what does the measure of GDP miss in its count?

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  • Ricco Williams of Euclid, Ohio, never finished high school, but recently enrolled in a free tutoring program to prepare for the GED exam.
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    Will tomorrow’s jobs numbers signal a slowing economy? Plus: The consequences of youth unemployment? And Australia passes a law that could mean jail and fines for execs of social media companies that fail to remove violent content.

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  • Music artists break through streaming revenue barriers
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    From the BBC World Service… Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed proper safety protocols says the first official report on the disaster. So, what does all this mean for Boeing? Then, a turnaround in streaming revenue for artists and record labels?

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  • Almost half of Denmark's libraries are open 24 hours a day.
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    The U.S. is still adding jobs, though not as many as anticipated. Brunei faces boycotts as it implements new, draconian sentences for crimes. Plus, we take a look at Denmark’s 24-hour “open libraries.”

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