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Alex Schroeder

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

  • India bans onion exports to try tame rising prices
    Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

    Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince claims that oil prices could become “unimaginably high” over Iran. The Kingdom is also trying to lure more tourists to its first resort open to non-Muslims. In India, onion prices are a political issue.

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  • Nuns hold a banner of Pope Francis reading "I ask you in the name of God to defend Mother Earth" during the Global Climate March in Bogota, Colombia, on November 29, 2015, on the eve of the UN conference on climate change COP 21, to take place in Paris.
    GUILLERMO LEGARIA/AFP/Getty Images

    Consumer confidence looks to be waning. VCs — and the Pope — are going green. Bills are piling up for GM and strikers.

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  • A picture taken on March 31, 2018 shows a Saudi man and journalist visiting the Madain Saleh, a UNESCO World Heritage site, near Saudi Arabia's northwestern town of al-Ula.
    FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images

    How likely is another government shutdown? A stock exchange calls it quits. Saudi Arabia opens up to tourists.

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  • A bartender is pictured as she pulls a pint of Fuller's London Pride beer in a pub next to the Fuller's Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, west London. (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

    France unveils 2020 tax cuts to ease Yellow Vest protests. Saudi Arabia allows global tourists in for the first time. Why young people are buying up defunct British pubs. 

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  • The whale’s valuable movement against climate change
    Jenny Evans/Getty Images

    Impeachment looks to stall trade agreement. U.S. wealth grows along with the wealth gap. How whale poop is assisting in the fight against climate change.

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  • One thing Democrats and Republicans have in common: aging parents
    John Moore/Getty Images

    What happens to Congress’s other business with impeachment ahead? The U.S. remains the global postal regulator. Dealing with an aging parent through cartoons.

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  • A postman delivers a package to a customer (Photo: Getty)

    Hong Kong authorities hold public meetings to try to ease the political crisis. The U.S. agrees to stay in a global union that has regulated international mail service for more than a century. Is giving citizens free services like transport, education and healthcare a good idea?

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  • The fitness company reported a massive loss last quarter, spurring questions about the need for a revamped business strategy.
    Ethan Miller/Getty Images

    What does potential impeachment spell for the economy? Investors wait on data. Peloton is in legal trouble for using unlicensed music in its fancy bike workouts.

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  • Suspending a license to thrive
    tellumo/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    Over a million salaried employees are now eligible for overtime pay. Amazon offers employees health care… sort of. Some states still suspend licenses for unpaid fines that are not driving-related.

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  • A young man reading a travel magazine (Photo: Getty)

    The U.S. and Japan talk trade. Britain’s nuclear power ambitions suffer another setback. Why the future of travel booking isn’t necessarily online.

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