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Amy Scott

Host & Senior Correspondent, Housing

Amy Scott is the host of “How We Survive,” Marketplace's climate solutions podcast, and a senior correspondent covering housing, climate and the economy. She is also a frequent guest host of Marketplace programs. Since 2001, Amy has held many roles at Marketplace and covered many beats, from the culture of Wall Street to education and housing. Her reporting has taken her to every region of the country as well as Egypt, Dubai and Germany.  Her 2015 documentary film, “Oyler,” about a Cincinnati public school fighting to break the cycle of poverty in its traditionally urban Appalachian neighborhood, has screened at film festivals internationally and was broadcast on public television in 2016. She's currently at work on a film about a carpenter's mission to transform an abandoned block in west Baltimore into a community of Black women homeowners. Amy has won several awards for her reporting, including a SABEW Best in Business podcast award in 2023, Gracie awards for outstanding radio series in 2013 and 2014 and an Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting in 2012. Before joining Marketplace, Amy worked as a reporter in Dillingham, Alaska, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon run. These days she's based in Baltimore.

Latest from Amy Scott

  • The state of New York is set to decide on a plan that would allow alternative groups like Teach for America to create their own master's programs for teaching. Amy Scott reports.

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  • An Illinois financial aid program for low-income college students is running out of money, and thousands of students could be left without a key source of financial aid. So the state agency wants to get investors involved. Amy Scott reports.

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  • Conan O'Brien's move to a late-night show on TBS may be a symbolic step down from his last gig, but it could be a step towards the future for cable. Amy Scott explores how the move might impact viewers.

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  • A new study is foreshadowing some deep cuts in public school budgets next year, including extracurricular activities and summer school. Amy Scott reports whether any schools were helped by the stimulus.

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  • Early reports indicate United Airlines and U.S. Airways are talking about joining forces. The merger of those two would create the second-biggest airline in the country. Bill Radke explores the move with Marketplace's Amy Scott.

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  • New data from the Centers for Disease Control shows a 2 percent decline in the U.S. birth rate over the year before. How did the recession weigh into that number? Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Amy Scott.

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  • Goldman Sachs released its annual shareholder letter detailing what happened in 2009, and it's the longest letter to date. Marketplace's Amy Scott tells Bill Radke why the word "client" was used 56 times.

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  • U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to hit Toyota with a $16 million penalty for failing to notify officials of the sticky accelerator pedals. Toyota has two weeks to pay or fight. Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Amy Scott.

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  • A new report says office vacancies are at their highest level in 16 years, with over 11 million square feet opening up in the first quarter of this year. Marketplace's Amy Scott tells Bill Radke how to size that figure up.

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  • A new study shows that the people least likely to go to college are the ones who stand to gain the most. Amy Scott reports.

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