Donna Tam

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SHORT BIO

Donna Tam is the executive editor of Marketplace, overseeing the newsroom’s editors, reporters, producers, and hosts. She is invested in building on the legacy of Marketplace’s award-winning journalism to serve a new public media audience.

After joining Marketplace in 2016 as a digital editor, Donna led the digital team before stepping into the newsroom’s first bridging role: senior project manager, with a focus on connecting editorial initiatives to audience growth and revenue opportunities. She continued that work as director of on-demand, eventually leading the podcast, newsletter and social media teams. Her past life includes covering tech news at CNET and local news at daily newspapers.

Latest Stories (110)

T-mobile to give out free data for Pokémon Go players

by Donna Tam

Jul 14, 2016

The wireless company tries to lure users with a promotional plan tied to the mobile gaming phenomenon.

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New Orleans is trying to solve police body cams' big data problem

by Donna Tam

Jul 14, 2016

The district attorney is using new tech help comb through its hours of patrol footage.

An NYPD body camera.

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Negative yields may be good for U.S. borrowers

by Donna Tam

Jul 13, 2016

Germany’s latest auction of 10-year notes could stimulate sales of U.S. bonds.

A statue of the first United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton stands in front of the U.S. Treasury. Negative yields overseas may be pushing investors toward Treasury bonds.

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Let’s do the numbers: CEOs still make way more money than you

by Donna Tam

Jul 12, 2016

CEOs made 276 times more than a typical worker in 2015. And, that’s actually a lower ratio than the year before.

The Board of Directors of Fisons Ltd, manufacturers of fertilizers, attend a meeting in the company's boardroom in 1960. A new study shows the ratio of CEO pay to worker compensation went from 20-to-1 in 1965 to 276-to-1 in 2015.

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How small businesses are profiting from Pokémon Go

by Donna Tam

Jul 11, 2016

The app requires players to leave their couches and roam the streets, and businesses are taking advantage.

A man plays Pokemon Go on his smartphone outside of Nintendo's flagship store, on Monday in New York City. Businesses are finding creative ways to use the game to attract customers.

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EA deal to turn Battlefield video game into a TV series

by Donna Tam

Jul 11, 2016

Paramount Television and Anonymous Content are remaking the gaming company’s war-themed games for television.

A promotional image for "Battlefield 1."

Electronic Arts

RNC’s sponsorship woes continue with failed Uber deal

by Donna Tam

Jul 8, 2016

The list of companies with a reduced presence, or no presence, at this year’s convention grows.

Joe Raedle/Newsmakers

Early educators are among the lowest paid in the U.S.

by Donna Tam

Jul 7, 2016

A new report says child care workers and preschool teachers have median wages well below the rest of the workforce.

A new study says workforce policies are not effectively supporting early educators like child care workers and preschool teachers.

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‘Chilcot Report’ adds another layer to the Bush legacy

by Donna Tam

Jul 6, 2016

The report criticizing the U.K.’s involvement in the Iraq War also covered Prime Minister Tony Blair’s relationship to the U.S. president.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair shakes hands with U.S. President George W. Bush after a joint press conference in Thurmont, Maryland, down the road from the presidential retreat Camp David on February 23, 2001.

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Hey ladies, your favorite brand is probably run by men

by Donna Tam

Jun 14, 2016

A new research group launches a database to help consumers learn about who they are buying from.

A new research group has launched a database to help consumers learn about gender equality in the leadership of 2,000 consumer brands.

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