Eliza Mills

Producer, special projects

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Eliza Mills produced broadcast, podcast, video and digital projects at Marketplace.

In your next life, what would your career be?

I'd want to be a traveling pop-up restaurateur … but not the chef. Or maybe a film location scout.

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Time.

What is something that everyone should own, no matter how much it costs?

A very soft sweater.

What’s something that you thought you knew but later found out you were wrong about?

There's no “n” in restaurateur!

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

My teapot. It adds a real sense of home to my desk.

 

Latest Stories (197)

Imagine Dragons has some killer ideas for other jobs

Nov 3, 2017
Homicide detective? Park ranger? Dan Reynolds and Ben McKee consider the "what ifs."
Guitarist Wayne Sermon, frontman Dan Reynolds, drummer Daniel Platzman and bassist Ben KcKee of Imagine Dragons perform during a stop of the band's Evolve World Tour at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 29 in Las Vegas.
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How consumers hold businesses accountable

Nov 3, 2017
Boycotts and protests can have a big effect when it comes to regulating businesses.
American Airlines joins the ranks of companies faced with consumer boycotts.
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How to prevent a cold or flu for less than $21

Oct 13, 2017
Two doctors told Marketplace Weekend the best ways to stay healthy during cold and flu season.

Beer, big screen TVs and the Dodgers

Oct 13, 2017
Fall sports are in full swing. Football season began last month, hockey kicked off last week, basketball begins soon and playoff baseball has fans riveted. And lots of people will be watching from sports bars instead of the couch. This is perhaps especially true in Los Angeles, where the Dodgers are in the playoffs, but the […]
Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Puerto Rican farms are starting over from seeds

Sep 29, 2017
Hurricane Maria devastated farmland on the island.
Irma Maldanado stands with Sussury her parrot and her dog in what is left of her home that was destroyed when Hurricane Maria passed through on September 27, 2017 in Corozal, Puerto Rico. 
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Meet Gucci Mane, hustling since he was 9 years old

Sep 22, 2017
Rapper and author Gucci Mane takes the Marketplace Quiz.
Rapper Gucci Mane is the author of the new book "The Autobiography of Gucci Mane," written while he was in prison.
Photo courtesy of Cam Kirk
Francis Miranda and Dennis Calvero, two of the owners of Pearl's Finest Tea, in Los Angeles. 
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After Harvey, Houston's faith community develops plans for aid

Sep 1, 2017
Local congregations know the neighborhoods and have a built-in system for collecting and distributing donations.
A flooded street is seen after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 31, 2017 in Port Arthur, Texas. 
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4 ways to design safer cities, and why we don't

Aug 25, 2017
Architectural changes may not be the best way to counter vehicle terrorism.
Sunset Triangle Plaza in Los Angeles, CA is pedestrianized and uses planters as barriers between people and busy Sunset Boulevard. 
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Can HR tell you what not to do and say outside of the office?

Aug 18, 2017
In the wake of white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, a discussion of free speech and hate speech as they relate to the workplace.
A crowd marches from the White House on August 13, 2017 in Washington, DC, to a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike, the only member of the Confederate military with an outdoor statue in US capital, during a vigil in response to the death of a counter-protestor in the August 12th 'Unite the Right' rally that turnd violent in Charlottesville, Virginia. 
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