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Jeremy Hobson

Former Host, Marketplace Morning Report

Jeremy Hobson is the former host of  Marketplace Morning Report. Hobson started at Marketplace in 2007 as a reporter based in Washington, D.C.  He later covered Wall Street and its impact on ordinary Americans for Marketplace, based in the New York City bureau. He started reporting from New York one week before Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008.  Hobson hosted Marketplace Morning Report from 2011 through 2013. Before joining Marketplace, Hobson frequently found himself in the right place at the right time when it came to big stories: He was calling Florida precincts for NPR’s 2000 election coverage, he was working for Boston’s WBUR during the Boston Catholic Church Sex Abuse scandal, and he was an intern for NPR’s Guy Raz in Turkey at the start of the Iraq War. In addition to those roles, Hobson has worked as producer for NPR’s All Things Considered, Day to Day and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! He has also worked as a host and reporter for public radio stations WILL Urbana, WCAI Cape Cod and WRNI Providence. Hobson’s radio career began in earnest at the age of nine when he started contributing to a program called Treehouse Radio.  Hobson is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Illinois Laboratory High School. He lives in New York and enjoys hiking, traveling and extremely spicy foods.

Latest from Jeremy Hobson

  • States across the U.S. are having to make some tough budget choices this year, including New Jersey. The state's Republican Governor Chris Christie came to power this year promising steep cuts across the board. Jeremy Hobson reports he's giving the voters exactly that.

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  • NBC is ending long-running drama "Law & Order." Some spin-offs of the show will remain on the air, but the news is a big blow for actors in New York City. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • The leaders of a handful of major trading exchanges met with SEC regulators over the momentary 1,000 point tumble last week on Wall Street. There was agreement there should be a uniform system of circuit breakers to slow down trading in case of a sudden crash. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • Investors are looking at the debt problems in Europe and the effect they're having on the credit markets there. A number of indicators point to a tightening of credit at European banks. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • The Washington Post has owned Newsweek since the 60s. But the newspaper's chairman says it's time to sell. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • Entrepreneurs Melanie Moore and Susanne Greenfield wooed NYU's Stern School of Business with a business model for an online clothing site that focuses on the thrill of short-term auction. And Jeremy Hobson reports there's a growing trend here.

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  • United and Continental have agreed to merge, a move that would overtake Delta's status as the world's largest airline. The airlines estimate it'll save them $300 million a year. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and others up for re-election will be heading to a New York fundraiser attended by a lot of Wall Street names. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • At a Senate hearing, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was asked if his bank had an obligation to tell clients they were being sold a shoddy product. Blankein said investors knew what they were getting into. If he's right, why would anyone want to bet against them? Jeremy Hobson reports.

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  • Goldman Sachs officials appeared at a Senate hearing, defending themselves against fire over some of the trades the bank was involved in leading up to the financial crisis. The hearing is unrelated to the SEC'S fraud investigation, but the topic was still front and center.

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