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Jordan Mangi

Jordan Mangi

Assistant Digital Producer

Jordan Mangi is an assistant digital producer for Marketplace based in Chicago, Illinois. She joined Marketplace in 2023 and was previously an intern on the digital team. Jordan produces online content for "Marketplace" the show, reports web stories and helps keep the site running smoothly.

A graduate of Northwestern University, Jordan worked at the Daily Northwestern as a digital managing editor, audio editor and reporter. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, she is also a proud alumna of Girls Write Now.

Before working in journalism, Jordan had many other jobs that involved telling stories and talking to strangers, including ice cream scooper, campus tour guide and children's theater director.

Latest from Jordan Mangi

  • Jul 5, 2023

    The UK’s National Health Service is 75 years old, but it is still fit for purpose?

    The UK’s National Health Service is 75 years old, but it is still fit for purpose?
    Lefteris Pitarakis - WPA Pool/Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: It was the first free health service in the world, but is the UK’s National Health Service still fit for purpose as it reaches its 75th anniversary? We ask an American doctor working for the NHS. Plus, Victoria Craig reports from Turkey where new finance minister Mehmet Simsek has promised to tackle the country’s deep economic problems.

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  • Jul 4, 2023

    In South Africa, light at the end of the energy crisis tunnel

    In South Africa, light at the end of the energy crisis tunnel
    Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images

    Daily power cuts, which have been the norm for over a decade in South Africa, could be over by the end of the year. Plus, Native nations get funding to grow and purchase healthier, traditional food.

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  • Jul 4, 2023

    The cost of climate change: insurance edition

    The cost of climate change: insurance edition
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    Thanks to climate change, insurance costs are going up. Major providers are pulling out of high-risk markets, and remaining coverage options can cost an arm and a leg. Plus, how small businesses decide whether to raise their prices, as inflation slows but doesn’t stop.

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  • Jul 4, 2023

    A social media face-off as Meta prepares to launch a rival to Twitter

    A social media face-off as Meta prepares to launch a rival to Twitter
    Manan Vatsayana/AFP

    From the BBC World Service: Facebook’s owner Meta has announced it will launch Threads, a new social media app, on Thursday. Technology reporter Io Dodds told us what this means for Twitter. Also, the killing of a French-Algerian teenager in Paris has triggered days of rioting. The BBC’s Paul Moss reports on two funds that have been set up, one for the victim and the other for the policeman who shot him. And finally, the BBC’s Andrew Harding investigates who’s to blame as South Africa faces a winter of discontent over power shortages.

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  • Jul 3, 2023

    Let’s talk about debt

    Let’s talk about debt
    Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

    Some Americans used their stimulus checks to pay down all sorts of debt. Which might have been a forward-thinking plan, since federal student loan payments are set to restart this fall.

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  • Jul 3, 2023

    Skin in the Game: Here’s your change!

    Skin in the Game: Here’s your change!
    Kelly Silvera/Marketplace

    At mentoring program Gameheads, students draw on lived experience to create video games. Some are tackling the gentrification happening in their own neighborhoods. Plus, the latest on student loan repayments.

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  • Jul 3, 2023

    Beijing beckons for the US Treasury Secretary

    Beijing beckons for the US Treasury Secretary
    Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to visit Beijing this week as the US and China try to patch up a broken relationship. BBC China Media Analyst Kerry Allen gives the lowdown on how her trip could be received. Plus, an environmental campaign group claims the Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Shell, continues to trade Russian gas, more than a year after promising to pull out of the country. And Warren Bull reports on the hot topic of a shortage of Sriracha sauce.

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  • Jun 30, 2023

    New rules for religious accommodation at work

    New rules for religious accommodation at work
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    Employers will now have to accommodate their employees’ religious observances, unless they can prove doing so imposes a substantial burden on their business operations. Plus, the price of a monarchy, and the hot topic at today’s EU meeting.

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  • Jun 30, 2023

    With race-based affirmative action gone, what about legacy status?

    With race-based affirmative action gone, what about legacy status?
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    Colleges may respond to the overturning of race-based affirmative action by putting more emphasis on socio-economic status, or even de-emphasizing legacy status. Plus, a law protecting pregnant workers went into effect this week

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  • Jun 30, 2023

    Crisis-hit Pakistan strikes $3 billion IMF bailout deal

    Pakistani currency notes
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    From the BBC World Service: After months of negotiating, the International Monetary Fund has reached a financing deal with Pakistan to avoid a default. The British are coming… for your airport stores; many of the shops you see in airports in the US are run by a British company, WHSmith, and they’re planning even more. A new airline, K9, is giving pets seats on private jets for routes including London to New York, New Jersey and Dubai. 

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