Kelly Silvera

Executive Producer

Kelly is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of international experience. She’s traveled all over the world leading news coverage of history-making events. Her video-first reporting of global news stories including the Arab Spring has been recognized by the Emmys, George Foster Peabody, United Nations, New York Film Festivals and Britain’s Royal Television Society, among others. Kelly’s work gives the audience access to a range of perspectives while empowering people to tell their own stories. Throughout her career she has elevated underrepresented voices both in media coverage and the workplace. Kelly began her career at BBC London radio while studying journalism at University of the Arts London. Her extraordinary talent is running very fast in heels.

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Jun 23, 2023
Increased construction is much-needed good news for the real estate market
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What a rural snowmobile company can teach the rest of the economy about navigating a tight labor market, and with an increase in housing starts, the perennially pinched residential real estate market breaths a (small) sigh of relief.
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Jun 23, 2023
A mix of Sauvignon Blanc and Bud Light? NASCAR makes its way into European racing
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A NASCAR-style Camaro ran in the famed 24-hour car race in France. It’s another example of globalization in the sports world. Plus, the plan by the Federal Reserve and other agencies to raise capital requirements could bolster banks’ resilience, but the timing of such measures is important.
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Jun 23, 2023
The world-famous Glastonbury music festival gets underway
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From the BBC World Service: The Glastonbury Festival, in the South West of England, has opened. As one of the world’s biggest music festivals, it generates approximately $150 million for local businesses and charities and is famous for its huge headliners; this year the top slot goes to Sir Elton John in one of his last ever concerts. A mortgage time bomb could be about to go off in the UK as interest rates continue to climb and borrowers struggle with repayments.
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Jun 22, 2023
How can world economic leaders help debt-burdened developing nations?
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Developing nations that are deep in debt struggle to advance their economies. A summit that began today in Paris aims to tackle this global problem. Then, how businesses are using automation to compensate for a limited labor market.
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Jun 22, 2023
In a squeezed market, realtors and their clients get creative
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With home sales still sluggish, real estate agents are seeing buyers compromise on dream homes and sellers try to sweeten deals. Plus, Republicans reconsider the free market, and some parts of the U.S. have a harder time finding workers than others.
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Jun 22, 2023
How Netflix’s billions are changing South Korea’s media industry
From the BBC World Service: The boss of Netflix is in South Korea – a country that’s produced some of its biggest shows. But is Netflix’s multibillion dollar investment in the country supporting, or hindering, the local media landscape? Plus, lower-income nations have long argued they deserve help because they face the greatest risks from climate change – can they strike a financing deal at a major international meeting in Paris this week? And, how an “anti-bleeding” fabric coated with an extract taken from shrimps is being used to treat injuries in Ukrainian war zones.
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Jun 21, 2023
Justice Alito disputes ethical questions concerning gift disclosure
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ProPublica reported Justice Samuel Alito took a luxury fishing trip paid for by a billionaire hedge fund manager and didn’t recuse himself from related cases. Could this bolster efforts in Congress to pass stricter ethical guidelines for the Supreme Court? Plus, businesses in Lebanon demand a switch to the dollar.
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Jun 21, 2023
In small-town Minnesota, lessons for a tight labor market
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Companies in rural areas like northern Minnesota have been dealing with small labor pools for years. Could they have insight into how management and workers can handle the post-pandemic tight labor market? Plus, as the U.S. continues the will-they-or-won’t-they recession game, some countries are already there.
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Jun 21, 2023
It’s time to talk tech as India PM Modi heads to Washington
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From the BBC World Services: What will constitute a successful trip to Washington for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi? The BBC’s Nikhil Inamdar explains. Plus, Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, explains how AI could negatively impact gender equality. And finally, Hannah McCarthy reports from Lebanon where businesses are increasingly demanding to be paid in dollars.
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Jun 20, 2023
What if we had something like the Federal Reserve for AI?
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What we’re talking about here is using the structure of something like a central bank to govern artificial intelligence. In other words, when a financial crisis hits, central banks all over the world see things similarly and act accordingly based on shared expertise. Is that type of structure one way we could start to regulate artificial intelligence to avoid the bad and keep the good that might come with the technology? Plus, word today that Hyundai of South Korea is making a big investment in electric vehicles. It plans to increase EV production at its factories in the U.S. and develop new batteries.
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