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Kimberly Adams

Host and Senior Editor

Kimberly Adams is the host and senior editor of “Marketplace Morning Report,” a roundup of the weekday’s top economic and business headlines, all delivered in under 10 minutes.

Prior to her role on the morning show, Adams was the host and senior editor of the Marketplace podcast “Make Me Smart.” She was also Marketplace’s senior Washington correspondent, reporting from the nation’s capital on the way politics, technology, and economics show up in our everyday lives.

Adams’ reporting focuses on empowering listeners with the tools they need to more deeply engage with the economy, society, and our democracy.

She currently serves on the board of the International Women's Media Foundation, and is a previous board member and board chair of the National Press Club.

Adams is the former host of APM’s "Call to Mind," a series of programs airing on public radio stations nationwide aimed at changing the national conversation about mental health.

Previously, Kimberly was a foreign correspondent based in Cairo, Egypt, reporting on the political, social, and economic upheaval following the Arab Spring for news organizations around the world. She has received awards for her work from the National Press Club, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Religion Communicators Council, and the Association for Women in Communication.

Latest from Kimberly Adams

  • The economic downtown that followed Egypt's uprising continues to make difficult circumstances even worse for the country's poor.

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  • Marketplace Morning Report

    Get up to speed on the news each morning with our daily radio show and podcast, “Marketplace Morning Report,” hosted by Kimberly Adams. We give you the economy without the anxiety, in the amount of time it takes to brew a cup of coffee. Start your day with us, on air or by downloading our podcast, for context and perspective on the economic news that matters to you.

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