SHORT BIO
Kristin Schwab is a reporter at Marketplace focusing on the consumer economy. She's based in Brooklyn, New York.
Before Marketplace, Kristin produced narrative and news podcasts for The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She teaches audio journalism at her alma mater, Columbia Journalism School.
Kristin also has a BFA in dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After performing with ballet and modern companies, she got her start in journalism as an editor at Dance Magazine. Kristin grew up in Minnesota and has been a bit reporting obsessed since watching the '90s PBS show "Ghostwriter" as a kid. Yes, she had one of those necklace pens and a marbled composition notebook.
Latest Stories (505)
Programs pilot guaranteed income for artists
Jul 5, 2022
Most guaranteed income programs are geared at disadvantaged populations. These are tied to people's work.
Fireworks inflation means less bang for your buck this Fourth of July
Jul 4, 2022
Prices are up for the little things you set off in your backyard and the big shows your town puts on in the park.
Flipping homes is more popular than it's been in decades, thanks to the hot housing market
Jun 28, 2022
But profit margins are shrinking, and the flipping boom may be coming to an end.
Work at the office, work from home or both? Companies are still deciding what's best.
Jun 24, 2022
The purpose of the workplace is changing for businesses that let employees work both remotely and in the office.
Biden asks companies "setting those gas prices" to lower them. Can they?
Jun 23, 2022
Gas stations are usually separate from the big oil conglomerates whose names they carry. Owners are often individuals with some control over what you pay at their pumps — but not much.
Corporations' decisions seem to signal the end of the pandemic
Jun 22, 2022
“Some companies are large enough that they can be the trendsetters,” one health economist tells us.
They changed careers during the pandemic. Here's what they learned.
Jun 21, 2022
Even when you're passionate about work, making it your whole identity can be toxic, experts say.
Some prices take longer than others to drop — and longer than inflation
Jun 13, 2022
Some essentials — notably food — may may maintain their price strength. Appliances and furniture may come down quicker.
Return fees are happening because retailers are hurting
Jun 9, 2022
Americans sent back $760 billion worth of stuff last year. Now higher shipping costs and rising returns are hurting companies' bottom lines.
At this point in the pandemic, will there be a market for the Novavax vaccine?
Jun 8, 2022
The anti-COVID shot passes muster with FDA advisers. It was developed with traditional technology, which might boost trust.