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)
Will employers need newly available seasonal visas?
Dec 21, 2021
Omicron has made businesses reassess staffing this winter.
Facing omicron, businesses stick to COVID-19 protocols and hope for the best
Dec 17, 2021
Nearly two years into the pandemic, with vaccination mandates and other precautions in place, businesses are operating without new ways to mitigate risk.
Inflation is a global problem
Dec 16, 2021
But a few unique factors are driving up prices in the United States.
Ballet's biggest production changes how it depicts Asians
Dec 10, 2021
An increase in violence against Asian Americans during the pandemic have strengthened calls to change "The Nutcracker."
Why superfast grocery delivery is coming
Dec 7, 2021
DoorDash is launching a DashMart service in New York City that promises grocery delivery in 15 minutes or less. It already has competition.
The restaurant industry preps for a winter with omicron
Dec 6, 2021
Spending is still down, prices are up and owners are worried about how the variant will affect business.
Millennials facing high inflation for the first time
Dec 1, 2021
Beset by economic instability since 9/11 and the Great Recession, many millennials feel pressured and anxious about their prospects.
Buy now, pay later services are flourishing
Nov 30, 2021
Millennials are opting for plans that allow them to spread payments without accruing debt or interest.
Consumers, worried about the economy, keep spending anyway
Nov 26, 2021
What's behind the trend and how long it might last?
Data showing the Big Quit includes the big bosses
Nov 22, 2021
The upside of CEO turnover, however, is that more people are getting opportunities to move up.