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)
Interest rates for retail credit cards reach all-time high
Oct 26, 2023
Rates now average nearly 29%, according to Bankrate. By comparison, the typical rate for a standard Visa or Mastercard is around 21%.
"Overemployed" people secretly work overlapping remote jobs
Oct 23, 2023
They do it for the money. But overemployment also symbolizes a change in Americans' attitudes toward work.
LinkedIn's "wholesome" vibe could be making it popular with teens
by
Kristin Schwab
and Sean McHenry
Oct 18, 2023
In addition to getting career boosts, young people like the platform for its positive tone, says journalist Anya Kamenetz.
Inflation rates have been a little stuck lately. Is that a bad thing?
Oct 12, 2023
Waiting it out might just be part of the journey to cool inflation.
Fewer Americans want brands to take a stand on controversial issues
Oct 10, 2023
A recent Bentley-Gallup survey says 41% of Americans think businesses should take a public stance on current events. That’s down from 48% just a year ago. What happened?
These businesses made it through the hardest part of the pandemic. Then they closed.
Oct 9, 2023
The pandemic is still having a domino effect on small businesses. Here's what happened to three of them.
The sneaker market is evolving, and Nike is running to keep up
Oct 4, 2023
While the industry used to be all about the look — think Air Jordans — now it’s about the technology.
The housing market is a tale of two people: The buyer and the seller
by
Kristin Schwab
and Matt Levin
Sep 26, 2023
Both the buyer and the seller have unrealistic expectations right now, while prices and mortgage rates are high.
6 p.m. dinner reservations are losing their stigma
Sep 22, 2023
People are eating earlier everywhere, according to data from Yelp. Lifestyle changes are part of the reason.
Amazon desperately seeks seasonal workers while other retailers hold back
Sep 20, 2023
That could mean that holiday hiring will be slower this season, says Andy Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.