Larissa Anderson

Producer for Marketplace Tech Report

SHORT BIO

Larissa Anderson is a former producer for the Marketplace Tech Report. She also produced Minnesota Public Radio’s (MPR) Wits.

Anderson joined Marketplace after honing her radio skills as an intern with American RadioWorks and an assistant producer of programs in the MPR newsroom. She also led the Poetry Radio Project, an initiative that spanned many of APM's national programs including Weekend America, Marketplace, On Being, The Splendid Table, Performance Today and The Story.

Prior to her life in radio, Anderson taught high school English as well as English to adult language learners. She also was a grant writer, waitress and singer/songwriter.

Anderson attended the University of Minnesota where she received her bachelor’s degree in English literature. She returned to her alma mater and obtained her master’s degree in English education.

A native and current resident of Minnesota, Anderson likes to hang out with her family and practice yoga.

Latest Stories (52)

Heat-seeking gun - the Nerf kind

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GAO finds wireless customers benefit despite few carriers

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Pentagon talks about the 2008 hack that redefined U.S. cyber policy

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III writes in the latest issue of Foreign Policy about the 2008 hack into a military laptop he...

Gmail now makes phone calls

Aug 25, 2010
Google announced today that Gmail accounts can now take phone calls. For the rest of the year, you can use your Gmail account to call people in the...

A happy ending for Random House

Aug 25, 2010
Finally a publisher wins a fight in the brave new world of e-books. Last month, literary agent Andrew Wylie struck a deal with Amazon to publish a...

Lucas suing Jedi Mind, Inc.

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George Lucas is protecting the Star Wars legacy again.  This time, he's suing a company called Jedi Mind, Inc. They make a wireless headset that...

No peeking at Facebook pages

Aug 23, 2010
Imagine a world in which it's illegal for an employer to get info about a job applicant on Facebook.  That's the world Germany might live in.  On...