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Maria Hollenhorst

Senior Producer

Maria Hollenhorst is based in Los Angeles, California.

She produces content for Marketplace’s flagship broadcast including host interviews, economic explainers, and personal stories for the “Adventures in Housing” and “My Economy” series. Her work has been recognized by the Association for Business Journalists Best in Business Awards.

When not making radio, she can be found hiking, skiing, jogging, roller-blading, or exploring this beautiful world. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, she wound her way into journalism after graduating from the University of Utah. She has a deep appreciation for trees.

Latest from Maria Hollenhorst

  • Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference.
    Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images

    In a COVID-19 outbreak, what if the economy needs more than the Fed can give? Plus, the reaction from the G-7 and the Treasury.

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  • More Americans are working from home
    pxhere

    Thanks to COVID-19. Plus: The mood in Shanghai, Jack Welch’s legacy at GE and how Judge Judy made a fortune in syndication.

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  • TFW the stars just aren't aligning.
    JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images

    C’mon, have you seen markets this week? Plus, why millennials are obsessed with a astrology and what a $200 million fine means to billion-dollar wireless carriers.

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  • The impacts of COVID-19 are spreading — some companies might not see any profit growth this year.
    Scott Heins/Getty Images

    We’ll talk about what it means, plus: the CDC’s Emergency Operations Center, the history of corporate buzzwords and we “sundown” our series “United States of Work.”

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  • If you’re sick, stay home!
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    For a lot of Americans, that’s easier said than done. Plus: what Trump talks about when he talks about coronavirus, and Silicon Valley’s VC drought.

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  • The few remaining restaurants open in Shanghai are forced to only offer take-out service in recent days.
    Charles Zhang/Marketplace

    Plus: more market reaction to the coronavirus and another installment in our series “United States of Work.”

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  • Feb 24, 2020

    Take a deep breath

    Take a deep breath
    JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images

    We get some context for today’s big COVID-19 market reaction. Plus, made-to-order clothing at scale and an increase in seasonal work visas.

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  • Steve Fields
    Paul Andrews

    On today’s installment of “United States of Work,” we’re talking with Steve Fields, a Kansas City, Missouri, trucker who sees a lot of this country — and sees economic changes down the road, too.

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  • Attorney General William Barr participates in a press conference at the Department of Justice on Feb. 10 in Washington, D.C.
    Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

    Plus: Morgan Stanley buys E-Trade, Bath & Body Works is one of the last mall stores standing and our series “United States of Work” heads to Nashville.

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  • Ashley Nelson dyes, cuts and styles the hair of real estate agent, Dawn Templeton, at Collab Salon in Boise, ID. Dawn is typical of Ashley's clientel: wealthy, professional women of Boise.

    Plus: sinking toy sales, new producer price index numbers and what it’s like to build your own house.

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