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Maria Hollenhorst

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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 Stories (406)

For scrap brokers, the trade war is not "on hold"

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
May 21, 2018
One broker says he'll have to do "a lot of juggling" if China won' import U.S. scrap.
Scrap metal to be used in steel production is piled at the Zhong Tian (Zenith) Steel Group Corp. in 2016 in Changzhou, Jiangsu.
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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U.S. scrap exports to China just came to a screeching halt

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
May 11, 2018
One expert says the monthlong suspension could impact an estimated $400 million worth of trade.
A Chinese laborer sorts plastic bottles for recycling in Dong Xiao Kou village on the outskirts of Beijing.
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Abe's friendly relationship with Trump didn't earn tariff exemptions for Japan

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
May 10, 2018
Tokyo expected treatment equal to that of the European Union, one expert says.
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk to their joint press conference at the White House last year.
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Divided Decade

The rent is too damn high, according to a new Pew report

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 19, 2018
Since 2001, rental price increases have outpaced median household income growth.
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Shelf Life

The men behind Cousins Maine Lobster turned their childhood memories into a national franchise

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 18, 2018
The company's defining ethic is summertime in Maine.
Cousins Maine Lobster has 20 trucks as part of its franchise. This one is in California.
Courtesy of Christian Thomas Hynes
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What happens when you download your Facebook data

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 16, 2018
You might be unpleasantly surprised by how much information you find.
Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
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The Federal Reserve

What taxi ride data reveals about the NY Fed and big banks

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 12, 2018
An analysis of taxi data suggests the possibility of increased communications around Federal Open Market Committee meetings.
Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Trade showdown

Tariff jitters are rippling through the ag economy

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 5, 2018
Besides causing "extreme nervousness," the Ozark Mountain Poultry CEO says the tariff threats haven't impacted the market yet.
A potential trade war has implications for the poultry industry.
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Trade showdown

What China's tariff retaliation means for apple growers

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 4, 2018
Patrick Smith of Loftus Ranches says trade wars disproportionately impact U.S. farmers.
Mark Morrell picks over his Jona Gold apples at Walters' Fruit Ranch in 2006 in Green Bluff, Washington.
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Why mobile quiz apps are rocking the trivia world

by Molly Wood and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 30, 2018
"It's a profitable hobby all of the sudden" says trivia enthusiast Neal Pollack.
HQ Trivia
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