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Meghan McCarty Carino

Senior Reporter

SHORT BIO

Meghan McCarty Carino is a senior reporter at Marketplace headquarters in Los Angeles. She’s also a fill-in host on “Marketplace Tech.”

Since 2019, Meghan has covered workplace culture, from #MeToo to pandemic remote work, the movement for racial justice and the artificial intelligence boom.

In her free time she can often be found obsessing over pizza dough, cocktail experiments or her latest food and drink fixation. She tracks her favorite international sunscreens in a Google doc – just ask.

Meghan previously reported, hosted and produced for Los Angeles station KPCC/LAist, and got her start as an intern at KQED in San Francisco. Her work has won a National Headliner Award, Online Journalism Award, Edward R. Murrow Award, LA Press Club Award and has been featured by Poynter, Nieman Journalism Lab and the Center for Public Integrity.

Meghan grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended UCLA and USC.

Episodes by Meghan (248)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1146

To ban or not to ban

Apr 24, 2024
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Why the Ai Pin fell flat

Apr 23, 2024
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When a senior is ill, can an algorithm decide length of care?

Apr 22, 2024
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The hidden meanings of the AI industry’s favorite words

Apr 9, 2024
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Facial recognition part of Israel's arsenal in Gaza war

Apr 8, 2024
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Why crypto has made a comeback in the Philippines

Mar 25, 2024
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States and schools are learning how to manage AI in education

Mar 12, 2024
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AI can't handle the truth when it comes to the law

Mar 11, 2024
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Bitcoin has gone mainstream. For crypto, that's controversial.

Jan 22, 2024
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Older video games are in danger of going extinct (rerun)

Nov 23, 2023
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Latest Stories (516)

As federal unemployment benefits end, many states' UI systems remain janky

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 7, 2021
Some crash, others don’t work on mobile devices. In some states, workers have to wait to receive new passwords by mail to access their accounts.
To help states improve their unemployment systems, the Labor Department is creating an Unemployment Insurance Modernization unit.
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COVID & Unemployment

Unemployment rate for Black workers going the wrong way as benefits expire

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 6, 2021
Black workers were the only racial or ethnic group for whom unemployment rose in the most recent monthly data — to nearly 9%.
A woman walks past the an employment services center in Washington, D.C., in July 2020. In the most recent unemployment report, Black workers were the only racial or ethnic group to see unemployment rise.
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Apple's control over app store payments is increasingly challenged

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 3, 2021
As legal and regulatory challenges pile up, the tech giant is adjusting how it does business with app developers.
Apple's new self service repair program is set to launch in early 2022.
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Why curbside pickup has been a win for both retailers and consumers

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 26, 2021
The ease of online shopping combined with the immediacy of pickup could save retailers on logistics and draw customers back from delivery.
An employee delivers a curbside pickup order to a customer's vehicle at a California Best Buy store in November 2020. Curbside pickup has proven a win-win for customers and retailers during the pandemic.
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White House seeks to plug cybersecurity job hole

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 25, 2021
The U.S. needs to staff about half a million cybersecurity jobs, according to the Commerce Department.
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about cybersecurity in the White House on August 25, 2021.
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A Warmer World

More frequent, extreme heat waves linked to workplace injuries

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 26, 2021
New research from UCLA shows climate change-induced heat waves pose a growing threat to workers.
People wait to buy ice cream from a Washington, D.C., vender during a June heat wave. A recent study links heat waves to worker injuries, which were highest in low-wage industries that require physical labor.
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COVID-19

More health care organizations impose vaccine mandates on workers

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 22, 2021
There are obvious benefits to ensuring health care workers are vaccinated, but mandates have costs too.
India Medley, chief nursing officer at Howard University Hospital, receives the COVID-19 vaccine in December. Many patients expect their doctors and nurses to be vaccinated.
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Pandemic flips equation on where people want to live

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 21, 2021
According to a new analysis from real estate site Zillow, homebuyers are increasingly seeking out places at the periphery of cities.
Homebuyers are increasingly searching for homes outside of dense urban centers, according to a new analysis from real estate site Zillow.
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Rent for a two-bedroom on a minimum-wage income is out of reach in every state

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 19, 2021
A study finds that the disparity is the worst in California cities.
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Why are some large banks taking a hard line on workers returning to the office?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 16, 2021
Unlike the tech sector, the finance world is putting a big emphasis on face time.
People wait to use an ATM outside a Chase branch in New York City.
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