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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 (253)

Marketplace Minute

Markets hover around record marks

May 20, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

A vital, mostly invisible undersea industry is facing a labor shortage

May 16, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

Millions of Americans could lose home internet access next month

May 7, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

AI is surpassing humans in several areas, Stanford report says

May 2, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1148

College campus protests and the value of a degree

Apr 26, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1146

To ban or not to ban

Apr 24, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

Why the Ai Pin fell flat

Apr 23, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

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

Apr 22, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

The hidden meanings of the AI industry’s favorite words

Apr 9, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

Facial recognition part of Israel's arsenal in Gaza war

Apr 8, 2024
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Latest Stories (521)

Workplace Culture

What are employers doing for workers amid the increased stress of COVID-19?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 13, 2020
Some companies are giving workers extra time off, including more mental health days.
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Elections 2020

2020 presidential election: a tale of two economies

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 12, 2020
A new report from the Brookings Institution says counties where the majority of voters supported President-elect Joe Biden are responsible for a much larger share of economic activity than those that supported President Trump.
A Trump-Pence campaign sign is seen in Westby, Wisconsin, in October.
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COVID-19

Republicans propose funding cuts to OSHA during pandemic

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 11, 2020
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it has received more than 10,000 COVID-related complaints.
Loren Sweatt, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, responds to questions during a House subcommittee hearing on the federal government's actions to protect workers during COVID-19 on May 28, 2020 in Washington.
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Elections 2020

Public transit emerges a big winner in election

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 5, 2020
Even as the pandemic drives down ridership, voters approved more than a dozen local transit measures.
A woman rides a Metro Rail train in April in Los Angeles. The pandemic has led to a plummet in public transit ridership.
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Elections 2020

California ballot measure keeps "gig" in gig economy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 4, 2020
Prop 22 bypasses a state law that would have reshaped the gig economy.
A ride share driver participates in a protest against Proposition 22 in August in Los Angeles, California.
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Unworkable

Child care crisis could cost women $64.5 billion in lost wages

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 30, 2020
A new report quantifies the cost of women pulling back from work to care for kids during the pandemic.
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COVID-19

Pandemic pushes holiday retail jobs off the sales floor

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 27, 2020
Hiring is down overall, but up for e-commerce jobs. Warehouse and shelf-stocking jobs have tripled compared to past years.
Masks and hand sanitizer are given to customers entering a Dick's Sporting Goods during the pandemic. "The holiday season is going to look very different for retailers and workers alike," one economist says.
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Unworkable

1 in 5 parents quit job or took leave to deal with remote school

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 23, 2020
Pulling back from work can put parents behind indefinitely on their career tracks.
The need to supervise kids at home has led to some parents dropping out of the work force.
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COVID-19

New California law will require employers to notify workers of COVID-19 cases

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 20, 2020
Nationally, there is no requirement to do so.
A worker arrives at a COVID-19 testing site in Long Beach, California.
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CVS boosts pharmacy hiring to handle flu, COVID-19 vaccine demands

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 19, 2020
The retailer plans to hire 15,000 additional staff, mostly pharmacy technicians.
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