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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 (252)

Marketplace Tech

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

May 16, 2024
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Millions of Americans could lose home internet access next month

May 7, 2024
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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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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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Latest Stories (519)

COVID-19

America's lack of sick leave is a problem in COVID-19 outbreak

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 26, 2020
About a third of workers in the U.S. don't have sick days, and many that do don't use them.
A woman wears a medical mask while waiting at Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 2.
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Workplace Culture

NLRB rule could make it harder for millions of workers to organize

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 26, 2020
It rolls back an Obama-era policy that held some corporations accountable for labor violations by subcontractors and franchisees.
The new NLRB rule could make it harder for employee's of McDonald's to organize.
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Workplace Culture

Apprenticeship programs could help solve labor market woes

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 25, 2020
Apprentices earn a full salary and usually land a permanent job. Why don't we have more of them?
Stan Best took an apprenticeship at the Newport News Shipyard, where workers build aircraft carriers and submarines for the military.
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Hard seltzer explosion continues to bubble

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 18, 2020
The fizzy alcoholic beverages seem to be pulling market share mostly from light beer and appeal equally to men and women.
Cartons of hard seltzer White Claw are on display at the Round the Clock Deli in New York City in September.
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Workplace Culture

Business is catching on to the importance of sleep

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 17, 2020
Lost productivity from lack of sleep costs the economy billions of dollars.
An "energy pod" is seen at the company Thrive Global, in New York, on May 10, 2018, which Thrive Global employees can use to take a nap.
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Delta wants to be the first carbon neutral global airline

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 14, 2020
Cleaner jet fuels and electric planes are still decades away, meaning Delta is focusing on carbon offsets.
Delta Airlines plans to be carbon neutral by purchasing carbons offsets.
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Workplace Culture

Oscar winner calls for expansion of laws against discrimination based on hair

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 12, 2020
The director of "Hair Love" said so-called Crown Acts should apply in all 50 states.
Filmmakers Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver pose with their Oscars for Best Animated Short Film for "Hair Love" on Feb. 9, 2020.
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Workplace Culture

House subcommittee scrutinizes diversity at biggest banks

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 12, 2020
Reforms after the financial crisis haven't brought dramatic change.
Has Wall Street really become more diverse since the 2008 recession?
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Workplace Culture

Is two weeks' notice outdated?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 11, 2020
The old standard is too long for some workers, but far too short for many employers.
Two weeks might not be enough notice for some employers to find a replacement in this tight job market.
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Elections 2020

A president's budget can signal campaign priorities in an election year

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 10, 2020
Budgets offer a chance to project good times and appeal to certain constituencies.
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Orlando, Florida, to officially launch his 2020 campaign on June 18, 2019.
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