Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Correspondent

Nancy covers Washington, D.C. for Marketplace. However, she has a wide range of interests and has reported on everything from homelessness to government shutdowns and the history of the Fed.

Before joining Marketplace, she worked in the NPR newscast unit as a producer and fill-in editor and newscaster. She also worked at WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington.

In 2023, Nancy was honored with a Gracie Award for a story on how pediatricians were coping with the end of the federal government's COVID public health emergency. The story also won a National Headliner Award and a Society of Professional Journalists award.

Latest from Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Oct 10, 2011
Columbus Day sales
If you believe the posters and TV ads, Columbus Day sales bring in the bucks. But plenty of people don't get the day off and lots don't even know it's a holiday.
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Oct 7, 2011
Military jobs hard-hit
As the monthly jobs report is released, the country is facing a new round of the unemployed — this time from soldiers returning home from abroad.
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Oct 5, 2011
Congress takes up free trade bills
The administration says trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia would create jobs. How exactly would that work with, say, Panama?
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Oct 3, 2011
Medicaid issue reaches Supreme Court
The justices will be looking at whether Medicaid patients and providers can sue over slashed Medicaid payments.
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Sep 28, 2011
IMDb banks on trivia
The Internet Movie Database gets into the game business.
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Sep 27, 2011
Disaster funding runs out soon
If there's no deal in Congress to keep the federal lights on until November, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster funding goes dry by week's end.
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Sep 23, 2011
Fed’s Operation Twist nothing to shout about
The Federal Reserve announced that it would lower long-term interest rates to try to encourage consumer spending. But the plan may have limited impact on the economy.
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Sep 23, 2011
Home buyers beware
The Federal Reserve is trying to drive down interest rates for things like mortgages. But that doesn't mean consumers will be able to take advantage of those cheap loans.
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Sep 21, 2011
Federal Reserve makes a $400 billion move
The Federal Reserve announced it was buying $400 billion in longer-term bonds in an effort to push long-term interest rates even lower. Will that help the economy
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Sep 20, 2011
U.S. pension liabilities could grow
This week, the Federal Reserve might say it'll push long-term interest rates even lower. That means U.S. pension funds could make even less than they already are.
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