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

Sep 7, 2010
A ranking of docs who do heart surgery
For the first time, Consumer Reports is rating doctor groups that do heart surgery. The rankings, in the October issue, are an effort to help patients make informed decisions. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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Sep 2, 2010
Health reform’s impact on small biz
A new report takes a look at how small businesses are affected by the new health care reform law. The law includes a tax credit to help small businesses afford health insurance. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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Aug 31, 2010
Thinking outside the cable box
Comcast bought NBC Universal, which owns a chunk of online TV site Hulu, earlier this year. The deal has yet to be approved by the FTC, but cable companies are already strategizing how to incorporate online TV into their business plans.
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Aug 30, 2010
What can Obama do about economy?
President Obama will be back at work this week, after taking 10 days off in Martha's Vineyard. A lot of bad news came out while he was away. But the president's economic options seem to be limited. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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Aug 26, 2010
Home buyers save more with low interest rates
Home buyers grabbed at the $8,000 federal tax credit that ended up in April, but ignored the much larger savings that low interest rates could've given them. What gives?
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Aug 26, 2010
Report shows world shortage of specialized labor
There is a worldwide deficit of skilled workers — i.e. plumbers, electricians, carpenters. These workers provide essential services — albeit unsexy — but somebody's gotta do it, especially if the economy's going to recover.
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Aug 24, 2010
Winners of second round of ‘Race to the Top’ announced
The Department of Education the winners of the second phase of the "Race to the Top" program, which awards states that make sufficient changes to their education systems with federal funding. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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Aug 13, 2010
Sides to weigh in on Fannie, Freddie
Academics, consumer groups and banks will be present when the Obama administration holds a conference next week to determine the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Aug 12, 2010
Zimbabwe sells controversial diamonds
Zimbabwe is selling diamonds after getting the go-ahead from a group designed to prevent trafficking of so-called "conflict diamonds." But human rights groups say the diamonds sold were mined from an area where government soldiers killed people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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Aug 11, 2010
Regulators eye volatile trades in flash crash
Federal officials are meeting today to ask whether exchange-traded funds are to blame in last May's flash crash.
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