Nova Safo
SHORT BIO
Nova Safo is a correspondent for Marketplace, and co-host of the “Marketplace Minute” newscast.
He returned to Marketplace after a three-year detour at the international news wire service Agence France-Presse, where he was a Midwest correspondent covering 16 states and serving thousands of clients in print, online news, and broadcast TV and radio.
He has also been a correspondent for the now-shuttered CNN Radio, a staff journalist at NPR and Yahoo! News, and freelancer for SoundVision Productions, LA Public Media (a project of the CPB and Radio Bilingue) and other outlets.
Latest Stories (356)
Low pay pushes some federal firefighters to find work elsewhere
by
Nova Safo
Jul 14, 2021
“We all live supermodestly,” a firefighter said. “We’re about being able to do this job that we love, but also sustain life.”
What about wearing a mask in stores or at work?
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Rose Conlon
May 14, 2021
Despite new CDC guidance, businesses and workplaces will likely still require masks for now.
Concerned about fossil fuel use, Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin for car payments
by
David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
May 13, 2021
"We could have told him about Bitcoin and energy use. Why has Musk changed his mind now?"
Biden announces $1.8T plan for spending on kids, families, education
by
David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
Apr 28, 2021
The administration is calling it transformational spending. Republicans say it’s too much spending.
Apple releases privacy update that clamps down on data tracking
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Nova Safo
Apr 27, 2021
Apple’s privacy feature requires apps that track users’ web activities to get their express permission before doing so.
Music, food and myth-busting bring vaccines to hesitant farmworkers
by
Nova Safo
Apr 14, 2021
As much as 18% of the U.S. agricultural and farmworker population has tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 5% of the general population.
Many will see $1,400 COVID payments hit bank accounts today
by
David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
Mar 17, 2021
Tens of millions of taxpayers will get the direct payments Wednesday if the IRS has their direct deposit information.
Why self-driving cars are designed to look like overgrown toys
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Nova Safo
Mar 9, 2021
To make customers comfortable with mobile robots, companies are designing in approachability and familiarity.
What the expansion of federal unemployment aid covers
by
David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
Feb 26, 2021
The headline is that people who’ve turned down work for health and safety reasons can be eligible for federal aid.
California can enforce its net neutrality law, judge rules
by
David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
Feb 24, 2021
After the FCC scrapped net neutrality rules in 2017, California enacted its own. Those have been challenged in court ever since.