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 (374)

How seasonal hiring really works

Oct 31, 2014
Companies are relying more on social media.

Why we take so little vacation

Oct 31, 2014
American workers left some $52 billion in vacation time unused last year.

How the NBA TV deal is already having an effect

Oct 28, 2014
The trickle-down effect of a cash infusion started even before the deal.

UPS hiring 95,000 workers for holiday season

Oct 24, 2014
As e-commerce grows, so do holiday shipping demands.

What Amazon's earnings tell us about its competition

Oct 23, 2014
Amazon is Google's chief rival in the search business.

Product placement lessons from 'The Walking Dead'

Oct 22, 2014
It’s no longer enough to just place a brand into a storyline.

To-do list: Replace exploding airbags

Oct 21, 2014
Federal safety officials urge drivers to heed airbag recall notices.

Is the World Series a boon for the hosts' economies?

Oct 21, 2014
Millions will flood into Kansas City and San Francisco. But will they stay?

The push to better reimburse organ donors

Oct 17, 2014
The National Organ Transplant Act is 30 years old this month.