Angela Kim

Public Insight Analyst

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Angela Kim is the former Marketplace Public Insight analyst, responsible for outreach efforts that engage the public and encourage them to share their insights on topics Marketplace covers via social media, multimedia projects, and the Public Insight Network (PIN).

In addition to producing content for PIN, Kim was also the producer/editor for the Marketplace Whiteboard video web series. Prior to her position as PIN analyst, Kim was the Marketplace sustainability desk producer and was responsible for special projects, including live public events, radio program specials, and multimedia web and social media components dealing with sustainability.

Before joining Marketplace in 2009, Kim was a producer with the weekly news magazine program Weekend America, which aired nationally. She contributed to Public Radio International’s Here and Now and to the national Asian America public radio show pilot As I Am: Asians In America, for which she received a 2008 Gracie Allen Award. In 2010, she was a fellow with the East-West Center’s Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange where she traveled to South Korea with six other journalists to learn about Korea’s trade dealings, North and South Korea relations, and green tech innovations.

Kim earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from University of California, Irvine and a master’s degree in journalism at Emerson College in Boston. A native of Irvine, California. Kim currently lives in Los Angeles, with past residences in Sweden, Massachusetts and Minnesota. In her free time, you can find her contributing to American Public Media’s The Splendid Table, traveling, and updating her food blog, angelaishere.com.

Latest Stories (62)

Let your dog help you.

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Grind your own coffee beans.

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Just say no to fancy gift wrap.

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Bake your own bread.

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See value instead of waste through ReUse.

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Set your TV to "home" mode.

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Stick to ENERGY STAR TVs, and save cash.

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Make your school a no idle zone.

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Use paper products with post-consumer recycled content.

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Recycling computer paper and printing double sided isn't the only thing that is important-it's also important to know where your school paper...