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Jack Stewart

Senior reporter

SHORT BIO

Jack Stewart is a former senior reporter for Marketplace. A car nut and a transport nerd, he covered trains, planes, autonomous automobiles and hyperloops.

What was your first job?

Making tea at a local radio station.

What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows?

Elon Musk's Twitter feed.

What advice do you wish someone had given you before you started this career?

Try decaffeinated tea.

In your next life, what would your career be?

I'd be a vet for one of the first human settlements on Mars and a part-time astronaut fireman, because it's all hands on deck when you're on a new planet.

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness but it can buy you ______.

Tea.

What’s something that you thought you knew but later found out you were wrong about?

How to pronounce the English language. Apparently it's not alumin-eee-um or renayyyysance.

 

What’s the favorite item in your workspace and why?

The tea kettle.

Latest Stories (149)

"Recession" doesn't have to be a scary word

Jul 29, 2019
The “R” word means different things to different people, depending on their experiences.
A distressed trader working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 7, 2008 — the day the Dow closed down more than 500 points.
Mario Tama/Getty Images

Apple's acquisition of Intel's smartphone modem business is all about control

Jul 26, 2019
The iPhone manufacturer is buying the ability to make its own modem chips.
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What impact is the 737 Max grounding having on Boeing?

Jul 24, 2019
Boeing's 737 Max jets have been grounded since March. The repercussions are starting to add up for the plane maker and its airline customers.
Nadia Milleron, mother of Ethiopian Air crash victim Samya Stumo, shows a photograph of crash victim Julia Mwashi of Kenya during a hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Aviation Subcommittee about the Boeing 737 Max airplane on May 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Will Harley-Davidson's electric motorcycle expand the brand's appeal?

Jul 23, 2019
Harley's new LiveWire will go up to 146 miles on a charge, but cost almost $30,000.
Harley-Davidson's new LiveWire all-electric motorcycle.
Harley-Davidson

NASA partners with commercial companies to return to the moon

Jul 19, 2019
NASA is looking to commercial partners to figure out crew transports, use of lunar resources and surviving extreme environments.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has plans to send people to the moon.
Blue Origin

Consumers aren't worried about the economy

Jul 17, 2019
And consumer sentiment is thought to be a good indicator of whether a downturn is coming or not.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Is China's economy slowing down?

Jul 12, 2019
Economists will be look at GDP figures, expected Monday, for signs the trade war is having an impact.
A clerk counts stacks of Chinese yuan and U.S. dollars at a bank in Shanghai, China.
China Photos/Getty Images

President Trump to host "Social Media Summit" at the White House

Jul 11, 2019
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google are reportedly not invited to the event.
Conservative political activist James O'Keefe speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 1, 2019. O'Keefe is one of the many guests invited to President Trump's "social media summit."
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

IBM's $34B plan to build a "hybrid cloud"

Jul 9, 2019
IBM has worn many different hats since its foundation. Now it's acquired one more: Red Hat.
David Ramos/Getty Images

The most "American-made" vehicles may surprise you

Jul 8, 2019
A Jeep takes the number one spot, but Honda takes second, third and fourth place.
A Jeep Cherokee drives in front of Fiat Chryslers's Belvidere Assembly Plant.
Scott Olson/Getty Images