Mark Garrison

Reporter/Substitute Host

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Mark Garrison is a former reporter and substitute host for Marketplace.

Based in New York, Mark joined Marketplace in 2012. He covered a variety of topics, including economics, marketing, employment, banking, the military, media and culture. In 2014 – 2015, Mark studied at Columbia Business School on a Knight-Bagehot Fellowship. During the 2012 campaign, he reported on money in politics as part of the Marketplace collaboration with PBS’s Frontline, which won the Investigative Reporters & Editors Award.

His previous public radio experience includes newscasting for NPR, The Takeaway and WNYC. He also reported from Germany for international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Mark’s career spans TV, radio, online and print media, including national and international travel to cover breaking news on elections, trials and natural disasters. Among his previous employers are NBC, ABC and CNN. At CNN, he was senior editorial producer for Anderson Cooper 360°, part of the team that won Peabody, Emmy and duPont awards.

Apart from the news business, Mark is most experienced in the restaurant world, as a cook, bartender, manager and server. That sometimes proves useful in his journalism. Besides Marketplace, his reports and commentaries on food and drink have appeared on NPR, the History Channel, the Cooking Channel, Slate, CBC, WNYC and KPCC. He has been nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award.

Mark has a master’s degree from Columbia University and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Georgia. A member of a military family who lived in many places growing up, Mark now resides in Brooklyn with his wife. They enjoy culture, food and travel throughout America and abroad.

 

Latest Stories (612)

The GOP’s dream may become reality

Nov 21, 2016
Republican-led tax reform has best chance in years
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan addresses a news conference to introduce the House Republicans' tax reform proposal with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol June 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. 

 
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Trump’s conflict of interest issues are serious

Nov 18, 2016
And they're not going away.
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Minimum wage is on the rise in certain states

Nov 18, 2016
There's broad voter support for the hikes, but little political movement in D.C.
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How bad weather can spell doom for those working in the commodities world

Nov 16, 2016
A possible Snap IPO, automaker lobbying, and bad weather's effect on commodities.

Big gains for airline stocks as Warren Buffett invests in major carriers

Nov 15, 2016
Retail sales, airline stocks and post-election bullying.

Wall Street is feeling optimistic

Nov 14, 2016
Wall Street optimism, uncertainty about the CFPB's future, and a nurse shortage.

The long road ahead for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Nov 14, 2016
Will the Trump administration try to reign in the agency's power?
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An uncertain political future for U.S. trade policy

Nov 9, 2016
Business wants progress on trade deals but politicians are reluctant.
Donald Trump is seen on a TV screen below the graph showing the day's course of the DAX at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany.
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Here’s a group of people who aren’t happy the election is over

Nov 8, 2016
After Tuesday, what happens to cable news?
TV monitors in the press room show Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton on stage during the 2nd debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2016. 

 
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Doctor Strange is Marvel's latest box office hit

Nov 7, 2016
The comic franchise has won new fans with its Hollywood offerings.
A view of the atmosphere at The Los Angeles World Premiere of Marvel Studios’ 'Doctor Strange” in Hollywood, CA on Oct. 20, 2016. 

 
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