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Meghan McCarty Carino

Senior Reporter

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Meghan McCarty Carino is a senior reporter at Marketplace headquarters in Los Angeles. She’s also a fill-in host on “Marketplace Tech.”

Since 2019, Meghan has covered workplace culture, from #MeToo to pandemic remote work, the movement for racial justice and the artificial intelligence boom.

In her free time she can often be found obsessing over pizza dough, cocktail experiments or her latest food and drink fixation. She tracks her favorite international sunscreens in a Google doc – just ask.

Meghan previously reported, hosted and produced for Los Angeles station KPCC/LAist, and got her start as an intern at KQED in San Francisco. Her work has won a National Headliner Award, Online Journalism Award, Edward R. Murrow Award, LA Press Club Award and has been featured by Poynter, Nieman Journalism Lab and the Center for Public Integrity.

Meghan grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended UCLA and USC.

Episodes by Meghan (274)

Marketplace Tech

Online speech cases sent back to the lower courts

Jul 15, 2024
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Bytes: Week in Review — FTC's latest tech crackdown, Trump’s pro-crypto campaign and Threads turns a year old

Jul 12, 2024
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More website links are expiring. Is it a bug or a feature of the internet?

Jul 11, 2024
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Progressive TikTok creators turn against Biden

Jul 10, 2024
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Stocks extend run

Jul 8, 2024
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Unemployment ticks up

Jul 5, 2024
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Fed to wait and see on inflation

Jul 3, 2024
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Fed guarded on rate cut

Jul 2, 2024
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SCOTUS skeptical on social media constraints

Jul 1, 2024
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Consumer sentiment slips

Jun 14, 2024
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A closer look at wage measures hints at why consumers still feel gloomy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 4, 2024
Average wage growth has slowed in recent months, though according to the May jobs report, it’s still ahead of inflation.
"While wages have grown across the board, we've actually had the strongest wage growth among the lowest earners," says Valerie Wilson at the Economic Policy Institute.
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Fragmented demand means there's not just one beer industry anymore

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 3, 2024
It started with the rise of craft beer in the 2010s and has continued with flavored hard seltzers and canned cocktails.
"Beverage alcohol consumers are starting to spread their dollars across alcohol types and categories more than they have in the past," says Matt Gacioch, staff economist with the Brewers Association.
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John Deere job cuts reflect slower agricultural economy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 3, 2024
Crop prices have fallen as production increased, and many farmers have already bought all the equipment they need.
Farmers are spending less money on tractors and equipment this year because crop prices have gone down.
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TikTok color analysis trend presents a vibrant business opportunity

by Meghan McCarty Carino and Dylan Miettinen
Jul 2, 2024
Guessing at someone’s color season has become a popular internet parlor game. It’s also a growing business for people looking to boost their professional image and the entrepreneurs ready to help them do that.
From left to right, Debbie O'Keefe, color consultant Ashley Dworak and Lauren Kreuzberg at the House of Colour studio in Papillion, Nebraska, in late May.
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Continuing claims for jobless benefits reach highest point since 2021

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 27, 2024
The uptick seems to reinforce a number of recent signals showing moderation in the labor market.
Rising continuing unemployment claims mesh with other recent data. Job openings have been declining, for instance, and so have quits.
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Google puts an end to continuous scroll

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 26, 2024
The company says this move will deliver faster results. It’s the latest in a string of changes to the world’s most dominant search engine.
Google says getting rid of endless scroll will deliver faster results.
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Retailers follow Amazon's lead on summer shopping events

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 17, 2024
Chains that offer sales for members don't just bring in customers. They also get valuable data for better-targeted advertising.
Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Macy’s and others now have summer sales that compete with Amazon Prime Day.
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Online retailers lean into secondhand shopping surge

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 17, 2024
As consumers become more thoughtful about spending, many are turning to used goods when they need to shop.
"eBay was the OG of all of this," said retail analyst Sucharita Kodali at Forrester. "They're trying to introduce themselves to this new generation."
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Megabus parent company Coach USA files for bankruptcy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 17, 2024
Bus ridership fell early in the pandemic and hasn't fully bounced back.
“We lost somewhere between 40% and 50% of the industry,” because of the pandemic, says Peter Pantuso, CEO of the American Bus Association.
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After a judge paused the University of California strike, questions about "no strike" provisions remain

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 14, 2024
The UC system argues that the strikes violated the union contract's "no strike" provision. But workers may have the right to violate no strike agreements in certain cases.
Above, UAW-represented academic workers at UCLA strike on May 28. A judge has temporarily halted the strike.
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