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Nancy covers Washington, D.C. for Marketplace. However, she has a wide range of interests and has reported on everything from homelessness to government shutdowns and the history of the Fed.
Before joining Marketplace, she worked in the NPR newscast unit as a producer and fill-in editor and newscaster. She also worked at WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington.
In 2023, Nancy was honored with a Gracie Award for a story on how pediatricians were coping with the end of the federal government's COVID public health emergency. The story also won a National Headliner Award and a Society of Professional Journalists award.
Latest Stories (1,665)
Georgia Senate race is now the most expensive of the 2022 midterms
Dec 6, 2022
Here's where that money has come from, and where it's going.
Can the Fed keep inflation under control without sacrificing jobs?
Dec 2, 2022
The Federal Reserve is supposed to do both things. But Chair Jerome Powell said this week the Fed will keep raising interest rates to cool inflation, even if that pushes people out of work.
Pediatricians brace for the end of federal COVID-19 vaccine funding
Nov 29, 2022
Once funding for COVID vaccines run out, doctors will have to pay upfront for the doses — and hope that they make their money back.
When it comes to crypto, it's buyer beware
Nov 11, 2022
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a new bulletin of consumer complaints about crypto.
Texas redistricting changes how congressional candidates allocate money
Oct 26, 2022
Some congressional candidates are doubling down on campaign spending to win over new districts.
Texas taxpayers shell out millions to defend redistricting maps
Oct 25, 2022
The GOP-approved maps have drawn the ire of civil rights groups.
Election deniers draw big money in state-level midterm races
Oct 20, 2022
Some of the candidates for these key roles are Republicans who have yet to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Inflation may be losing momentum. But not everywhere.
Oct 14, 2022
Labor Department numbers for September show inflation slowing in some sectors.
Why has it taken so long for savings account interest rates to start rising?
Sep 16, 2022
The national average is still a paltry 0.13%, according to Bankrate, even as the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates.
Interest rate hikes not always bad news for stock markets
Sep 15, 2022
Markets plummeted Tuesday as Wall Street was rattled by hot inflation numbers that raised fears of even steeper interest rate hikes.