Tracey Samuelson

SHORT BIO

Tracey Samuelson is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

What was your first job?

Working in a bread store at the peak of the anti-carb movement.

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

Cramming all the interesting information I find reporting into a few minutes.

In your next life, what would your career be?

ER doctor.

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

Lots of stuff from Amazon.

What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment?

That time I went to Hawaii ... on assignment.

Latest Stories (475)

How the TPP will drive domestic reform in Asia

Oct 7, 2015
Leaders in Japan and Vietnam now have cover for unpopular economic overhauls.

The ins and outs of the TPP

Oct 6, 2015
Who's in? Who's out? And what's next in the multi-year saga of this massive trade deal

In the end, the real hurdle to a TPP deal was drugs

Oct 5, 2015
Talks came down to a fight between intellectual property and access to medicine.

The TPP is still in the works, but not for long

Oct 2, 2015
Negotiations, now in Atlanta, may be in the final hours.

Push to lift ban on crude oil exports gains steam

Sep 29, 2015
The ban has been in place for four decades.

The pope has a lot to say about the global economy

Pope Francis is in the U.S. for a few days, and he's talking about our economy.

What happens when 1 billion Chinese start to fly?

Sep 23, 2015
Boeing moves to challenge Airbus in China's burgeoning aviation market.

Francis takes America, by the numbers

Sep 23, 2015
The pope's trip will draw huge crowds. But it doesn't come cheap.

Can Volkswagen regain its customers' confidence?

Sep 21, 2015
It is in hot water with regulators and customers after faking emissions data.