Donna Tam

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Donna Tam is the executive editor of Marketplace, overseeing the newsroom’s editors, reporters, producers, and hosts. She is invested in building on the legacy of Marketplace’s award-winning journalism to serve a new public media audience.

After joining Marketplace in 2016 as a digital editor, Donna led the digital team before stepping into the newsroom’s first bridging role: senior project manager, with a focus on connecting editorial initiatives to audience growth and revenue opportunities. She continued that work as director of on-demand, eventually leading the podcast, newsletter and social media teams. Her past life includes covering tech news at CNET and local news at daily newspapers.

Latest Stories (110)

Barbara Bush’s literacy legacy

by Donna Tam

Apr 17, 2018

The former first lady is best known as matriarch of a political powerhouse.

Jeb Bush's wife Columba Bush, left, and former first lady Barbara Bush share a moment in 2016, during at an event for Jed Bush's presidential campaign.

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Quiz: Who said it? Powell versus Yellen

by Donna Tam , Sarah Menendez and Arjuna Soriano

Feb 27, 2018

The two Fed chairs have very similar mindsets when it comes to monetary policy. Can you even tell the difference?

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How The Deck Is Stacked

What these small business owners need from Trump

by Kai Ryssdal and Donna Tam

Jan 19, 2017

Meet entrepreneurs with high hopes for the incoming administration.

Sondralee Orengia, owner of Custom Audio, sells home and car audio systems.

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Millennials actually aren’t noncommittal slackers, says new study

by Donna Tam and Marielle Segarra

Jan 10, 2017

Nearly half of the millennial leaders surveyed by The Conference Board said they plan to work for their companies for more than 15 years.

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What rising wages look like around the U.S.

by Donna Tam and Mitchell Hartman

Jan 6, 2017

Wages are on the rise for the first time since President Barack Obama took office. What might this mean for inflation?

A construction laborer works on the site of a new residential building in the Hudson Yards development, Aug. 16, 2016 in New York City.

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Pan Pan, the ‘grandpa’ of zoo pandas, dies

by Donna Tam

Dec 30, 2016

The panda patriarch is responsible for 25 percent of the world's captive pandas.

Giant panda 'Pan Pan' holds a mascot of the 16th Asian Games, at a zoo in Fuzhou, south China's Fujian province on Nov. 12, 2010, to celebrate the opening ceremony of Guangzhou Asian Games.

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The major industry ties of Trump’s cabinet picks

by Donna Tam

Dec 23, 2016

The president-elect has chosen the majority of his administration already. What company connections do they bring with them?

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Most high school students aren't applying for financial aid, study says

by Donna Tam

Dec 1, 2016

The completion rates for student financial aid is “all over the map,” according to a new report.

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Let’s do the numbers: the business of fake news

by Donna Tam

Nov 22, 2016

There’s talk of made-up news moving the needle during the election and beyond. So how profitable is it?

Social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter have been scrutinized for promoting fake news on their sites.

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Is there actually aloe vera in your aloe vera gel?

by Donna Tam

Nov 22, 2016

Some national store-brands do not have any traces of the plant, Bloomberg reports.

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