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John Ketchum

Assistant producer for Marketplace’s wealth & poverty desk.

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John Ketchum is a former assistant producer for Marketplace’s wealth & poverty desk. Ketchum’s role was to generate new ideas, support reporters and producers and produce radio and online content.

Ketchum joined Marketplace from WCMU public radio in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, where he was a reporter for 4 years. In addition, he has been an intern at National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, DC where he worked on the show, Tell Me More with Michel Martin. He has also been a participant in the National Association of Black Journalists student project mentoring program.

Ketchum holds a degree from Central Michigan University and is a 2009 recipient of the Radio Television Digital News Association Ed Bradley Award for outstanding collegiate journalist. In his free time, Ketchum enjoys reading, exercising and cheering on his favorite team, the Detroit Lions.

Latest Stories (37)

Census report: More states have rising income inequality

by John Ketchum
Sep 20, 2012
A new report from the U.S Census Bureau shows that since 2010, the gap between rich and poor is widening in more states.
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Trying to measure income inequality? Follow the trees

by John Ketchum
Sep 20, 2012
You can measure an area's income inequality in pay stubs, Census numbers and... its tree cover? Environmental writer Tim De Chant argues that sometimes you can't see a neighborhood's wealth for the trees.
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Census report: More insured as poverty rate holds steady

by John Ketchum
Sep 12, 2012
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Tavis Smiley/Cornel West launch Poverty 2.0

by John Ketchum
Sep 12, 2012
The noted African American media commentator and university professor take their road show to key election battleground states in hopes of pushing poverty onto the front burner of the presidential election agenda.
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Income segregation rising in rapidly changing cities

by John Ketchum
Aug 1, 2012
Immigration and the migration of retirees are key factors in the growing trend of urban economic segregation.
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President Obama unveils new education initiative for African Americans in opening speech to National Urban League

by John Ketchum
Jul 25, 2012
The White House aims to give African Americans more tools to graduate
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Unemployment for Hispanics, African Americans remains high

by John Ketchum
Jul 3, 2012
A new study shows that the jobless rate for African Americans and Hispanics isn't budging despite a modest recovery in other parts of the economy.
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