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Kristin Schwab

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Kristin Schwab is a reporter at Marketplace focusing on the consumer economy. She's based in Brooklyn, New York.

Before Marketplace, Kristin produced narrative and news podcasts for The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She teaches audio journalism at her alma mater, Columbia Journalism School.

Kristin also has a BFA in dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After performing with ballet and modern companies, she got her start in journalism as an editor at Dance Magazine. Kristin grew up in Minnesota and has been a bit reporting obsessed since watching the '90s PBS show "Ghostwriter" as a kid. Yes, she had one of those necklace pens and a marbled composition notebook.

Episodes by Kristin (32)

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Women deserve credit

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The economics of immigration

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Harris throws a bone to the business folks

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Who's still hiring?

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The politics of Fed independence

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This back-to-school season, "value" is at the top of America's shopping list

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Has the Fed ever met its 2 goals?

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Why we freak out when the stock market freaks out

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“Chaotic,” “volatile,” “tumultuous”

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Ajit Pai on Congress' role in the net neutrality debate

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Sep 5, 2017
The FCC chairman wants to see Congress, not individual administrations, take control of the issue long term.
Federal Communications Chair Ajit Pai, in his office in Washington, DC.
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Should companies turn away white supremacist users?

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 17, 2017
Racial justice leaders say PayPal has been helping fund racist groups for years.
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GoDaddy drops neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 15, 2017
It signals a change in how businesses decide who should editorialize the internet.
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NASA is testing supercomputers to send to Mars

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 14, 2017
And no, scientists won't be able to use them to peruse Facebook.
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Airbnb closes accounts linked to white supremacy rally

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 11, 2017
The company said it goes against its terms of service.
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This 17-year-old hacked the Air Force

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 10, 2017
He found 40 website vulnerabilities at a federal bug bounty challenge.
HackerOne co-founder Jobert Abma (left) and bug bounty winner Jack Cable.
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President Trump's security team could soon include drones

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 7, 2017
The Secret Service will run tests during Trump's working vacation this month.
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"Did Apple effectively work with China to burn a billion books in Tiananmen Square this weekend?"

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 1, 2017
Here's how the VPN ban will affect businesses' bottom lines — and user browsing.
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CBS' new "Star Trek" series will also stream on Netflix

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Jul 31, 2017
The network and on-demand service will simultaneously release episodes.
Netflix also has the rights to all 727 episodes of "Star Trek," including the original series.
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Goodbye, Flash

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Jul 27, 2017
Adobe will phase out the browser plugin by 2020.
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