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Amanda Peacher

Senior Acquisitions Editor

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Amanda Peacher works with the best talent in the public media network to acquire and edit stories for all of Marketplace's national radio shows.

Amanda previously worked as a senior reporter for Marketplace, as reporter and editor for the Mountain West News Bureau and as a bureau chief for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Her nationally recognized coverage centered on environmental and investigative stories. She holds master's degrees in environmental studies and literary nonfiction journalism from the University of Oregon and has taught courses at University of California, San Diego.

Amanda is originally from Boise, Idaho. She enjoys desert hiking, grilling homemade pizza on Friday nights and scouring thrift stores for vintage finds.

Latest Stories (105)

Port slowdowns worsen air pollution in neighboring communities

by Amanda Peacher
Dec 1, 2021
Portside communities in California have suffered from polluted air for years.
A ferry passes the Port of Los Angeles. Neighborhoods surrounding the port have suffered from pollution linked to transporting massive volumes of goods.
Mario Tama via Getty Images
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Buy Nothing groups are one way out of traditional holiday shopping

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 26, 2021
The project is a hyperlocal gift economy where neighbors give and receive freely. For some, it's a chance to jump off the consumer hamster wheel.
As consumers scramble to get holiday gifts, those in Buy Nothing groups can give and receive freely in their local area.
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Add to the list of shortages: infant formula

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 24, 2021
Formula prices have been going up, too.
Experts say formula prices have been going up, too.
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Inflation chips away at SNAP boost

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 23, 2021
SNAP increases went into effect in October. Inflation has grown a lot since then.
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Americans didn't move nearly as much as you may've thought during the pandemic

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 18, 2021
What happened wasn't migration, it was mobility.
New Census data show surprisingly low relocation rates over the pandemic. Above, a mover places boxes in a moving truck in New York City.
Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images
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Food pantries are feeling squeezed by inflation, just like those they serve

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 16, 2021
High costs are changing how pantries distribute food.
Food Bankers distribute food and other items to Bronx residents in New York City. Inflation has affected how food pantries are distributing to people.
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City
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Why are big corporations splitting up?

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 12, 2021
GE, Johnson & Johnson and Toshiba plan to divide their operations, saying the units will be more flexible, responsive and targeted.
Toshiba joined this week's parade of corporate breakups, which include Johnson & Johnson and General Electric.
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IRS updates tax brackets in response to inflation

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 11, 2021
The IRS adjusted more than 60 tax provisions, including rate schedules, to take rising prices into account.
Following the news of decades-high inflation in the U.S. economy, the IRS released new rates for the standard deduction and tax brackets.
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Friendly breakup: After 129 years, GE plans future as 3 smaller companies

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 9, 2021
Separate operations focused on aviation, health care and energy will be more agile — and independent of one another's weaknesses.
General Electric said it will end its days as a conglomerate, separating into companies focused on aviation, health care and energy.
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A Warmer World

There isn't enough space for all of the trees companies want to plant

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 8, 2021
By one estimate, the pledges out there already would require a forest five times the size of India.
New research by Oxfam indicates that there may not be enough room to plant all the trees proposed in corporate climate pledges. Above, native birch trees grow next to a desert of volcanic sand in Iceland.
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