Donna Tam
Executive Editor
SHORT BIO
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.