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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)

Feds tell North Carolina its bathroom law violates civil rights

by Donna Tam
May 5, 2016
If the state doesn’t agree, it could lose federal funding.
North Carolina will have to refrain from enforcing its new public bathroom law or face losing federal funding.
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What are the FDA's new e-cigarette regulations?

by Donna Tam
May 5, 2016
The administration's new rules take aim at many parts of the emerging business.
MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images
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Why aren't more women in the pot business?

by Donna Tam
Apr 20, 2016
Female consumers may be key to helping pot shed its hippie roots to become big business but traditionally, they aren't associated with the cannabis industry.
A woman shops at Oregon's Finest, a marijuana dispensary in Portland, Oregon.
Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
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Where is the best place to start a marijuana business if you're a woman?

by Donna Tam
Apr 20, 2016
Pot is a booming business, but some states are more ganja entrepreneur-friendly than others.
Different strains of marijuana for sale are displayed at a dispensary in Eugene, Oregon on March 22. While possession, sale and consumption of marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, it is permitted for recreational use in four US states: Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, plus Washington, D.C.
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images
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Presidential elections highlight heavy US defense spending

by Donna Tam
Apr 18, 2016
The U.S. spends a higher ratio of its GDP on military spending than other NATO countries, raising questions of fairness within the alliance.
Members of the United States Armed Forces spend a moment on the field at Heinz Field before the start of the 'Salute to Service' game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders on Nov. 8, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The presidential candidate tax return tally

by Donna Tam
Apr 15, 2016
Amid pressure, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders vows to finally release his tax returns to the public. Here’s a count of who has — and hasn’t — been transparent about their filings.
Democratic Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) debate during the CNN Democratic Presidential Primary Debate at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on April 14, 2016 in New York City. The candidates are debating ahead of the New York primary to be held April 19.
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By The Numbers

The migrant remittances industry, by the numbers

by Donna Tam
Apr 5, 2016
Trump’s border wall plan has us talking about the money people send back home. Let’s do the numbers on this booming business.
 
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Here are the places with the most egregious wage gaps for women of color

by Donna Tam
Apr 4, 2016
On average, women earn $430,000 less than a white man over their career and the amount is significantly higher if you’re a minority, says one study.
Women of Color in Tech stock images
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Consumers trust social media stars more than celebrities or ads

by Donna Tam and Sarah Menendez
Mar 31, 2016
Trying to sell a product? Online influencers are 30 percent more likely to sell it than a regular ol’ celebrity.
Youtuber Ingrid Nielsen.
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Kenya: stop donating your used clothes to us

by Donna Tam
Mar 30, 2016
The East African country’s government tries to boost local manufacturing with a ban on second-hand clothing imports, but clothing traders have other ideas.
People walk around Gikomba Market, East Africa's biggest second-hand clothing market, in Nairobi.
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