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Meghan McCarty Carino

Senior Reporter

SHORT BIO

Meghan McCarty Carino is a senior reporter at Marketplace headquarters in Los Angeles. She’s also a fill-in host on “Marketplace Tech.”

Since 2019, Meghan has covered workplace culture, from #MeToo to pandemic remote work, the movement for racial justice and the artificial intelligence boom.

In her free time she can often be found obsessing over pizza dough, cocktail experiments or her latest food and drink fixation. She tracks her favorite international sunscreens in a Google doc – just ask.

Meghan previously reported, hosted and produced for Los Angeles station KPCC/LAist, and got her start as an intern at KQED in San Francisco. Her work has won a National Headliner Award, Online Journalism Award, Edward R. Murrow Award, LA Press Club Award and has been featured by Poynter, Nieman Journalism Lab and the Center for Public Integrity.

Meghan grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended UCLA and USC.

Episodes by Meghan (261)

Marketplace Minute

Apple joins AI race

Jun 10, 2024
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Job growth surprise

Jun 7, 2024
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Markets steady

Jun 6, 2024
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Markets hit new highs

Jun 5, 2024
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Job openings fall

Jun 4, 2024
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Return of the Meme stock

Jun 3, 2024
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Feds preferred gauge of inflation cools

May 31, 2024
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Markets retreat as GDP shows slowing economy

May 30, 2024
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Markets hover around record marks

May 20, 2024
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Marketplace Tech

A vital, mostly invisible undersea industry is facing a labor shortage

May 16, 2024
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Latest Stories (524)

Target's winning streak slows with disappointing holiday sales

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 15, 2020
The retailer missed the mark on electronics and toy sales.
A Target cashier rings up customers at a Target store in Albany, California.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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BlackRock's new investment strategy: sustainability

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 14, 2020
The world's largest money manager now sees climate change as investment risk.
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, said that climate risk is “compelling investors to reassess core assumptions about modern finance.”
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Lime is the latest e-scooter operator to downsize

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 10, 2020
The company is pulling out of 12 markets and laying off 14% of its workforce.
Mehdi Fedouach/AFP via Getty Images
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Workplace Culture

#MeToo has brought dozens of state law changes

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 7, 2020
Two years since Weinstein allegations caused outrage, the legal landscape has changed.
Activists participate in the #MeToo March on November 10, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
Sarah Morris/Getty Images
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Recreational pot is legal in 11 states, but laws protecting job seekers are still rare

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 2, 2020
Things are changing in Nevada, where a new law restricts employer drug tests.
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Decade in workplace culture defined by uneven recovery

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 1, 2020
The longest economic expansion brought confidence for some, insecurity for others.
Google employees stage a walkout on Nov. 1, 2018, in New York, over sexual harassment.
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Will the 2020s bring an end to the era of open offices?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 31, 2019
Blamed for everything from decreased productivity to increased flu cases, the majority of workers hate them, a survey says.
Collaboration or constant distraction? Google employees work in an open office in Berlin in January.
Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
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Gen Z turns to resale to offload unwanted gifts

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 31, 2019
Second-hand marketplaces like Depop, Mercari and Poshmark have gained popularity with young consumers.
Selling unwanted gifts is a popular move for Gen Z.
Jesse Grant/Getty Images for James Mae
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Streaming TV might go back to the future by embracing ad revenue

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 27, 2019
The forthcoming NBCUniversal service, Peacock, could be free and ad-supported ... like old-fashioned TV.
NBCUniversal plans to wade into the streaming pool with an ad-supported service called Peacock.
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It's "bring your flu to work" season

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 25, 2019
In a new survey 90% of professionals said they do it.
'Tis the season.
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