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Meghan McCarty Carino

Senior Reporter

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

May 16, 2024
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Latest Stories (524)

Workplace Culture

California gig worker law to be decided this week

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 9, 2019
A bill that could force companies to reclassify workers as employees looks poised to win approval this week.
Uber and Lyft drivers protest at Los Angeles International Airport over what they say are unfair wages.
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New York Fashion Week slims down to five days

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 6, 2019
The event generates $600 million, but critics said it had grown too big and unwieldy.
A model walks the runway for the Elie Tahari show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Spring Studios on Sept 5.
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Why labor unions keep shrinking

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 22, 2019
It's not just the shift away from a manufacturing economy.
Labor union members protest Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's proposed budget cuts in 2011.
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Businesses tap virtual reality to train workers

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 21, 2019
VR training is being used to prep workers for Black Friday, for warehouse safety issues and to improve communication.
At Farmers Insurance in Los Angeles, Jessica DeCanio demonstrates how claims adjusters use virtual reality to train for the field.
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Truckers split on proposed rule changes

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 19, 2019
The proposal would allow drivers to split up mandatory breaks and extend the workday.
Trucks drive along Interstate Highway 90 in Chicago.
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Recession could sour the kombucha party at WeWork

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 14, 2019
The co-working space identified a downturn as a risk as it readies its IPO.
A WeWork location in Shanghai.
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Nike hopes parents will sign up for kids' sneaker club

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 12, 2019
Parents would pay a monthly fee starting at $20 for four pairs of shoes, but how many do kids really need?
People walk by a Nike store in Manhattan in 2018 in New York, New York.
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Could the gig be up for Uber and Lyft?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 9, 2019
A law under consideration in California would require the companies to classify their drivers as employees.
A woman holds up a sign as people protest outside Uber's corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California in May 2019.
Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lowe's outsources thousands of jobs to third-party contractors

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 5, 2019
The hardware retailer announced thousands of layoffs this week, but the jobs aren't going away
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States expand bans on asking job applicants for salary history

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 1, 2019
The question can perpetuate long-standing pay disparities among women and racial and ethnic groups.
A job seeker fills out an application at a career fair in midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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