Nova Safo
SHORT BIO
Nova Safo is a correspondent for Marketplace, and co-host of the “Marketplace Minute” newscast.
He returned to Marketplace after a three-year detour at the international news wire service Agence France-Presse, where he was a Midwest correspondent covering 16 states and serving thousands of clients in print, online news, and broadcast TV and radio.
He has also been a correspondent for the now-shuttered CNN Radio, a staff journalist at NPR and Yahoo! News, and freelancer for SoundVision Productions, LA Public Media (a project of the CPB and Radio Bilingue) and other outlets.
Latest Stories (362)
Apple releases privacy update that clamps down on data tracking
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Nova Safo
Apr 27, 2021
Apple’s privacy feature requires apps that track users’ web activities to get their express permission before doing so.
Music, food and myth-busting bring vaccines to hesitant farmworkers
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Nova Safo
Apr 14, 2021
As much as 18% of the U.S. agricultural and farmworker population has tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 5% of the general population.
Many will see $1,400 COVID payments hit bank accounts today
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David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
Mar 17, 2021
Tens of millions of taxpayers will get the direct payments Wednesday if the IRS has their direct deposit information.
Why self-driving cars are designed to look like overgrown toys
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Nova Safo
Mar 9, 2021
To make customers comfortable with mobile robots, companies are designing in approachability and familiarity.
What the expansion of federal unemployment aid covers
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David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
Feb 26, 2021
The headline is that people who’ve turned down work for health and safety reasons can be eligible for federal aid.
California can enforce its net neutrality law, judge rules
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David Brancaccio
and Nova Safo
Feb 24, 2021
After the FCC scrapped net neutrality rules in 2017, California enacted its own. Those have been challenged in court ever since.
Facebook blocks news in Australia
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Nova Safo
and Rose Conlon
Feb 18, 2021
Facebook's decision to wipe the news feeds came in response to lawmakers coming closer to passing a landmark new law.
HealthCare.gov reopens for enrollment
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Nova Safo
Feb 15, 2021
Over the last four years, millions have dropped off the ACA.
Aunt Jemima rebrands as Pearl Milling Company
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Nova Safo
Feb 10, 2021
It's part of a reappraisal of brands long criticized for their demeaning or racist roots.
Who might get $1,400 stimulus checks with next COVID relief package?
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Nova Safo
Feb 9, 2021
The income threshold for stimulus checks remains the same at $75,000 per person and $150,000 per couple.