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Olga Oksman

Assistant Managing Editor

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Olga Oksman is the digital assistant managing editor for Marketplace, based in the New York City bureau. She oversees the website and newsletter teams.

Her previous work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, Vice, Gizmodo and McSweeney's. She once trained to be a clinical psychologist before becoming a journalist.

Latest Stories (6)

Elections 2020

Are Americans doing better or worse economically than they were 4 years ago?

by Mitchell Hartman , Gabriel Cortes and Olga Oksman
Sep 24, 2020
We graphed (and explained) economic issues from health care coverage to median income to mortgage delinquencies.
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Hurricane Harvey flooding dredges up scams

by Olga Oksman
Aug 29, 2017
Along with donations and an outpouring of help come the cons and rumors.
People walk through the flooded streets of Galveston, Texas, on Aug. 26.
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Would you let your boss microchip you?

by Ben Johnson and Olga Oksman
Jul 26, 2017
The vending machine firm sees radio-frequency identification chips inserted directly into the hands of their employees as the future.
A microchip implant like the kind Three Square Market uses, inserted under the skin.
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Kidnapping and extortion insurance — for your computer

by Ben Johnson and Olga Oksman
Jun 30, 2017
Insurance companies are offering cyber polices for when your data is the hostage.
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FIFA corruption report has scandals but no disqualification

by Olga Oksman
Jun 28, 2017
FIFA released a 2014 report looking at ethics violations in the World Cup host nation selection process for 2018 and 2022.
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First map of Disneyland sells for $708,000 at auction

by Olga Oksman
Jun 26, 2017
It was created by Walt Disney and fellow illustrator Herb Ryman in just one weekend to woo theme park investors in 1953.
Mickey Mouse and his friends celebrate the 60th anniversary of Disneyland Park during a ceremony at Sleeping Beauty Castle in Anaheim, California.
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