Donna Tam

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)

Help for Flint: Senate approves water funding bill

by Donna Tam

Sep 15, 2016

The bill includes more than $200 million in funding for the struggling city.

Flint resident Matt Hopper holds Nyla Hopper, 5, after she had her blood drawn to be tested for lead in January. Free lead screenings were performed for Flint children 6 and younger. >

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Laurene Powell Jobs’ $100 million incentive for a new kind of school

by Donna Tam

Sep 15, 2016

The philanthropist doubles her commitment to reinvent education.

Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, is planning to redesign high school education by awarding $100 million to 10 schools in the U.S.

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Why payphones are still a thing in Hawaii

by Donna Tam

Sep 13, 2016

The island state leads the nation in payphones per capita.

Three sailors making telephone calls via payphones in Key West, Florida circa 1955.

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First renewable energy boat to sail around the world

by Donna Tam

Sep 12, 2016

The “Solar Impulse of the seas” starts a historic 6-year journey next year.

A man works on the hull of the Energy Observer on Sept. 6 in Saint-Malo, western France. The Energy Observer will be the first autonomous boat powered by hydrogen and renewable energy.

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Airbnb thinks increased instant bookings will curb discrimination

by Donna Tam

Sep 8, 2016

The site will also downplay profile pictures and introduce racial bias training for its hosts.

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Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit, with an apology

by Donna Tam

Sep 6, 2016

Former anchor Gretchen Carlson gets a reported $20 million from the network.

Roger Ailes enters a car outside the News Corp building in July in New York City. Fox will reportedly pay Gretchen Carlson $20 million as part of the settlement after a sexual assault lawsuit against Ailes.

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Let’s do the numbers: Vin Scully’s last six games

by Donna Tam

Sep 2, 2016

As the Hall of Fame announcer’s last season comes to a close, we take a look at some of his milestone figures.

Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully acknowledges applause from fans in front of wife Sandi Scully, and sons Kevin Scully and Todd Scully before the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on September 23, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

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How Twitter may treat white nationalists and ISIS differently

by Donna Tam

Sep 1, 2016

A new study shows that Twitter is shutting down the accounts of Nazi sympathizers less than those of radical Islamists.

Research from George Washington University suggests that Twitter users who self-identify as "white supremacists" often have a larger number of followers than ISIS member accounts.

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Let’s do the numbers: the U.S. relationship with Mexico

by Donna Tam and Tony Wagner

Aug 31, 2016

Donald Trump’s meeting with the Mexican president highlights the U.S.’s close ties with the neighboring country.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and US presidential candidate Donald Trump shake hands after a meeting in Mexico City on August 31, 2016. Trump stunned the political establishment when he announced late Tuesday that he was making the surprise trip south of the border to meet with Pena Nieto, a sharp Trump critic.

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Naked Donald Trump statue could auction for $20,000

by Donna Tam

Aug 31, 2016

Presidential nominee art, including a statue of Trump and an image of Clinton, could fetch thousands of dollars at auction.

A passerby looks at a statue depicting republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the nude on August 18, 2016 in San Francisco, United States. This is one of five such statues created by Anarchist collective INDECLINE across five U.S. cities.

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