Zoe Chace
Zoe Chace explains the mysteries of the global economy for NPR's Planet Money. As a reporter for the team, Chace knows how to find compelling stories in unlikely places, including a lollipop factory in Ohio struggling to stay open, a pasta plant in Italy where everyone calls in sick, and a recording studio in New York mixing Rihanna's next hit.
In 2008, Chace came to NPR to work as an intern on Weekend Edition Saturday. As a production assistant on NPR's Arts Desk, she developed a beat covering popular music and co-created Pop Off, a regular feature about hit songs for Morning Edition. Chace shocked the music industry when she convinced the famously reclusive Lauryn Hill to sit down for an interview.
Chace got her economic training on the job. She reported for NPR's Business Desk, then began to contribute to Planet Money in 2011. Since then Chace has also pitched in to cover breaking news for the network. She reported live from New York during Hurricane Sandy and from Colorado during the 2012 Presidential election.
There is much speculation on the Internet about where Chace picked up her particular accent. She explains that it's a proprietary blend: a New England family, a Manhattan childhood, college at Oberlin in Ohio, and a first job as a teacher in a Philadelphia high school.
The radio training comes from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, and collaboration with NPR's best editors, producers and reporters.
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Sandy took a big swipe at lower Manhattan on Monday, which is best known for Wall Street and the financial district. While the New York Stock Exchange will be back in operation on Wednesday, some small businesses took a much more punishing hit.
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The viral hit isn't a fluke. South Korea has been cultivating a global music business for decades.
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China's national statistics office works hard, but the country is so big and changing so quickly that it's hard to keep track of what's going on. -
There are some things you just can't live without. Gas. Electricity. Bacon. No matter the price, you're gonna buy it. That's why many countries have strategic reserves of basic necessities -
When it comes to trade between China and the US, this one complaint comes up a lot. Some people say China is rigging the game in favor of their exports. -
The bizarre tale includes a do-gooder who skipped town, an epically mismanaged incinerator, and possible criminal behavior. -
Lots of entrepreneurs are starting companies in order to sell them. A new Tumblr captures the zeitgeist.
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And what happened when a guy called in sick so he could play soccer. -
The eurozone was supposed to create one big labor market by making it easy to cross borders for work. -
Maastricht recently passed a law banning foreigners from buying marijuana.
