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Nancy Farghalli

Executive Producer

Nancy is the executive producer of “Marketplace,” a daily radio program hosted by Kai Ryssdal that reaches more than 12.5 million people weekly. She oversees all daily production and content of “Marketplace,” guiding the show’s series, specials and regular programming. Prior to this role, Nancy held several positions at Marketplace, serving as lead pilot producer for podcasts and senior editor of the Wealth & Poverty Desk. In this position, she worked with a reporting team to cover social mobility, wealth disparity and the economics of mobility. She created and produced the award-winning podcast “The Uncertain Hour.” She has led production of live events, such as Marketplace’s 2012 election tour and the 25th anniversary roadshow tour. She also collaborated with the BBC, Slate, The New York Times and ProPublica on investigative and immersive series focused on health care economics, immigration and wage politics. Nancy is on the board of SABEW, the Association for Business Journalists. She played a critical role in special coverage streams — including the last three presidential elections, the Great Recession and news about the Middle East and the Arab Spring. Nancy worked on the Emmy Award-winning series “Big Sky, Big Money,” a PBS “Frontline” documentary about money in politics, produced in partnership with Marketplace.

Latest from Nancy Farghalli

  • Two Iranian women work at an Internet cafe in Tehran in 2004.
    Henghameh Fahimi, AFP/Getty Images

    Recently the Iranian government restricted use of high-speed Internet for residents there, and it's having a far-reaching effect. Nancy Farghalli explains.

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  • 'Arab American Democrat' buttons
    Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

    Michigan's 400,000-strong Arab community has been pushing to register new voters as the gubernatorial election nears, but they're missing one crucial political element: donations. Nancy Farghalli reports.

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  • Gateway to the Middle East?

    Dearborn, Mich., is home to some 30,000 Arab Americans. Many of them run their own businesses and that has transformed areas of the Detroit suburb once considered lifeless. Nancy Farghalli has the story.

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  • Members of the Dib family walk with salvaged items from their destroyed home in the southern suburbs in Beirut August 14, 2006.
    Spencer Platt (c) Getty Images

    Many Lebanese Americans are facing the dilemma over whether to send money to help rebuild their ancestral homeland — again. Nancy Farghalli reports.

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  • Egyptians hold up banners during a protest in front of the parliament building in Cairo in 2004. Some 400 people gathered to protest against the prime minister who they say has failed to curb unemployment and the increase in the cost of living.
    Amro Maraghi (c) AFP/Getty Images

    Most people think a college education is the ticket for a good, well-paying job. But college grads in Egypt are finding that's not always true. Nancy Farghalli reports.

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  • Egyptians walks past 150 new taxi cabs aligned in one of Cairo's main squares.
    Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

    The Egyptian government has rolled out a fleet of new eco-friendly yellow cabs, replacing the older, smoggier variety. It's a sign that the country's getting serious about air pollution — but there is one catch, Nancy Farghalli reports.

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  • The Great Pyramides of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus in Giza, Cairo, Egypt
    Marco Di Lauro (c) Getty Images

    Egypt has plans to broaden the country's tourism appeal beyond just the pyramids. Nancy Farghalli tells us what's coming.

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  • A game company set up a giant Sudoku puzzle game board in New York City's Times Square, challenging passers-by to complete the puzzle in eight minutes or less.
    Chris Hondros (c) Getty Images

    It's has been a year since the puzzle game started to appear in US papers, and it's pretty much created its own business empire since. Nancy Farghalli has the story.

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  • Apr 26, 2006

    Paying for college

    Harvard University students chat in the quad on campus
    William B. Plowman (c) Getty Images

    May 1 is the deadline to accept most college offers and with that yes comes a big financial bill. As Nancy Farghalli reports, the competition to help families pay is heating up.

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  • Feb 21, 2006

    Amana funds

    Pakistani staff and customers at the first Islamic bank, Meezan Bank, in Karachi

    What's the secret to one of the most profitable mutual funds around? As Nancy Farghalli reports, it's Islamic law.

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