Marketplace explains in a way that people can understand

Lucas Shaw of The Wrap interviewed Deborah Clark, the new executive producer of “Marketplace,” the business show on public radio.

Here is an excerpt:

What is the first order of business as the new head of editorial?
We have a great opportunity right now. What’s been happening in recent weeks in particular with lots of market turmoil is it means people are focused again on the economy and the direction this country is headed in terms of its growth, economic health and its place in the world. Our job is to take that and go with it.

What “Marketplace” has always been good at is explaining it all in a way that people who aren’t business types can understand. That doesn’t mean dumbing it down but taking complicated issues and making them understandable.

Has anything surprised you in the media’s coverage of all this economic turmoil?
I was at a dinner party on the day the debt ceiling deal finally happened, and it’s so interesting because it was just a group of regular people — we all have kids the same age and we were swimming, hanging out on a nice L.A. afternoon — and they wanted to know from me what was happening with the debt. Talking it through, I was surprised at their level of knowledge.

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