Marketplace reporter Beras is departing

Erika Beras, a reporter at Marketplace, is leaving the American Public Media radio show after four years. She has covered wealth and poverty, aging and other beats for Marketplace’s programs.

Her last day is Monday.

Beras is based in Pittsburgh. Her new job has not yet been announced.

She previously was a freelancer contributing radio stories to a variety of outlets. including NPR newsmagazines and Scientific American podcasts. She has written for National Geographic, NewYorker.com and other publications.

Beras also worked at WESA, the NPR station in Pittsburgh, for nearly seven years covering behavioral health stories. And she spent two years at the Miami Herald.

She has been awarded grants and fellowships from Radio Television Digital News Association, National Association of Science Writers, The International Center for Journalists, Third Coast International Audio Festival and others.

Beras has reported internationally from places as varied as The Democratic Republic of Congo and Switzerland and is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.