Stephanie Hughes

Site of first intense HIIT workout post-baby. Think I might throw up a little.

that's burying the lede: you read the Power Broker. I have it on the shelf.

In Oklahoma, financial literacy courses highlight the risks of gambling As more states adopt personal finance education requirements, they are tailoring the classwork to help students navigate their local economies.

In Oklahoma, which has more casinos than any other state but Nevada, high schoolers learn about odds, gambling addiction, and strategies for gambling responsibly as part of their personal finance education.

My latest from @marketplace.org

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What May inflation numbers might tell us about tariffs Keep your eye on an inflation measure that focuses exclusively on goods except for food and energy.

This week, I reported on how core goods inflation -- which is goods, taking out food and energy -- could be where we see the effects of tariffs on prices first.

But not yet. That measure was up 0% in May from the month before.

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Warner Bros. Discovery is the latest media company to announce it's splitting into smaller companies Its older cable networks will go into one company, its streaming services and movie empire another.

THANK YOU @hughesstephanie.bsky.social for entertaining our thoughts in today's @marketplace.org piece on the announced splitting of Warner Bros. Discovery into two new publicly traded entities!

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Do you guys know about application fees for day cares? They are a THING. Like, some places are in the hundreds of dollars. I now know about this now that I need a day care.

Colleges and students find it harder to get financial aid information after Department of Education cuts According to a new survey, nearly a third of colleges have dealt with delays in getting FAFSA information, which is key to providing students with answers about the cost of college attendance.

Cuts at the Department of Education are already impacting financial aid in big ways. @hughesstephanie.bsky.social of @marketplace.org talked to Robin Thompson in the financial aid office @hmc.edu about what she's seeing and the effects on students and colleges.

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“These are our new customers:" colleges seek out retirees as students On some campuses, the term “college senior” is taking on a whole new meaning.

“By 2034, there's going to be more Americans over 65 than there are under 20. This is the growth market for higher education in the future.” - Goucher President Kent Devereaux

I really enjoyed reporting this story, on the new meaning of a "college senior."

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I am in a customer service hell loop, and have twice been asked by the automated system if I want to do a survey about my thoughts on my experience, and I'm like...buddy, you really don't want my thoughts.

What is going on with sports tickets? Prices for admission to sporting events was up 9.3% in April from a year ago.

Now, that’s down from a 25.8% year over year increase in March, but damn, son, you’ve got to want to go to that Mets game. (Which, I do, CPI, I do.)

Spending by American companies on computers in Q1 grew at the fastest pace since 1983 According to GDP data out today, business investment in computers and related equipment grew nearly 113%.

1983 was around about the time that Time called the computer “the machine of the year.”

It was also the last time that company spending on computers grew as much as it did last quarter, as businesses tried to get ahead of tariffs:
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How a bath tub can help us understand what’s happening in the labor market Data out Tuesday from The Conference Board indicates consumers think the tub is draining faster than it’s filling up.

Thanks to @hughesstephanie.bsky.social at @marketplace.org for chatting with me yesterday:

“People are also telling you, you know what? I actually think the bathtub is going to drain a lot faster in the next few months.”

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I feel like "uncertainty" has to be the biggest word in the business journalism word cloud so far this year.

AI can't read the room Researchers at Johns Hopkins University tested several AI models’ ability to interpret how humans were interacting with each other in short videos and found they were largely unable to consistently de...

We learned that AI is still socially ... pretty awkward.

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For a story for Marketplace by APM, I'm hoping to talk to someone who used to have a mobile phone issued by the federal government, but lost access because they lost their job.

Is this you, or do you know someone like this? I'd love to talk before 130 ET. shughes@marketplace.org / 267-388-1450

Legislation to loosen child labor laws was written by DeSantis’ office, records show DeSantis’ involvement in writing the bill was not previously known.

DeSantis said "that a younger workforce could be part of the solution to replacing “dirt cheap” labor from migrants in the country illegally."
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“Things were good in mid-March, but what do they look like in mid-September?”

My pessimistic take on the coming damage to the US labor market, in conversation with @hughesstephanie.bsky.social at @marketplace.org :

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I wrote "9 pm" on my to-do list and drew a box around it earlier today, and now I am struggling to remember ... why. What do you think is happening at 9 tonight?

I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy

There's a special room in hell where you're on customer service with an AI that won't let you through to a human.

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."

Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅

Come join us!

"He not busy being born is busy dying."

Dylan this morning. Feels right.

In tech’s “intimacy economy,” teens may prefer relationships with bots to people - Marketplace Meetali Jain of the Tech Justice Law Project says companion chatbots are offered as a solution to loneliness and that some users are as young as 13. She calls the trend fascinating as well as dangerou...

In today's episode of @marketplace.org Tech, I get much more attached to an AI chatbot than I expect to be.

Excellent insights from Meetali Jain of the Tech Justice Law Project, great production by @jesusalv.bsky.social

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This week, @hughesstephanie.bsky.social and I have been busy reporting and producing our new series "The Infinite Scroll" for #MarketplaceTech, looking at how minors use social media, the harms that come with that online presence and the guardrails that exist to protect these young users.

Re-upping my story from last week: Tariffs on Canada could raise energy prices in the Northeast.

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My computer clock seems permanently stuck at 9:04, which--in a deadline world, is not going to work

Youngsters' social media habit has developmental impact, researcher says - Marketplace "Adolescents are glued to their phones around the clock," reports Eva Telzer of the University of North Carolina. In our new series "The Infinite Scroll," Telzer says that later in life, many wish the...

Today, @marketplace.org is launching its new series on kids on social media. It's called "The Infinite Scroll."

Today, @evatelzer.bsky.social, on how social media is changing adolescents' brains to make them more sensitive to peer feedback

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Whoa

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.

NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson is living in a D.C. townhouse that is the center of an evangelical pastor’s secretive influence campaign — and the home is owned by a major GOP donor.

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