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American radio and television journalist (born )

David A. Brancaccio (; born May 17, ) is an American radio and television journalist.

He is the host of the public radio business program Marketplace Morning Report and the PBSnewsmagazineNow.

Biography

Early life and education

Brancaccio was born in New York City and grew up in Waterville, Maine.

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His father is Italian American and his mother is AshkenaziJewish American.^{[1][failed verification]} He began his career in broadcasting on WTVL radio in at the age of fifteen. He received a Bachelor of Arts in African Studies and History from Wesleyan University in and a master's in journalism from Stanford University in He traveled widely, spending his fourth grade in Rome, his ninth grade in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar and his senior year in college in Legon, Ghana.

Career

In , Brancaccio began contributing to the public radio program Marketplace. He was first named as the program