Snider named senior editor for financial advisors at US News

Susannah Snider has been named senior editor for financial advisors at US News & World Report. She previously was senior editor for personal finance. Snider will be working to develop and create content for financial advisors. She’ll also be editing and writing a bit for the Investing team. Since 2010, she has reported on a […]

Q&A with consumer finance reporter Erica Sandberg

For ten years, Erica Sandberg worked in a non-profit organization for credit counseling and budgeting. Craving flexibility and freedom, Sandberg wrote a personal finance book and walked out of her office the day it hit the shelves to begin her freelance career as a reporter and writer. Sandberg was in uncharted waters. “I had a […]

CNBC Make It seeks a personal finance reporter

CNBC Digital is looking to hire a talented reporter to join the NYC-based Make It brand. CNBC’s Make It is a fast-growing, consumer-friendly section of CNBC, devoted to aspirational content about money, entrepreneurship, leadership and careers. The Reporter will be a member of the Money team. They will be responsible for pitching and creating engaging […]

Why Bloomberg is launching a personal finance website

Pratish Narayanan, team leader for Bloomberg’s new personal finance initiative, writes about why it has launched the website Bloomberg Wealth. Narayanan writes, “The Covid-19 crisis has left millions of people feeling insecure over their personal finances, bringing to the fore questions around where to live, how to work, what to study and how to prepare for […]

Bloomberg is launching a personal finance site

Bloomberg will launch on Thursday Bloomberg Wealth, a new editorial vertical to help readers and viewers make smarter decisions about their personal finances, including divorce and moving, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports, “Bloomberg Wealth will include 6 pillars: Investing, Savings & Retirement, Taxes, Living (where to live, renting vs. buying, divorce, etc.), Reinvention (education, careers, networking, […]

CNBC hires Reinicke for personal finance team

CNBC has hired Business Insider reporter Carmen Reinicke for its personal finance team. She had bene covering the U.S. economy and markets at Business Insider based in New York. Carmen previously covered emerging markets and consumer companies at Bloomberg and personal finance at CNBC. She’s an alumna of Vassar College and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of […]

Why the Washington Post hired Michelle Singletary

Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary writes about the conversation she had with business editor David Vise, who hired her in 1992. Singletary writes, “When I was first hired at The Washington Post, I found I had to repeatedly explain my qualifications to colleagues. So after one staff meeting, I went to the business editor, […]

Kiplinger seeks a personal finance reporter

Kiplinger, a dynamic and forward-thinking Washington, D.C.-based publisher of online and print information, seeks an experienced reporter to write personal finance features for its line of successful print and digital publications, including Kiplinger.com and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, and to contribute to other publications, print and digital.  The position requires the ability to produce impartial, timely information and advice […]

Consumer Reports seeks writer/reporter for home and appliances

Consumer Reports, one of the world’s most influential mission-driven testing and media organizations, reaches more than 15 million unique visitors through CR.org every month. CR is looking for an enthusiastic and creative reporter/writer who can develop highly engaging content on a variety of topics related to the home. As a staff writer on CR’s Home […]

How the WSJ is using a course-style newsletter to provide personal finance

Kayleigh Barber of Digiday writes about how The Wall Street Journal is using the Six-Week Money Challenge to provide personal finance coverage. Barber writes, “The Wall Street Journal launched its first free, course-style newsletter, the Six-Week Money Challenge, this month, which provides instructional steps each week that readers can follow to increase their knowledge about personal […]