News startup The Messenger has hired Lynnley Browning to run its wealth and power team.
She has been the Financial Planning wealth editor covering taxes, asset management and investment strategies for the publication.
A longtime and award-winning business journalist, Browning has reported for Rate.com, Bloomberg, Reuters, Newsweek, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe.
She speaks fluent Russian and started her career as a foreign correspondent in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
She holds a BA in Slavic languages and literatures from Princeton University and an MA in comparative literature from The University of Texas at Austin.