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WaPo columnist Olen departs

Helaine Olen

Helaine Olen, a columnist at The Washington Post, has left. She wrote on X/Twitter:

“Personal news: There’s no great way to announce this. I’m out at the Washington Post. I was supposed to be there 6 months, instead I stayed 6 yrs. As my goodbye, I’m sharing links to my personal favorites of my own columns. Enjoy!”

Olen has also worked as a financial policy consultant.

She freelanced for The New York Times, Reuters, Rolling Stone, AARP The Magazine, The Atlantic, American Public Media’s Marketplace, Conde Nast’s Portfolio, The Big Money and Fortune Small Business.

She worked as a columnist, staff writer and contributor at Slate Magazine and also contributed to the Los Angeles Times.

She is the author of “Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry” (2013) and co-author of “The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to be Complicated” (2016).

Olen graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts.

Reach out to Olen via X/Twitter or LinkedIn.

Mariam Ahmed

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