NerdWallet’s Richards leaving to teach at Syracuse
Alex Richards, a data reporter and editor at NerdWallet, has been hired by Syracuse University to join its faculty. Richards will primarily teach data journalism. Richards has been at NerdWallet since July 2016 and was originally part of a team devoted to telling consumer finance stories in the public’s interest. He most recently has been […]
LA Times hires Read to be its Seattle reporter
The Los Angeles Times has hired Richard Read, most recently part of the NerdWallet investigations team, to be its Seattle correspondent. In an email to the staff, executive editor Norm Pearlstine wrote: Rich joins us as our Northwest correspondent based in Seattle. Rich spent more than two decades at the Oregonian in Portland, where he won the 1999 […]
NerdWallet discontinues investigation team, cuts four positions
Personal finance site NerdWallet is disbanding its four-person investigative team, and those four people will be leaving the company. Their last day is Feb. 1. NerdWallet had created the investigative team in 2016, hiring a Pulitzer Prize winner, among others. NerdWallet said it plans to make greater investments in other areas of its business. “Content […]
NerdWallet’s Hubbard returning to LA Times
Amy Hubbard, the lead assigning editor for banking coverage at NerdWallet, is leaving the personal finance website and returning to the Los Angeles Times. Her last day at NerdWallet, where she has been since May 2015, will be Nov. 16. She was also an assigning editor on the small business team while there. At the […]
Two NerdWallet staffers leave, looking for other work
Two NerdWallet editorial staffers have recently left the personal finance website and are looking for new jobs. Jackie Zimmerman worked as a personal finance writer for NerdWallet for two years and eight months. She has also been a contributing editor to A Women’s Thing, a women’s feminist literary publication. Zimmerman also worked as an editorial assistant […]
How personal finance site NerdWallet got its start
Tom Huddleston Jr. of CNBC Make It writes about Tim Chen, the cofounder and CEO of personal finance website NerdWallet, which sees 10 million monthly visitors and is valued at more than $500 million. Huddleston writes, “Chen says he drew on his own finance experience and still it took him, a professional, a week of […]
NerdWallet seeks a credit cards reporter
NerdWallet is looking for a great writer with an entrepreneurial mindset to report on credit cards from a consumer-first perspective. You have ideas and subject-area expertise to contribute. You want to do more than earn a living. You want to help build a business. You’re highly comfortable with change and taking constructive criticism. You’re a […]
NerdWallet promotes two to deputy director of content
Personal finance site NerdWallet has promoted two journalists to be deputy director of content. NerdWallet has promoted Marcus Chan to deputy director of content. Previously, Chan was an assigning editor who focused on data-driven content. Before joining NerdWallet, Chan was technology editor for Bloomberg.com. Previously, he was the San Francisco Chronicle’s business editor, technology editor and database editor, […]
NerdWallet adds nine to its reporting, editing staff
Personal finance site NerdWallet.com has hired nine new editorial staffers. They are: Andrea Coombes has joined NerdWallet as a reporter covering investing. She has been covering personal finance for more than 15 years. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle and other outlets. As personal-finance editor at MarketWatch, […]
NerdWallet seeks a digital media strategist in San Francisco
NerdWallet is looking for a highly creative media mind to transform content and distribution strategies into holistic cross-platform experiences for our users. The Digital Media Strategist will collaborate with best-in-class creative and editorial teams identifying key opportunities to distribute our content while further supporting those efforts by translating the article itself into snackable, compelling copy. […]
