Washington Post’s Singletary wins NABJ award
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery and executive local editor Jamie Stockwell sent out the following: We are delighted to announce that two Washington Post journalists were honored with Salute to Excellence awards by the National Association of Black Journalists at its annual conference last weekend. Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary took first place in the commentary/essay […]
Bankrate seeks an investing editor
Red Ventures is looking for an Investing Editor to join the Bankrate team. The editor will work with a high-performing team of staff writers, oversee assignments to freelancers, and collaborate with our editorial and SEO teams to optimize content for search engines. The investing editor should have strong editing skills, as well as excellent […]
CNET seeks a mortgage editor
CNET is looking for a versatile editor with experience writing and editing mortgage, real estate market and home equity content. Personal finance editors at CNET help readers navigate some of life’s most consequential financial decisions — from shopping for a mortgage to leveraging the equity you’ve built in your home. We’re looking for an editor […]
SF Chronicle hires Roy as personal finance columnist
Jessica Roy is joining the San Francisco Chronicle as its personal finance and utility columnist. Roy will write about how to build and manage wealth for readers at various life stages and income levels. She’ll cover California’s tax code, the insurance crisis, real estate, budgeting, gas versus electric, grocery bills, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. […]
Yahoo Finance seeks a consumer affairs reporter
Yahoo Finance is seeking an experienced reporter to build on and elevate that coverage. We’re looking for a journalist who will quickly become an authority on consumer topics by following the CFPB, FTC, Department of Labor and other agencies and writing about how their actions and rulings impact consumers; following changes in tax legislation; and […]
Tepper joins Forbes Advisor as senior writer
Forbes Advisor has hired Taylor Tepper as a senior writer focusing on the saving and spending behavior of consumers. He has been the lead editor of the banking vertical at USA Today Blueprint. Before that, Tepper was at Forbes Advisor as a retirement writer covering retirement and investment. Tepper was also with Wirecutter where he worked as […]
Clements, facing death, doesn’t back away from personal finance advice
New York Times personal finance columnist Ron Lieber writes about former Wall Street Journal personal finance columnist Jonathan Clements, who has been diagnosed with cancer. Lieber writes, “Those are the words of Jonathan Clements, 61, who wrote more than 1,000 personal finance columns for The Wall Street Journal between 1994 and 2015. Plan on living past 90 and save accordingly, […]
Purkess promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun
Laura Purkess has been promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun. She will maintain her Consumer Champion role. She was previously consumer champion and senior consumer reporter at The Sun. Prior to that she was a reporter for Money Mail at The Daily Mail for a year, having previously been news editor at Citywire […]
CNBC Make It hires Bhaimiya as a reporter
Sawdah Bhaimiya has been hired by CNBC Make It as a reporter covering careers, success and personal finance. She previously was at Business Insider as a reporter covering industries such as tech, retail and transportation. She also wrote about careers and workplace trends, Gen Z and social media, and emerging industries such as artificial intelligence. […]
Longtime personal finance journalist Waggoner has retired
John Waggoner, a longtime personal finance journalist, retired last week. He has been writing for AARP for the part five years. He previously was at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance as senior associate editor. Waggoner also worked at Investment News covering mutual funds, ETFs and investing in general from January 2016 to June 2018. He previously spent nearly […]