Ex-Business Insider leaders starting personal finance newsletter
Jim Edwards, who previously ran Business Insider’s UK operations, and two other co-founders are starting MoneyIn2, which will offer personal finance advice to new investors and young people, reports Clara Aberneithie of Press Gazette. Aberneithie writes, “Childs said that MoneyIn2 will respond to two information gaps in the current personal finance news service. The first […]
Personal finance writer Geier departs for software engineering
Personal finance journalist Ben Geier has left journalism and is now studying software engineering. He was at CBS News covering personal finance. He previously was an editor at SmartAsset. He joined in March 2018 as an editor and writer. Before that, he covered all types of breaking news related to business, markets and financial policy at CNNMoney. Before […]
How the NYT’s Lieber explains personal finance
Sarah Bahr of the New York Times interviewed Ron Lieber, its personal finance columnist, about his work. Here is an excerpt: What makes for a good column? When I think about personal finance, there’s a kind of a Venn diagram of possible topics: things that are really expensive; processes that are really complicated; and decisions […]
CNBC expanding Make It personal finance brand
CNBC is expanding its its Make It personal finance brand, which it launched in 2016, with new ventures like a weekly TV series and online classes, reports Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter. Weprin reports, “Now the company is bringing the brand to other platforms, including a weekend TV series based on some of the digital […]
WSJ seeks a personal finance reporter to cover relationships
The Wall Street Journal’s personal finance team seeks an enterprising, creative reporter to explore money’s role in relationships, friendships and family life. Our relationship to money shapes all our bonds. The things we value most, how tight or loose we clutch the purse strings, our passions, pursuits and willingness to delay gratification help define who […]
Tarpley, senior editor at Business Insider, departs
Laura Grace Tarpley, a senior editor at Business Insider for personal finance coverage, has left the news organization for another opportunity. She oversaw coverage about mortgage rates, refinance rates, lenders, bank accounts, and borrowing and savings tips for Personal Finance Insider. She was a writer and editor for Business Insider’s “The Road to Home” series, […]
MarketWatch hires Wong to cover personal finance
MarketWatch.com has hired Venessa Wong as a personal finance reporter. Wong previously worked at BuzzFeed for eight years, most recently as a senior reporter. She was also deputy business and tech editor at BuzzFeed and wrote about money and how it’s spent. She had been at BuzzFeed since May 2015 and initially covered food, beverage, and restaurant […]
Brodbeck named chief money reporter at The Telegraph
Sam Brodbeck has been named the chief money reporter at The Telegraph. He previously was the money advice editor at The Telegraph. He was previously head of news at trade newspaper Money Marketing. He specializes in pensions. Brodbeck began as a junior reporter on the institutional pensions titles Pensions Insight and Engaged Investor before being promoted […]
RTDNA and NEFE launch plan to improve personal finance coverage
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) today launched a new content series that will help journalists improve their coverage of personal finance and economic issues. Finance 411 is a new content series that will appear bi-weekly on RTDNA.org, with weekly excerpts in RTDNA’s “Communicator” newsletter. The stories […]
Sun-Times launching new Money section
The Chicago Sun-Times has launched a new Money section. Money editor Subrina Hudson writes, “So it’s significant the Sun-Times has taken steps to be community first and invest in its newsroom. That’s why I joined the paper as its Money editor in May — without ever having visited Chicago or Illinois. After 11 years of business […]
