Senior editor Rubloff among the Bankrate.com layoffs

Senior editor Tori Rubloff was among the layoffs at Bankrate.com this week. Rubloff has been in charge of personal finance and lifestyle coverage, managing staff reporters. She has been with the company since 2021. She also worked at Fractl and FinanceBuzz. Rubloff holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Florida.
Credit care writer Thomas among Bankrate.com layoffs

Credit card reporter Seychelle Thomas was among the layoffs at personal finance news site Bankrate.com earlier this week. Thomas had been at Bankrate.com for nearly two years. “Saying goodbye to this chapter and the amazing people I’ve met along the way is tough and feels unreal,” she wrote on LinkedIn. “Hell, I had to remind myself not […]
NPR seeks a personal finance reporter

The Reporter II, Personal Finance covers one of the most essential public-service beats at NPR because it has the capacity to affect all decisions in a person’s life. It encompasses housing, living with debt, retirement and investments, taxes, and how banks treat — or mistreat — customers. The ideal candidate will jump on breaking news […]
Senior money writer Kirby departs Telegraph

Josh Kirby, a senior money writer at The Telegraph, has left to become a freelance writer. He was previously chief writer at Times Money Mentor and prior to this, he worked as an analyst for MoneySavingExpert under Martin Lewis, the consumer champion. Kirby holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Leeds.
Times of London drops “Money Mentor” section

The Times of London has closed its “Money Mentor’ section and says it is relaunching its personal finance offering instead, report Alice Brooker and Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Brooker and Tobitt report, “The Times launched Money Mentor in December 2019 as a free, in-front of the paywall site designed to ‘demystify finance’ and make it “less complex and […]
CNBC names Grant its senior personal finance editor

Kelli Grant has been named senior personal finance editor at CNBC. She has been deputy personal finance editor for the past three years, reporting to Jim Pavia, who recently left. Grant spent more than three years as a senior editor at Grow. Before Grow, she served as a personal finance reporter for CNBC.com. Previously, she worked as […]
WSJ taps Eisen as personal finance bureau chief

Ben Eisen has been named personal finance bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal. He has been deputy bureau chief since February 2024. As a reporter, his articles have focused on the people who power the American economy and its financial system. He has traveled the country to report on families trying to obtain homeownership and […]
Pensions & Investments hires Samuels as a reporter

Remy Samuels has been hired by Pensions & Investments as a reporter covering exchange traded funds. Samuels previously was reporting on the retirement industry at Plansponsor Magazine. Prior to this role, Samuels was a local news reporter for Patch.com covering New Jersey politics, government and business. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.
CNN hires Riva as senior money editor

CNN has hired Alberto Riva as senior money editor. He will be in charge of money coverage, including travel, credit cards and points and miles, at CNN Underscored. Riva most recently was an editor at Upgraded Points. He also worked at Forbes Marketplace International as editor in chief and The Points Guy as managing editor. Before that, […]
Credit cards correspondent Fan among the BI layoffs

Credit cards correspondent Katherine Fan is among the layoffs this week at Business Insider. She previously had been a senior editor at the publication. Fan had also worked at NerdWallet and The Points Guy. As a freelancer, she’s has more than 1,800 articles published by The Points Guy, Nerdwallet, Business Insider, USA TODAY Blueprint, LendingTree, Forbes Advisor, […]