Kiplinger's Personal Finance names Bodnar as next editor

Janet Bodnar, deputy editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine since 2005, has been named its new editor, succeeding retiring editor Fred W. Frailey.

Bodnar came to Kiplinger’s as a writer in 1979, following jobs at The Providence Journal and Washington Post newspapers.  She is a nationally recognized columnist, book author and speaker in the field of children’s and women’s finances, as well as other financial topics.

Frailey, a former newspaperman and assistant managing editor at U.S. News and World Report, came to Kiplinger’s in 1987 and led the magazine as editor for eight years. The author of several books on investing, Frailey recruited to Kiplinger’s several high-profile columnists, including Wharton School finance professor Jeremy Siegel and James K. Glassman of the American Enterprise Institute. He also oversaw the integration of Kiplinger’s print and Web content in personal finance.

“Fred Frailey is handing over to Janet Bodnar a magazine at the peak of its editorial vitality, serving our 800,000 subscribers and millions of Web visitors with compelling content,” said Knight Kiplinger, editor in chief and president of the parent company, in a statement. Kiplinger’s magazine created the field of personal-finance publishing at its founding in 1947.

Bodnar is the second woman to head Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, following Marjorie White‘s six-year editorship in the 1980s.  A graduate of St. Bonaventure University, Bodnar earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she was later a Knight-Bagehot fellow in business and economic journalism.