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Jane Bryant Quinn set to speak at the personal finance conference on Oct. 3

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Jane Bryant Quinn, personal finance author and columnist

NEW YORK — Nationally known personal finance author and columnist Jane Bryant Quinn will be the keynote speaker at a personal finance conference co-sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) on Oct. 3 at the Museum of American Finance.

Quinn’s long career includes, “Staying Ahead,” a highly successful newspaper column that ran for 27 years.  Other accomplishments include a 30 year run of a biweekly column for Newsweek magazine, biweekly columns for Bloomberg.com, Woman’s Day and Good Housekeeping as well as numerous stints on television.

Today, she continues to write about personal finance for CBS MoneyWatch.com. and the AARP Bulletin. She is the editorial director of Main Street Connect, a national community news company that she founded with her husband, Carll Tucker.

For SABEW, the conference is a revival of past personal finance events held in New York and in the Midwest, said Warren Watson, SABEW executive director. This is the first personal finance collaboration with NEFE, a leader in inspiring empowered financial decision-making for individuals and families.

As an author, Quinn’s book, “Making the Most of Your Money,” was named by Consumers Union as the best personal finance book on the market.

A few of Quinn’s many honors include an Emmy Award and the Janus Award for outstanding coverage of news on television. She was also the recipient of the Gerald Loeb award for distinguished lifetime achievement in business and financial journalism in 1997. In the same year, she was named one of the “100 Most Influential Business Journalists” by The Journalist and Financial Reporter newsletter.

Quinn joins other journalists and experts for the one-day personal finance conference designed to help reporters cultivate story ideas, share best practices and understand research initiatives in behavioral finance.
 
Registration is required.

This is a separate event from SABEW’s fall conference being held at CUNY.

Exterior - credit Alan BarnettThe personal finance conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Museum of American Finance at 48 Wall St. in the city’s Financial District.

Registration is free for SABEW members and just $25 for non-members.

View the schedule here.

“This event will share a wealth of information for journalists working in this field,” said Watson.   “Our goal is to help journalists inspire their audiences to stay engaged through timely and deep reporting.”

Whether through broadcast, digital or print, reporters, writers and bloggers are looking for personal finance stories that they can deliver to their audience in compelling ways. This workshop will feature panels and speakers on a wide range of topics.

  • Aging and Finances: the effects of cognitive decline in financial decision making; how to identify the warning signs and what families should do about it.
  •   Bridging the Disconnect: from teens and seniors to women and minorities, which groups are having the most trouble with their finances and how do we fix it.
  • The Student Loan Stumper: what are the borrowing differences, outstanding balances and default rates on private loans vs. federal loans and how families can lessen their dependency on student loans.

 

Registration for this event is separate from registration for SABEW’s fall conference, which begins on the evening of Oct. 3, continuing for a full day on Oct. 4.

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