American journalist
Jane Bryant Quinn
Born (1939-02-05 ) February 5, 1939 (age 85) Alma mater
Middlebury College Occupation Journalist Spouses
Carll Tucker
(
m. 2008)
Children 2 biological and 3 stepchildren, including
Martha Quinn Awards
Gerald Loeb Award (1995)
Jane Bryant Quinn (born February 5, 1939) is an
American financial journalist.
[1]
[2] Her columns talk about financial topics such as investor protection, health insurance, Social Security, and the sufficiency of retirement plans.
Biography
She was born in
Niagara Falls, New York , and graduated
magna cum laude from
Middlebury College in
Vermont , where she was a member of
Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women. She is a contributing editor for
Newsweek , where she wrote a biweekly column for 30 years, retiring it in 2009. She also writes a bimonthly column for
Bloomberg.com .
Her twice-weekly, syndicated
Washington Post Writers Group column, "Staying Ahead", ran for 27 years in over 250 newspapers and is considered one of the most successful newspaper columns.[
by whom? ] She retired it after a 27-year run.
[3] Quinn was co-founder, editor and general manager of
McGraw-Hill 's "Personal Finance Letter." She was a reporter, then a co-editor of the consumer publication, "The Insider's Newsletter," formerly published by
Cowles Communications .
[4] She worked for
CBS News , first on
The CBS Morning News , then on
The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather . She has been a regular on ABC's
The Home Show as well as a guest on
Good Morning America ,
Nightline , and other programs.[
citation needed ]
She has also written personal finance columns for
Woman's Day and
Good Housekeeping . She hosted the
PBS program on personal finance,
Take Charge , and co-hosted an investment series
Beyond Wall Street , also on PBS.[
citation needed ]
She helped develop the software program
Quicken Financial Planner . [
citation needed ]
She has served on the boards of the
Harvard School of Public Health , the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of
Bard College and her alma mater, Middlebury College. She is currently a director of
Bloomberg L.P ., the financial services company, and of
GSE Systems, Inc.
[5] The
World Almanac named her one of the 25 most influential and powerful women in America. [
citation needed ]
Starting in 2010, Quinn became editorial director of
hyperlocal media startup
Main Street Connect , where she is also a member of its board of directors.
[6]
Her late husband, David C. Quinn, was a lawyer. She has two sons, Matthew Ostrowski and Justin Quinn. She has three stepchildren, David P. Quinn,
Martha Quinn , and Christopher Quinn. She married author Carll Tucker in 2008.
[7]
Awards
1979
Supersisters trading card set (one of the cards featured Quinn's name and picture)
[8]
1981, 1982, 1984,
National Press Club 's Consumer Journalism Award
1983 Matrix Award in Magazines
1984 New York State Award for Women of Distinction in the Field of Journalism
1986 National Headliner Award for Consistently Outstanding Magazine Feature Column
1987
Consumer Federation of America 's Outstanding Consumer Media Service Award
1992, 1995
John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism
1995
Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary
[9]
1995 ICI Education Foundation American University Journalism Award for Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting
1997 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award
[10]
1997, 1998 "100 Most Influential Business Journalists" – The Journalist and Financial Reporter newsletter
2005
National Consumers League Trumpeter Award for Consumer Journalism
Books
1978 Everyone's Money Book (Delacorte Press)
1991 Making the Most of Your Money (Simon & Schuster)
1994 A Hole in the Market (The Whittle Company)
1997 Making the Most of Your Money (2nd edition)
2006 Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People (Simon & Schuster)
2009 Making the Most of Your Money – Completely Revised (3rd edition)
2016 How to Make Your Money Last (Simon & Schuster)
References
^ Huntley, Helen (1994-02-05).
"Columnist Quinn refused to play games" . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from
the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2011-01-09 .
^
http://www.sacbee.com/2009/09/27/2210357/personal-finance-jane-bryant-quinn.html . Retrieved June 29, 2010 . [
dead link ]
^ Journal, NEIL DOWNING (2001-10-01).
"So long, Mighty Quinn - Jane Bryant Quinn ends her long newspaper career, but will keep writing" . Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from
the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-09 .
^
"Jane Bryant Quinn" . Retrieved 9 December 2012 .
^
"Jane Bryant Quinn Profile - Forbes.com" . People.forbes.com. 2008-05-20. Archived from
the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2011-01-09 .
^ Cohen, David (May 19, 2010).
"Main Street Connect Expands, Names Board" .
Mediabistro.com . Archived from
the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2011 .
^
"Jane Bryant Quinn, Carll Tucker" . The New York Times . 2008-06-15.
^ Wulf, Steve (2015-03-23).
"Supersisters: Original Roster" . Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04 .
^
"Government Investment Series Wins Loeb Award" . Los Angeles Times . May 2, 1995. Retrieved February 1, 2019 .
^
"Historical Archive | UCLA Anderson School of Management" . Anderson.ucla.edu. Archived from
the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-01-09 .
External links
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