Jane Bryant Quinn (born February 5, 1939) is an

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financial journalist. 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

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, and graduated

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from

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, where she was a member of

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fraternity for women. She is a contributing editor for ''

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,'' where she wrote a biweekly column for 30 years, retiring it in 2009. She also writes a bimonthly column for

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. Her twice-weekly, syndicated

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column, "Staying Ahead", ran for 27 years in over 250 newspapers and is considered one of the most successful newspaper columns. She retired it after a 27-year run. Quinn was co-founder, editor and general manager of

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's "Personal Finance Letter." She was a reporter, then a co-editor of the consumer publication, "The Insider's Newsletter," formerly published by

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. She worked for

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, 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', and other programs. She has also written personal finance columns for ''

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'' and ''

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''. She hosted the PBS program on personal finance, ''

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'', and co-hosted an investment series ''

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'', also on PBS. She helped develop the software program

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. She has served on the boards of the

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, the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of

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and her alma mater, Middlebury College. She is currently a director of Bloomberg L.P., the financial services company, and of GSE Systems, Inc. The World Almanac named her one of the 25 most influential and powerful women in America. Starting in 2010, Quinn became editorial director of

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startup

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, where she is also a member of its board of directors. 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,

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, and Christopher Quinn. She married author Carll Tucker in 2008.

Awards

* 1979

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trading card set (one of the cards featured Quinn's name and picture) * 1981, 1982, 1984,

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'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

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's Outstanding Consumer Media Service Award * 1992, 1995

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for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism * 1995

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for Commentary * 1995 ICI Education Foundation American University Journalism Award for Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting * 1997 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award * 1997, 1998 "100 Most Influential Business Journalists" – The Journalist and Financial Reporter newsletter * 2005

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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

External links

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Jane Bryant Quinn's bio at ''Newsweek''
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