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Helaine Olen is an American journalist and author based in New York. She is a columnist for The Washington Post and, before that, Slate , where she wrote the column The Bills. She is the author or co-author of three books: Office Mate (2007), Pound Foolish (2012), and The Index Card (2016).
Olen was born in the mid-1960s, and is Jewish. [1] [2] She graduated from Smith College with a BA in English, and earned an MA in journalism at the University of Minnesota. [3] [4] [5]
She is a columnist for The Washington Post [6] and, before that, Slate , where she wrote the column The Bills.
Olen is a contributor to Post Opinions. [3] Her work has appeared in Slate, the Nation, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Salon, Reuters, Rolling Stone, and the Atlantic. [3] [4] [5] She was a lead writer and editor for The Los Angeles Times’ “Money Makeover” series. [4] She has also appeared on "Frontline," the BBC, NPR, C-Span, MSNBC, "All Things Considered", and "The Daily Show." [7] [5]
Olen is the author or co-author of three books: Office Mate (2007), Pound Foolish (2012), and The Index Card (2016). [5] [3]
She serves on the advisory board of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. [3]
Olen is critical of the personal finance industry's typical advice to consumers, suggesting that it leaves them unprepared for major downturns such as market crashes, layoffs, and medical bills. [8]
Olen is married to the script writer Matt Roshkow [9] and has two sons; the family lives in New York City. [10] [3] One of her sons is American influencer and comedian Jake Shane Roshkow, and she has one other son.
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