Jane Bryant Quinn

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Jane Bryant Quinn
Jane Bryant Quinn (3526433956).jpg
Born (1939-02-05) February 5, 1939 (age 86)
Alma mater Middlebury College
OccupationJournalist
Spouses
  • David C. Quinn (died)
Carll Tucker
(m. 2008)
Children2 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.

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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 until she opted to reduce her workload in 2001. [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

Books

References

  1. Huntley, Helen (February 5, 1994). "Columnist Quinn refused to play games". St. Petersburg Times . Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2011 via pqasb.pqarchiver.com.
  2. Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/2009/09/27/2210357/personal-finance-jane-bryant-quinn.html . Retrieved June 29, 2010.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[ dead link ]
  3. Downing, Neil (October 1, 2001). "So long, Mighty Quinn - Jane Bryant Quinn ends her long newspaper career, but will keep writing". Providence Journal . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2011 via pqasb.pqarchiver.com.
  4. "Jane Bryant Quinn". Jane Bryant Quinn. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  5. "Jane Bryant Quinn Profile". Forbes.com. May 20, 2008. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  6. 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.
  7. "Jane Bryant Quinn, Carll Tucker". The New York Times. June 15, 2008.
  8. Wulf, Steve (March 23, 2015). "Supersisters: Original Roster". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  9. "Government Investment Series Wins Loeb Award". Los Angeles Times. May 2, 1995. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  10. "Historical Archive". UCLA Anderson School of Management. Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.