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Michelle Singletary is an American journalist. She is a personal finance columnist for the Washington Post. [1] She won a 2021 Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary for "Sincerely, Michelle" in The Washington Post , [2] and received the Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. [3]

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Life

She graduated from University of Maryland, College Park, and Johns Hopkins University. [4] [5] She wrote a series, "Sincerely, Michelle," [6]

She has appeared on the Amanpour & Co, [7] Morning Edition , [8] The Kojo Nnamdi Show , [9] On Point , [10] and The Long View . [11] She participated in the OneTransaction Campaign. [12] [13]

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References

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  2. Daillak, Jonathan (September 30, 2021). "Winners of the 2021 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson in Live Virtual Event" (Press release). Los Angeles: UCLA Anderson School of Management . Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  3. "Michelle Singletary to receive 2022 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award". The Washington Post . August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  4. Snider, Susannah (June 29, 2020). "Michelle Singletary on Financial Literacy, Race". U.S. News & World Report .
  5. "Q&A: Michelle Singletary". WTOP. June 29, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  6. "Washington Post Personal Finance Columnist Michelle Singletary addresses misconceptions involving race in new series". The Washington Post . September 25, 2020. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  7. "Michelle Singletary Gets Personal About Race and Finance". PBS SoCal. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  8. Inskeep, Steve; Singleton, Michelle (September 16, 2020). "As Renters Accumulate Housing Bills, Can An Eviction Tsunami Be Held Off?". NPR . Retrieved August 18, 2022.
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  11. "Michelle Singletary: 'You Need Diversity'". Morningstar, Inc. The Long View. July 1, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  12. "OneUnited Bank, Largest Black Owned Bank And Visa Launch OneTransaction Campaign". OneUnited Bank (Press release). Retrieved February 5, 2021 via www.prnewswire.com.
  13. "Largest Black Owned Bank Focuses on Closing the Racial Wealth Gap". Chicago Defender. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
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  17. Singletary, Michelle (2007). Your Money And Your Man. Random House Publishing. ISBN   978-0-345-47970-9.
  18. "Nonfiction Book Review: Your Money and Your Man: How You and Prince Charming Can Spend Well and Live Rich by Michelle Singletary, Author . Random $19.95 (275p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6378-9". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
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