Ron Lieber

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Ron Lieber
Born1971 (age 53–54)
Chicago, Illinois
Education Amherst College (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s) The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal
Spouse Jodi Kantor
Children2

Ron Lieber (born 1971) is an American journalist for The New York Times , where he writes the "Your Money" column. He is the recipient of three Gerald Loeb awards for his writing in the column. He previously wrote the "Green Thumb" column for the Wall Street Journal .

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Early life and education

Lieber grew up in Chicago, Illinois. [1] He attended the full 14-years of grade school at Francis W. Parker School, a private school in Chicago, becoming a scholarship student after his parents divorced. [1]

Expecting to continue living in the Chicago area after college, Lieber decided to choose a school outside the Midwest, attending Amherst College on scholarships and financial aid. [2] [1] [3] He was inspired to try writing for the Student, the school alumni magazine, after reading the work of Chris Miller in the publication. [2] The summer after his junior year, he interned with the Daily Hampshire Gazette for three months. [2] He graduated in 1993. [1]

Career

Lieber began his career in 1993 as a reporter for Lawyers Weekly USA in Boston, a legal newspaper for small law firms. [4] [3] His boss inspired him to want to work for The Wall Street Journal by bringing him clippings of Edward Felsenthal's articles . [4] He moved on to work as a staff reporter for the Fast Company and Fortune . [2]

In 2002, Lieber joined The Wall Street Journal. [4] He was hired by Felsenthal as a founding member of the Personal Journal team. [4] He wrote the "Green Thumb" managing-your-money column until he left in 2007. [4]

Lieber helped start FiLife in 2007 as the managing editor. [5] FiLife, a joint venture of Dow Jones and IAC, was a personal finance website aimed at younger readers. [5] Lieber said the name was "a semi-mashup of Financial Life and High Life." [5]

Lieber left FiLife in 2008 to join The New York Times as a financial columnist. [1] He writes the "Your Money" column, which earned him three Gerald Loeb awards. [1] [6] [7] [8]

In 2023, Lieber introduced an online course on merit aid. [9]

Personal life

Lieber is married to Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times. [10] They live in Brooklyn with their two daughters. [11]

Awards

Selected bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Clarkson, Sara (November 18, 2017). "Clarkson: Family values tied up with family finances". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About the Author: Ron Lieber '93". Amherst College . March 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Haber, Gary (October 4, 2004). "Book Tells How To Find Good Post-Grad Jobs". Metro. The Tampa Tribune . p. 2. Retrieved July 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Writing personal finance as a critique". Talking Biz News. July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Roush, Chris (August 30, 2007). "Personal finance web site FiLife closer to reality". Talking Biz News. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management . June 28, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2018 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". PR Newswire. June 25, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  8. 1 2 Trounson, Rebecca (June 28, 2019). "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2019 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". PR Newswire (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Ron Lieber - Merit Aid". 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  10. ↑ "Ron Lieber's 4-Year-Old Demands Summer Home Answers". Observer. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  11. ↑ "About". She Said. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  12. ↑ Wu, Amy (October 8, 1996). "Students seizing opportunity to take time off". Daily Press (Final ed.). p. D3. Retrieved July 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Lieber, Ron (August 23, 1998). "Lessons from America's new entrepreneurs". USA Weekend. The Times . Vol. 127, no. 268. Shreveport, Louisiana. pp. 4–5. Retrieved July 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  14. 1 2 3 Lieber, Ron (2010). "Student Debt" (PDF). UCLA Anderson School of Management . Retrieved March 5, 2019. The linked PDF contains the articles.
  15. ↑ Lefferts, Brooke (February 8, 2015). "Money as a way to establish family values". Vermont Sunday Magazine. Rutland Herald . Associated Press. p. B2. Retrieved July 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Lieber, Ron (2018). "The Daunting Road to Loan Forgiveness" (PDF). The New York Times . Retrieved October 3, 2019– via UCLA Anderson School of Management. The linked PDF contains the articles.
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