Jane Bryant Quinn

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Jane Bryant Quinn
Jane Bryant Quinn
Born (1939-02-05) February 5, 1939 (age 85)
Alma materMiddlebury College
OccupationJournalist
Spouses
  • David C. Quinn (died)
Carll Tucker
(m. 2008)
Children2 biological and 3 stepchildren, including Martha Quinn
AwardsGerald 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.

Biography

She was born in

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

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

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

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

  • 1979 Supersisters trading card set (one of the cards featured Quinn's name and picture)[8]
  • 1981, 1982, 1984,
    National Press Club
    '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 Consumer Federation of America's Outstanding Consumer Media Service Award
  • 1992, 1995 John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism
  • 1995 Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary[9]
  • 1995 ICI Education Foundation American University Journalism Award for Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting
  • 1997 Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award [10]
  • 1997, 1998 "100 Most Influential Business Journalists" – The Journalist and Financial Reporter newsletter
  • 2005 National Consumers League 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

  1. ^ Huntley, Helen (1994-02-05). "Columnist Quinn refused to play games". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  2. ^ http://www.sacbee.com/2009/09/27/2210357/personal-finance-jane-bryant-quinn.html. Retrieved June 29, 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  3. ^ Journal, NEIL DOWNING (2001-10-01). "So long, Mighty Quinn - Jane Bryant Quinn ends her long newspaper career, but will keep writing". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  4. ^ "Jane Bryant Quinn". Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Jane Bryant Quinn Profile - Forbes.com". People.forbes.com. 2008-05-20. Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  6. Mediabistro.com. Archived from the original
    on January 28, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  7. ^ "Jane Bryant Quinn, Carll Tucker". The New York Times. 2008-06-15.
  8. ^ Wulf, Steve (2015-03-23). "Supersisters: Original Roster". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  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". Anderson.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-01-09.

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