Professional/Personal Overview
Call me for jump-off-the page, entertaining and informative stories about anything money. My comfort zone includes mutual funds, investing strategies, debt/credit issues, budgeting and more. My stories make personal finance relevant, interesting and even fun for the average reader. Explaining the ins-and-outs of everything money to newbies while simultaneously challenging more experienced investors is what I do for a living. I also write about small business money issues. Readers of my Star-Ledger money makeover column swear my stories are what they turn to first on Sundays, and I use my consumer affairs expertise to help readers in a weekly column called "Bamboozled." I also have a wealth of experience writing for Web sites and magazines, and I'm a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com. If you want clean, on-target copy from a dedicated writer who's never missed a deadline (even my three kids were born early!), give me a call.
Work Info
Expertise
Book Author
10 Years
Producer (television)
14 Years
Writer
20 Years
Specialty
Entrepreneurship
20 Years
Personal Finance
20 Years
Women's Issues
20 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
The Star-Ledger (11+), SecondAct.com (11+), Inside Jersey (11+), Entrepreneur.com (11+), Fidelity Interactive Content Services (6-10), Simon & Schuster (6-10)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Highmount Capital (11+), National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) (11+), USAA Media (U25 and U Mag) (3-5)
Other Work History
I'm a weekly personal finance and consumer affairs columnist for The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, and I contribute regularly to Entrepreneur.com. I'm a book author, line editor and reorganizer, with half a dozen titles under my belt for Simon & Schuster's Atria imprint, covering both money and new age topics. Online, I've written dozens of stories and interactive quizzes for Meredith Corp. Web sites, including Ladies Home Journal (lhj.com), More Magazine (more.com) and Better Homes and Gardens (bhg.com). My magazine experience includes Ladies Home Journal, Family Money, Working Woman, Woman's Day and Parenting. Before my writing career, I was a business news producer for CNN-fn and CNBC. Please visit my web site -- www.KarinPriceMueller.com -- for a large sample of current work.
Computer Skills
MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe Photoshop.
Foreign Language Skills
some French
References
Available upon request.
Awards
2010: Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business Award for Bamboozled, The Star-Ledger's consumer affairs column. 2010: Financial Planning Association's national Heart of Financial Planning Award 2009: Financial Planning Assoc. of New Jersey's Heart of Financial Planning Distinguished Service Award 2006, 2003: Winner, Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business (Overall Excellence) as a Star-Ledger contributor. 2005, 2004: Certificate of Merit, SABEW Best in Business (Overall Excellence) as a Star-Ledger contributor. 2004: Winner, Financial Planning Association of New Jerseys Friendship Award 1998: Winner, N.Y. Society of CPAs Excellence in Financial Journalism Award 1996: Winner, CableACE Award, Best Business or Consumer Programming Special or Series 1995: Finalist, CableACE Award, Best Business or Consumer Programming Special or Series
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Please visit my web site for a complete archive of my stories.
The Star-Ledger
(The Star-Ledger , 3/22/2009)
I write a weekly money makeover column called Get With The Plan. Here's a sample. For more Get With The Plan columns, please visit my web site at www.KarinPriceMueller.com.
(The Star-Ledger , 3/17/2009)
Here's a sample of "Bamboozled," my consumer affairs column for The Star-Ledger. See an archive of all my columns at www.KarinPriceMueller.com.
(The Star-Ledger )
This story takes readers step-by-step through the process of hiring a financial advisor.