Karin Mueller

Manalapan, NJ USA
http://www.KarinPriceMueller.com
20 Years Experience

Professional Experience

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.

Expertise

Book Author 15 YearsProducer (television) 14 YearsWriter 20 Years

Specialty

Consumer Products 20 YearsWomen's Issues 20 YearsPersonal Finance 20 Years

Industries

Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 20 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 20 YearsOnline/new media 20 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • The Star-Ledger (10+)
  • Consumerist.com (10+)
  • Inside Jersey (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Highmount Capital (10+)
  • National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) (10+)

Awards

2013: NJ Press Assoc., 1st Place, Business & Financial Writing Portfolio 2013: Toastmasters Communications and Leadership Award 2011: N.J. Society of Prof. Journalists, 3rd Place, Public Service-Daily 2010: N.J. Society of Prof. Journalists, 2nd Place, Daily Newspaper Column 2010: Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) Best in Business Award 2010: Financial Planning Assoc.'s Heart of Financial Planning Award 2009: Financial Planning Assoc. of N.J.'s Distinguished Service Award 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

Other Work History

I'm a weekly personal finance and consumer affairs columnist for The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, and I write a weekly column for Consumerist.com. I also write a personal finance column for Inside Jersey magazine. I'm a book author, line editor and reorganizer, with a dozen titles under my belt covering both money and new age topics. 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.

Foreign Language Skills

some French

Computer Skills

MS Word, MS Excel, Adobe Photoshop.

References

Available upon request.

The Star-Ledger

Get With The Plan
(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.
Bamboozled consumer affairs column
(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.
How To Find A Financial Adviser
(The Star-Ledger 6/9/2026)
This story takes readers step-by-step through the process of hiring a financial advisor.

General

Archive of stories
(6/9/2026)
Please visit my web site for a complete archive of my stories.