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Erica Harrington
Contributing Editor
Expertise
Editing
Previous experience
Copy chief at Forbes Advisor
Copy chief at NerdWallet
Copy editor at CNN Digital
Copy editor at the Chicago Tribune
Education
M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University
Erica Harrington is a contributing editor at NerdWallet. She has more than 20 years of copy-editing experience. Previously, she served as the copy chief at Forbes Advisor and NerdWallet. In addition to personal finance content, she has edited stories about business, city and state politics, arts and entertainment, and national and international affairs. Erica also has taught English as a second language at corporations in Santiago, Chile. She has produced white papers for the United Nations. She is based in Atlanta.