How I Think About Money“To keep my insurance premiums low, I choose the highest deductible I can afford – but I don't skimp on coverage amounts. I can deal with small losses out of pocket, while I rely on my insurance policy to shield me from catastrophe.”
42+Years of Experience
8Articles Written
922K+Readers Reached
Previous experience
The Tennessean, The Jackson Sun
Education
B.A. in journalism from Murray State University, Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists at University of Pennsylvania
Organizations
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Awards
Pulitzer Prize finalist, Green Eyeshade Award for Consumer Reporting, IRE Awards finalist, SABEW Best in Business
Lisa Green leads the auto insurance team and oversees insurance-focused data journalism at NerdWallet. A professional journalist since high school, she was an insurance writer at NerdWallet before becoming a managing editor. Previously, Lisa spent more than 20 years as an editor at The Tennessean in Nashville, where she led business and consumer coverage for several years. At The Tennessean, she was part of a 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist team for coverage of devastating floods in Middle Tennessee. Her work has also won awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, Investigative Reporters and Editors, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Lisa is an alumna of the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists at the University of Pennsylvania. She has also studied data journalism with the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting, business editing with the American Press Institute, and writing, editing and news research with the Poynter Institute. In addition to her work at NerdWallet, Lisa is a real estate investor and has taught a seminar on how to earn college scholarships. She is based in Nashville.