Rick VanderKnyff

Senior Editor & Content Strategist

Expertise
  • Financial journalism
  • Editing
  • Audience engagement

How I Think About Money “We live in a world that is flooded daily with news and events that can have real impact on the financial lives of Americans. We strive to distill that news and put it in context to give readers the insight they need and empower informed decisions.”
55+ Years of Experience
30+ Articles Written
3.5M+ Readers Reached
Previous experience
Writer/Editor, Los Angeles Times, Web Manager, University of California, San Diego, Writer/Editor, MSN Money, Senior Content Project Manager, MSN/Microsoft
Education
B.A. Communications (News-Editorial emphasis), California State University, Fullerton, M.A. Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton
Rick VanderKnyff leads the news team at NerdWallet. Previously, he has worked as a channel manager at MSN.com, as a web manager at University of California San Diego, and as a copy editor and staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications and a Master of Arts in anthropology.

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