Laura McMullen

Editor & Content Strategist

Expertise
  • Personal finance
  • financial news
  • student loans

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9+ Years of Experience
50+ Articles Written
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Previous experience
U.S. News & World Report
Education
B.S. in journalism from Ohio University
Laura McMullen assigns and edits financial news content. She was previously a senior writer at NerdWallet and covered saving, making and budgeting money; she also contributed to the "Millennial Money" column for The Associated Press. Before joining NerdWallet in 2015, Laura worked for U.S. News & World Report, where she wrote and edited content related to careers, wellness and education and also contributed to the company's rankings projects. Before working at U.S. News & World Report, Laura interned at Vice Media and studied journalism, history and Arabic at Ohio University. Laura lives in Washington, D.C.
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