Ron Lieber

Ron Lieber (born 1971) is an American journalist for The New York Times, where he writes the "Your Money" column. He is the recipient of three Gerald Loeb awards for his writing in the column. He previously wrote the "Green Thumb" column for the Wall Street Journal.

Ron Lieber
Born	Chicago, Illinois
Education	Amherst College (B.A. in American Studies)
Occupation	Journalist
Notable credit(s)	The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal
Spouse(s)	Jodi Kantor
Children	2

Early life

Lieber grew up in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended the full 14-years of grade school at Francis W. Parker School, a private school in Chicago, becoming a scholarship student after his parents divorced.[1]

Expecting to continue living in the Chicago area after college, Lieber decided to choose a school outside the Midwest, attending Amherst College on scholarships and financial aid.[2][1][3] He was inspired to try writing for the Student, the school alumni magazine, after reading the work of Chris Miller in the publication.[2] The summer after his junior year, he interned with the Daily Hampshire Gazette for three months.[2] He graduated in 1993.[1]

Career

Lieber began his career in 1993 as a reporter for Lawyers Weekly USA in Boston, a legal newspaper for small law firms.[4][3] His boss inspired him to want to work for The Wall Street Journal by bringing him clippings of Edward Felsenthal's articles .[4] He moved on to work as a staff reporter for the Fast Company and Fortune.[2]

In 2002, Lieber joined The Wall Street Journal.[4] He was hired by Felsenthal as a founding member of the Personal Journal team.[4] He wrote the "Green Thumb" managing-your-money column until he left in 2007.[4]

Lieber helped start FiLife in 2007 as the managing editor.[5] FiLife, a joint venture of Dow Jones and IAC, was a personal finance website aimed at younger readers.[5] Lieber said the name was "a semi-mashup of Financial Life and High Life."[5]

Lieber left FiLife in 2008 to join The New York Times as a financial columnist.[1] He writes the "Your Money" column, which earned him three Gerald Loeb awards.[1][6][7][8]

Personal life

Lieber is married to Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times.[9] Their daughter was born in 2005 or 2006.[10]

Awards

• 2011 Gerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance business journalism for "Student Debt"[6]
• 2018 Gerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance business journalism for "The Equifax Breach"[7]
• 2019 Gerald Loab award for Personal Service business journalism for "The Daunting Road to Loan Forgiveness"[8]

Selected bibliography

• Taking Time Off, co-written with Colin Hall, 1996, Noonday Press[11]
• Upstart Start-Ups, 1998, Broadway Books[12]
• Best Entry-Level Jobs: Paying Your Dues Without Losing Your Mind, 2004,Random House [3]
• "Student Debt" articles in The New York Times, winner of a 2011 Gerald Loeb award:
  • "Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt", May 29, 2010[13]
  • "Student Debt And a Push For Fairness", June 5, 2010[13]
  • "What Love Joins Together, Debt Can Put Asunder", September 4, 2010[13]
• The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money, 2015, Harper[14]
• "The Daunting Road to Loan Forgiveness" articles in The New York Times, winner of a 2019 Gerald Loeb award:
  • "A Student Loan Fix for a Teacher", March 30, 2018[15]
  • "A $350 Million Fund Helps Many Public Servants. Meet the Ones Left Out.", April 6, 2018[15]
  • "Who Is a Public Servant? Borrowers Have a Lot Riding on the Answer", April 13, 2018[15]
  • "The Public Student Loan Forgiveness Rescue Hasn’t Gone Well So Far", October 17, 2018[15]
  • "A Teacher’s Long Road to Student Loan Forgiveness (and a $4,500 Surprise)", December 7, 2018[15]

References

1. Clarkson, Sara (November 18, 2017). "Clarkson: Family values tied up with family finances". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
2. "About the Author: Ron Lieber '93". Amherst College. March 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
3. Haber, Gary (October 4, 2004). "Book Tells How To Find Good Post-Grad Jobs". Metro. The Tampa Tribune. p. 2. Retrieved July 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Writing personal finance as a critique". Talking Biz News. July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
5. Roush, Chris (August 30, 2007). "Personal finance web site FiLife closer to reality". Talking Biz News. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
6. "Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 28, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
7. "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2018 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". PR Newswire. June 25, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
8. Trounson, Rebecca (June 28, 2019). "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2019 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". PR Newswire (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
9. "Ron Lieber's 4-Year-Old Demands Summer Home Answers". Observer. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
10. Won, Christine (October 15, 2015). "Author, NYT columnist talks about how to keep kids from becoming spoiled". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
11. Wu, Amy (October 8, 1996). "Students seizing opportunity to take time off". Daily Press (Final ed.). p. D3. Retrieved July 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Lieber, Ron (August 23, 1998). "Lessons from America's new entrepreneurs". USA Weekend. The Times. 127 (268). Shreveport, Louisiana. pp. 4–5. Retrieved July 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Lieber, Ron (2010). "Student Debt" (PDF). UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved March 5, 2019. The linked PDF contains the articles.
14. Lefferts, Brooke (February 8, 2015). "Money as a way to establish family values". Vermont Sunday Magazine. Rutland Herald. Associated Press. p. B2. Retrieved July 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
15. Lieber, Ron (2018). "The Daunting Road to Loan Forgiveness" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2019 – via UCLA Anderson School of Management. The linked PDF contains the articles.