Richard Eisenberg

Richard Eisenberg is a freelance writer and editor and co-host of the Friends Talk Money podcast. He was formerly Managing Editor of Next Avenue and editor of the site’s Money & Policy and Work & Purpose channels and a writer there. He writes The View From Unretirement column for MarketWatch and also freelances for Next Avenue, Narratively/Healthline and Shutterstock. He was formerly Executive Editor of Money, Front Page Finance Editor of Yahoo! and Money Editor/Special Projects Director at Good Housekeeping. He is author of How to Avoid a Midlife Financial Crisis and The Money Book of Personal Finance. He graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and lives in New Jersey.

info Subjects

General

Business & Finance
Government & Politics
Lifestyle

Specialties

personal finance, small business, work/careers, aging, boomers

notepad Skills

  • Awards submissions
  • Blog posts
  • Books
  • Editing
  • Podcasts
  • Podcasting
  • Project management
  • Q&A
  • Social media
  • Web copy
  • Scripts

notepad Writing Credits

Next Avenue, Forbes, MarketWatch, Shutterstock, Narratively/Healthline, Money, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, USA Today

notepad Book Credits

How to Avoid a Midlife Financial Crisis and The Money Book of Personal Finance

star Awards, Honors, Appointments

RTNDA/NEFE Best Personal Finance Article (Digital)

SABEW Finalist for General Excellence for Best in Business Digital

Selected Work

As author, unless indicated otherwise.

Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents' Stuff

viral post for Next Avenue that has been cited often elsewhere

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