About Dori Zinn
Current Role
Personal finance journalist
Expertise
- Banking
- Loans
- Budgeting
- Credit
- Debt
- Investing
- Retirement
- Real Estate
Degrees
- Bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism from Florida Atlantic University
Personal Finance Experience
Dori has been a personal finance journalist for more than a decade. Before working for herself, she wrote for other personal finance and student loan-focused sites.
Previously, she was an editor for a parenting and pediatrics website that educated first-time parents with evidence-based medical content. She was also a food writer and reviewer for local publications in South Florida.
As a full-time personal finance writer, Dori covers everything from banking and budgeting to saving and investing. She loves teaching people about money and meeting people where they are in their financial journeys.
If she’s not writing or reading, Dori's watching football.
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