Beth Pinsker
Resume
BETH PINSKER, CFP®
917-226-6278
EDUCATION
Harvard, B.A. with honors in English, June 1993
Awards: Radcliffe National Scholar, Agassiz Certificate of Merit
CFP®, July 2018
Series 7, December 2021
EMPLOYMENT
MarketWatch, Retirement columnist - 2022 to present
Full-time writer for popular money news site, producing 2-3 columns per week on a variety of topics as well as producing videos and taking part in podcasts.
Freelance writer/editor/web producer, 1998-present
Regular contributor for many publications on entertainment and business, including regular contributions to Condé Nast’s Portfolio, The Hollywood Reporter, Wired, Wall St. Journal, the Jewish Forward, and The Boston Globe. Also: American Cinematographer, Business Week, Consumer Reports Webwatch, Entertainment Weekly, Harvard Magazine, IFC Rant, IndieWire.com, In Style, Interview, In Touch, The Los Angeles Times, Millimeter, The New York Times, Texas Monthly, Time Out New York, Shape, Variety, and Us.
Buy Side from WSJ, Launch Editor, Feb. 2022-Aug. 2022
Set up launch of the Money section of Buy Side from WSJ (wsj.com/buyside), an affiliate marketing project. Created methodology for ranking credit cards and other financial products, recruited advisory board, executed SEO strategy, plus assigned, edited and wrote launch package.
Fidelity Investments, Editorial Director, May 2020-present
Provide thought leadership to Fidelity Investments as a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) and personal finance expert, through text articles, social media, videos and other media.
Reuters, Deputy Money Editor, July 2011-May 2020
Nine years as Editor and personal finance columnist for the Wealth section, which supplied news to Reuters, media clients and subscribers.
Dealnews.com, Editorial Director, October 2010-July 2011
Created an editorial and video department at dealnews.com, one of the top deal aggregator sites on the web. Grew traffic an average of 300% in first three months, launched partnerships with major portals like Comcast, MSN and Yahoo.
Walletpop.com, Editor in Chief and Business Editor, June 2007-Sept. 2010
The job entailed running all aspects of AOL’s personal finance hub at Walletpop.com. Grew site to 10 million unique visitors a month, doubled SEO referrals in six months, pioneered social media strategy adopted by AOL, ran $10 million sponsorship deal for Savings Experiment video series.
Senior Producer for Entertainment, iVillage.com, Aug. 2004- Jan. 2007
Executed launch of new entertainment channel in December 2004.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
* The Independent Film & Video Monthly, Editor in Chief, May 2001-Jan. 2002
* Inside.com, Reporter, Jan. 2000-April 2001
* Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Researcher, July 1999-Jan. 2000
* The Dallas Morning News, Film Critic, July 1995-July 1998
* Entertainment Weekly, Editorial Assistant, August 1993-July 1995
* Premiere Magazine, Researcher, June 1993-August 1993
* The Harvard Crimson, Editorial Chair and columnist, September 1989-June 1993
* Late Night with David Letterman, Intern, January 1991-June 1991
