CBS MoneyWatch.com

The goal of CBS MoneyWatch.com is to help you understand the economic world around you and to make better decisions about your money. To do that, you need great advisers: Our editors, correspondents and bloggers bring decades of experience covering all aspects of personal finance, from investing to real estate to economic news. Our aim is to help you make your life richer and more secure, and our efforts were recognized with industry awards just a few months after the site’s launch. It’s my pleasure to introduce the team.

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Eric Schurenberg Editor in Chief

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  • Eric Schurenberg

    Editor in Chief

    Eric Schurenberg

    Eric Schurenberg is Editor-in-Chief of BNET.com and Editorial Director of CBS MoneyWatch.com. Previously, Eric was managing editor of MONEY. As managing editor, he expanded the editorial focus to new interests including real estate, family finance, health, retirement, and the workplace. Prior to MONEY, Eric was deputy editor of Business 2.0. He was also the managing editor of goldman.com, a Web site for Goldman Sachs Group's personal wealth management business, and an assistant managing editor at Fortune magazine. Schurenberg has won a Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business journalism, a National Magazine Award, and a Page One Award. Follow him on Twitter at @EditorBnet.

  • Jill Schlesinger

    Editor at Large

    Jill Schlesinger

    Jill Schlesinger is editor-at-large of CBS MoneyWatch.com. Previously, she owned and operated an independent investment advisory firm in New England, serving as the chief investment officer, director of marketing and senior adviser to more than 400 clients. She co-hosted a three-hour weekly financial radio talk show for 12 years and served as a financial contributor for local television affiliates, Fox News Channel, Fox Business News, CNN, and CBS News. Prior to her career in retail financial services, Jill was an options trader on the Commodities Exchange of New York, where she was one of eight female members on an exchange of 800. She is a graduate of Brown University. Follow her on Twitter at @Jillonmoney.

  • Jack Otter

    Executive Editor

    Jack Otter

    Jack Otter is executive editor of CBS MoneyWatch.com. Previously, Jack was deputy editor of Best Life, where he expanded the magazine’s focus on personal finance while also covering fitness, nutrition, relationships, and travel. Prior to Best Life, he was articles editor at SmartMoney magazine. He has also served as an editor and business columnist at Newsday. Otter has appeared on CNN, Today and The Early Show, and written for publications including The Wall Street Journal, O magazine, and The New Yorker. Follow him on Twitter at @JackOtter.

  • Rachel F. Elson

    Managing Editor

    Rachel Elson

    Rachel F. Elson is the managing editor of CBS MoneyWatch.com. Previously she was at MSN.com for four years, including three years on the MSN Money multimedia team, which won two back-to-back Gerald Loeb awards. After starting out her career in newspapers, she jumped to the Web more than a decade ago to join Salon.com. Other writing and editing credits include Newsweek.com, People.com, the Washington Post, Time Out New York and many more. Follow her on Twitter at @MWRachel.

  • Nelson Wang

    Senior Editor

    Nelson Wang

    Nelson Wang is a senior editor at CBS MoneyWatch.com, responsible for the Big Picture and Human Capital sections of the site. Prior to joining MoneyWatch, he was an editor at Condé Nast Portfolio’s web site, and he's also been an editor at TheStreet.com and the web site of Money magazine. Nelson is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College. Follow him on Twitter at @BigWang.

  • Megan Jordan

    Video Producer

    Megan Jordan

    Megan Jordan is a video producer at CBS MoneyWatch.com. Before joining MoneyWatch, she was a CBS News producer for close to a decade. At The Early Show, she covered personal finance, lifestyle and other news stories; Jordan also worked for The Saturday Early Show, and was a member of the network’s political unit during the 2000 presidential campaign.

  • Emily Smith

    Correspondent, CBS Newspath

    Emily Smith

    Emily Smith covers consumer finance for CBS News and MoneyWatch.com. Her reports appear on CBS MoneyWatch.com, CBS network broadcasts, and local CBS stations and affiliates across the country. Over the past decade Emily has covered major stories from both the anchor desk and the field at WABC in New York, WTEN in Rochester, and WIVB in Buffalo. Emily got her break in the news business at WBEN-AM in Buffalo, near her hometown of Grand Island, N.Y. She’s a graduate of the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism at St. Bonaventure University.

  • Ray Martin

    Special Contributor, CBS MoneyWatch.com

    Ray Martin

    Ray Martin is a special contributor to CBS MoneyWatch.com and a practicing financial planner. You can see him regularly on CBS MoneyWatch videos as well as on CBS TV’s The Early Show and occasionally on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. You can also read his most recent book, The Rookie’s Guide to Money Management. After getting out of the Navy 23 years ago, Ray looked for a profession that would provide essential help to a growing number of people, and he chose financial planning. He has never had reason to question that call. In fact, he never ceases to be amazed at the financial jams people need help getting out of.

  • Alexis Christoforous

    Correspondent, CBS Newspath

    Alexis Christoforous

    Alexis Christoforous has been the New York-based MonyWatch correspondent and anchor for CBS Newspath, the 24-hour affiliate news service of CBS News, since March 2005. Christoforous is a contributing correspondent for the CBS Evening News weekend editions and the CBS Radio Network. She began her business news career at Bloomberg Television and Radio in 1994, where she anchored the national PBS program “Bloomberg Morning News” and was Bloomberg’s first reporter to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Christoforous covered the stock market bull run of the early 1990s and the subsequent Internet bubble burst of 2000. She reported on the economic impact of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the resignation of New York Stock Exchange CEO Richard Grasso and the wave of Wall Street scandals, including Enron, Worldcom and Martha Stewart. Christoforous graduated cum laude from New York University with a degree in English and Journalism. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.

  • Sumi Das

    Correspondent, BNET.com

    Sumi Das

    Covering everything from technology and politics to hurricanes, high-profile trials and Hollywood awards, Sumi Das has filed feature stories, hosted programs, and reported breaking news live for CNN, TechTV, MSNBC, and the Fine Living Network. Das has more than 10 years of broadcasting experience. She graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Psychology and English literature.

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