Susannah Snider

Senior Editor, Personal Finance

Susannah Snider is the Senior Editor for Personal Finance at U.S. News and a certified financial planner. Since 2010, she has reported on a wide range of personal finance topics, from consumer travel to college financial aid, student loans and employment. In her current role as Personal Finance Editor, Snider reports and writes consumer-focused articles on taxes, family finance, debt, banking, credit, spending and other topics related to financial health and savvy money management. She also oversees and edits the My Money blog, which publishes financial advice from outside money experts, including tax preparers, shopping experts, financial planners, cord-cutters and bloggers.

In 2017, Snider was awarded the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. The fellowship supports high-impact coverage of important finance and business topics. Through the McGraw Fellowship, Snider reported a four-part series on parental student loan debt. The reporting package received 2018 RTDNA/NEFE Excellence in Personal Finance Reporting Award in the Digital category and gave Snider the opportunity to appear in a panel at the 2018 Excellence in Journalism Conference to speak about her reporting style and techniques.

Snider previously worked as a research-reporter and staff writer at Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester in New York and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California. She has appeared as a personal finance expert on television, radio and in print, including on “Cheddar,” "Fox & Friends," "The Tavis Smiley Show," “Your Money” on Wharton Business Radio and "Fox Business News." Follow her on Twitter or email her at ssnider@usnews.com.