Presently
Writer
EDUCATION
University of Washington
Expertise
Personal Finance, Frugal Living, and Frugal Living
Summary
Donna Freedman writing has appeared in a myriad of magazines and newspapers and on numerous personal finance websites. Donna began making contributions to The Balance in 2021.
Experience
Donna worked for 17 years as an editor at The Anchorage Daily News, where her work was recognized with national and regional awards. Following that, she worked for 14 months at the city desk of the Chicago Tribune before quitting to become a freelance writer.
In 2004, Donna relocated to Seattle and enrolled at a community college in order to earn the degree she had eluded as a young mother of one. She was able to survive on a string of part-time jobs , until an article ordered from MSN Money, “Surviving (and Living) with $12,000 per year,” went viral. The result was that MSN invited her to write additional articles in 2007 and asked her start Smart Spending, the Smart Spending blog in 2007 as well as in addition to the Frugal Nation website five years later as well as an individual finance column between.
Her work has been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers and personal finance websites like NerdWallet, Experian, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Policy Genius, Get Rich Slowly, Money Talks News, Vox, NewRetirement, Daily Worth, Bankrate, The Simple Dollar, NextAvenue, Magnify Money as well as The New York Times Review of Books.
Another work
Donna Author of “Your Guide to Playing in Tough Times: Living Large on small Change for the short term or the long Haul” along with “Your Guidebook to Tough Times, Vol. 2: Needs and Wants edition.”
Donna Author of “Your Guide to Playing in Tough Times: Living Large on small Change for the short term or the long Haul” along with “Your Guidebook to Tough Times, Vol. 2: Needs and Wants edition.”
