Currently

Personal Finance Expert

Resides In

Shallotte, North Carolina

Education

University of South Carolina, Charleston Southern University

Expertise

Personal Finance, Financial Products and Services

Company Info

Freelance Writer and Blogger

Summary

  • 10+ years of experience reporting on personal finance
  • Current retirement and investment writer for the U.S. News & World Report
  • Financial planning expert for The Balance

Experience

Rebecca Lake is a financial journalist reporting on personal finance, investing, and small business. With over a decade of covering personal finance topics, Rebecca's work has been widely syndicated on sites including MSN Money, Business Insider, Fox Business, and CBS News MoneyWatch. She is currently a financial planning expert journalist for The Balance.

Rebecca also assists with content strategy for a number of highly visible brands in the financial services industry, including Citibank, Discover Bank, and AIG Insurance. Before pursuing a career as a financial journalist, Rebecca worked as a sales representative in the communications industry.

Education

Rebecca received her bachelor's in political science from the University of South Carolina and her master's from Charleston Southern University.