Dawn Papandrea
Dawn has written about credit cards and other personal finance topics for about 10 years for many of the most popular consumer finance sites, including Bankrate, CreditCards.com, U.S. News & World Report, CompareCards.com, and more.
Dawn especially enjoys taking complex financial topics and breaking them down in a way that readers can relate to, and hopefully benefit from.
Experience
Dawn's career began in the traditional print journalism way, honing her reporting skills while earning her master of arts in journalism and mass communications from New York University.
She worked her way up from her first internship to become the managing editor of The CollegeBound Network. The company published national and regional print magazines called CollegeBound, which aimed to help teens with their high school-to-college transition. After the print magazine folded, she managed a suite of related websites and their associated social media accounts.
During this time, Dawn began dabbling with freelance writing, eventually expanding her expertise to credit score repair, talent acquisition technology, consumer finance issues, and more. Today, she runs a full-time freelance content business, writing for numerous clients, mostly in the personal finance, careers and B2B spaces.
Education
Dawn has an M.A. in journalism and mass communication from NYU.
About The Balance and Dotdash
The Balance makes personal finance easy to understand. It is home to experts who provide clear, practical advice on managing your money. Whether you’re looking to invest, buy a home, save for retirement, or achieve another financial goal, The Balance will answer your questions with straightforward personal financial advice.
The Balance is part of the Dotdash publishing family. For more than 20 years, Dotdash brands have been helping people find answers, solve problems, and get inspired. We are one of the top-20 largest content publishers on the internet, according to comScore, and reach more than 30% of the U.S. population every month. Most recently, Dotdash was named Publisher of the year by Digiday, a leading industry publication.