Lauren Schwahn Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

As a writer at NerdWallet, I research and write content that provides consumers with clarity on life's financial decisions. These service journalism articles explain complex financial topics in a way that empowers and educates consumers so they have the freedom to do more with their hard earned money. You can find my work for NerdWallet here.

San Francisco, California, US

Selected to participate in the NerdWallet writer training program. We focused on service journalism, including journalism ethics, balance and fairness.

Edited personal statements, résumés, letters of recommendation, etc. written by non-native English speakers. Checked for grammar and spelling mistakes, revised sentence fluency and structure. Communicated with customers and provided critiques.

Performed copywriting and editing tasks, including product descriptions and detailed answers to questions.

Santa Cruz, California, US

Managed publication’s first ever fact-checking desk, mentored beginning fact checkers, attended editors’ meetings and advised other staff members on grammar, word choice and sensitivity issues. Promoted the publication via social media and distribution. Attended and helped oversee each booking process.

Santa Cruz, California, US

Read each weekly publication in its entirety, researched information and communicated with reporters and sources to ensure publication was factually correct, made corrections to articles, headlines, subheads and photo captions when errors were discovered, introduced a more efficient record keeping system by taking detailed notes on information and sources.