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In partnership with the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), Finance 411 is poised to help you find the tools and resources to help educate your audiences about personal finance. From home affordability to student loan repayment and everything in between, these resources will help you find new story ideas to localize within your community, tips and tricks for breaking down data and research for your audiences and examples of exceptional personal finance stories that have created meaningful impact for audiences.

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Summer’s here, schools are out, and seasonal work is heating up. Summer puns out of the way, many viewers may be looking for a summer job or...

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“Wow! $15 a month for unlimited talk, text and data.” Advertisement or news site headline? Sometimes, it’s hard to tell. But...

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Some stories are regular functions of the calendar, cropping up every year around the same time. By June we’re no longer talking taxes. But...

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Money. It can be complicated and a constant source of worry for many in your viewing audience. There’s also no shortage of sources of...

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It’s pretty typical: when couples combine their households, they divide up household duties and chores. One handles grocery shopping, the...

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Why should consumer reporters – or consumers, for that matter – care about the reorganization of a small government department most...

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After a seemingly endless winter, it’s finally spring – or, depending on where you are, more like summer. We’re again venturing...

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April is Financial Literacy Month, and we want to close out the month by sharing some of the top personal finance and consumer story ideas...

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A new report released by Fidelity Investments estimates how much retired couples will need for health care costs during retirement. It shows...

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By many, though certainly not all, measures, the U.S. economy is relatively strong. The effects of the 2007-2009 recession are fading. Interest...

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Headlines often don’t tell the whole story, or necessarily reflect what matters most to people in your local communities. Journalists,...

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It was a good idea to file early this year, but there’s a good chance there are procrastinators in your community. Now’s a good time for...

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