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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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By Dori Zinn While buy now, pay later apps and services are new to consumers, borrowing money has been around for ages. BNPL services make it...

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By Molly McCluskey What would you do with $30,000? Put a down payment on a new home? Pay off those student loans? Save for your kids' college...

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By Paddy Hirsch The best place to start is with The Employment Situation, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) at 8:30 a.m. ET on...

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This year, healthcare is a top concern for Americans riding out COVID-19. Meanwhile, a troubled economy and fears of lockdowns weigh heavily on the...

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Four financial experts shared their best advice and insights for covering the ongoing financial impacts of COVID in a session, moderated by RTDNA...

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RTDNA and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) are pleased to present Money Matters Day, featuring two sessions focused on all of...

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on lives and on livelihoods. As some states begin to reopen and cases surge in some areas,...

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Find more timely consumer stories ideas here and find resources for money management during coronavirus here. Current and potential...

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Updated 4/10/2020 It’s been a story since early January and is likely to remain one for some time: coronavirus. The global pandemic the world...

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Consumer reporters know that it's always a good idea to have a story archive in your back pocket, because often economic and financial storylines...

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It's Valentine’s Day and the start of a long holiday weekend (well, for some of us), so we thought it was the perfect time to mix it up and...

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Take a look in your wallet for a moment. Got any cash? Likely not! Credit cards are so much more convenient these days, and technology is always...

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