Episode 6 · Unretirement & purpose
'Unretired' journalist; writes The View From Unretirement for MarketWatch and co-hosts Friends Talk Money
On Retirement Navigator
“This is a time of life where you can experiment, and you should give yourself the freedom to do that.”
— Richard Eisenberg, Episode 6, at 30:15
About Richard
Richard Eisenberg is an "unretired" journalist and podcaster. He writes The View From Unretirement column for MarketWatch, co-hosts the Friends Talk Money personal finance podcast and freelances for Kiplinger and the Stanford Center on Longevity Magazine. Before unretiring in 2022, he was Managing Editor of Next Avenue, the PBS site for people 50+, and editor of its Money and Work channels.
Previously, he was Executive Editor of Money Magazine, Front Page Finance Editor at Yahoo! and Special Projects Director/Money Editor at Good Housekeeping. He has also run the NYU Summer Publishing Institute's Digital Media Strategies program and taught a MasterClass in Unretirement for NYU.
He is the author of How to Avoid a Midlife Financial Crisis and the Money Book of Personal Finance.
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