More than 25 years covering all facets of business, economics, markets and personal finance news around the world.
Medora, a graduate of the University of Missouri's renowned journalism school, started her career covering derivatives at some of the world's largest futures and options exchanges in Chicago. She was part of the global team at Reuters that covered the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995 due to unauthorized futures trading.
While at Reuters in London, she also worked with the team covering the European Monetary Union's path towards a single currency.
From there, she returned to the U.S. as one of theStreet.com's first reporters in San Francisco covering the tech and Internet boom and then, helping Forbes.com build out its markets website in New York City.
After trotting around major cities worldwide, her roots (and 9/11) pulled her back to resettle in Chicago, where she was born and raised. From there, she brings USA Today readers insights on retirement, personal savings and investments, estate planning, job market, the economy and more.
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