Christine Digangi

Christine DiGangi has dedicated the majority of her career to financial education, writing thousands of articles about the consumer credit system and how to manage personal finances. She joined Dotdash Meredith in 2019 and has since worked on both its finance sites, Investopedia and The Balance.

Before working at Dotdash Meredith, Christine served as the managing editor of mortgage content at LendingTree, an editor and writer for Credit.com, communications coordinator for the Society of Professional Journalists, and a copy editor for The New York Times. She has more than a decade of experience in service journalism, as a reporter, editor, and vocal advocate for ethics and accuracy in publishing.

Her writing has been featured on MarketWatch, USA Today, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, and The New York Times International Weekly. Christine has also spoken about budgeting, student loan management, and investing at community events attended by a wide range of people, from high school students to retirees.

While leading the editorial team at The Balance, Christine set the publication's standards for high-quality service journalism, followed by the dozens of writers and editors who contribute to The Balance. She developed a multi-layered editing process that follows strict sourcing standards in service of publishing accurate, clear, helpful articles for The Balance's millions of readers.

Christine has a B.A. in English writing with a minor in mass communication from DePauw University, where she served as editor-in-chief of The DePauw, Indiana's oldest college newspaper.