Harriet Meyer

Harriet Meyer is an award-winning freelance writer and editor. She has more than 20 years' experience covering a vast array of personal finance subjects.

Harriet has extensive media experience. She's edited broadsheet newspaper money sections and worked as a producer on radio money shows. She's also worked for corporates and start-ups that are building up their money content, as well as hosting media training sessions for companies. As a freelancer, she's worked for a wide range of different titles ranging from The Guardian to The Sunday Times, as well as consumer-focused websites such as Zoopla, MoneySavingExpert and MoneySuperMarket.

Experience

Harriet started as a journalist in 2002 on the Daily Telegraph's Your Money team as a researcher, soon being promoted to reporter, and then senior reporter. She then moved to the BBC where she worked as a producer on radio shows such as Wake Up to Money and the Today programme.

She's always specialised in personal finance, and has won awards for 'cutting through the jargon' around complicated subjects such as pensions and investments. She's worked as Editor of The Observer Newspaper's Money section, managing a team of freelancers, and regularly contributing to the Guardian Money and Business sections. She was also The Sun's consumer champion column writer for four years, solving readers' money problems.

Outside work, Harriet is a trained yoga instructor, and teaches at home a few evenings a week. She also loves spending time with her partner and two giant British Shorthair cats, and making the most of what London has to offer with regular theatre trips.

Media coverage

Harriet has been interviewed on TV and radio, appearing on BBC Breakfast discussing personal finance topics. She's also been interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live, Radio 4, and other networks on anything from mortgage rates to how to fund retirement.

Published works

Harriet has written for all the UK's broadsheet newspapers and several tabloids. She has written for a wide range of magazines, websites, and corporate titles. She's recently written a series of articles for Virgin Brighter Money and money content for the Snoop app.

Harriet has also written for consumer titles, such as Moneywise, Money Week, and the Daily Telegraph. Her first big story was back in 2002 for the Daily Telegraph, when she campaigned for millions of women who paid lower National Insurance in return for few or no benefits. She has since written many articles about women's pension scandals.

Citations

Harriet was named Up and Coming Financial Journalist of the Year in 2002 at the Association of British Insurers' Media Awards.
In 2012 she won Best Consumer Advice Award at the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) for an article about travel insurance costs.
She was named Financial Freelance Journalist of the Year in 2015 at The Santander UK Financial Media Awards.
She has been shortlisted several times for Headline Money Freelance Journalist of the Year, coming second twice.
She has also been highly commended for an article in The Sunday Times about care home costs.

Degrees and/or titles

Harriet has a 2:1 BA (Hons) in English Literature from Bristol University.

Conference appearances/speaking engagements

Harriet has hosted several media training events for PR companies, and featured in Scottish Widows and Lloyds TSB videos about the benefits of retirement planning. She's also been interviewed on the Steps to Investing YouTube channel about pensions.

Previous jobs

Harriet has focused on media, journalism and copywriting since leaving university. However, she also spent a few years living in Barcelona, Spain, where she worked as an English for business teacher alongside journalism for the expat Weekly Telegraph.