Lauren Weber

Lauren Weber was formerly a staff reporter at Reuters and "Newsday." She has also written for the" New York Times," the "Los Angeles Times, "American Banker, and other publications. A former resident at Yaddo, Lauren graduated from Wesleyan University and was a Knight-Bagehot fellow, a fellowship that invites 10 business journalists each year to study finance and economics at Columbia's Graduate School of Business. Weber grew up with a father whose creative and eccentric ways of saving money...See more

Lauren Weber was formerly a staff reporter at Reuters and "Newsday." She has also written for the" New York Times," the "Los Angeles Times, "American Banker, and other publications. A former resident at Yaddo, Lauren graduated from Wesleyan University and was a Knight-Bagehot fellow, a fellowship that invites 10 business journalists each year to study finance and economics at Columbia's Graduate School of Business. Weber grew up with a father whose creative and eccentric ways of saving money included rationing household toilet paper and developing a gas-saving method of driving in which light pedal taps substituted for full braking. See less