Kelly-Ann Franklin

Before she joined Forbes Advisor as updates editor on the Credit Cards and Travel Rewards team in 2023, Kelly-Ann Franklin spent more than 20 years in local journalism as an editor and a writer. She covered sports, features, news and business topics. Wanting to provide more direct service to readers, she joined The Motley Fool in 2021 to edit investment and personal finance articles. She enjoys staycations and day trips with her wife and two boys throughout New England.

Expertise

• Building and improving credit
• Budgeting and personal finance
• Lifestyle and parenting
• News and government

Achievements

• More than two decades of journalism experience
• Ran a newspaper’s features team
• Led a newspaper’s sports department
• Managed a newsroom
• Helped launch a weekly newspaper
• Created a customer success department for a start-up content distribution company
• Developed a resource guide for editors and writers and a content production organization
• Reads an average of two books a month

Other Publications

• The Chase Trifecta: How to Maximize Your Ultimate Rewards Points
• 5 Reasons You Need the Bilt Card in Your Wallet

Education

Sacred Heart University, Bachelor of English