About
Writing for BobVila.com since 2021, Karon Warren has covered home insurance and home loan topics for more than 15 years. She also routinely writes about mortgages, car insurance, and personal finance.
Experience
For more than 20 years, Karon has written stories covering everything from home decor to mortgages to personal finance and beyond for such clients as BobVila.com, LendingTree, Bankrate, The Balance, Realtor.com, Atlanta Home Improvement, and many more. Karon is an expert in the areas of homeowners insurance, renters insurance, mortgage types, home financing, how to buy a house, and how to sell a house.
Karon is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and she has appeared as a panelist and moderator on topics related to journalism and the content-marketing industry. In 2021, Karon was awarded the ASJA Exceptional Service Award along with five fellow ASJA members for their work fighting anti-freelancing state and federal legislation.
Education
Karon earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997.
Highlights
- Specialties and interests: Personal finance, insurance, mortgages, real estate, home decor and improvement
- Education: Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi
- Other work: LendingTree, Bankrate, Mortgage Research Center, Joy Wallet, and others
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