Genna Contino joins personal finance team at MarketWatch

Genna Contino

MarketWatch has welcomed a new hire on its personal finance team.

Genna Contino, who was most recently a fellow on the wealth team at Forbes, is a new Smart Spending reporter. She has honed her reporting skills at local newspapers including The Charlotte Observer and at CNBC's personal finance desk.

She recently graduated from the business and economics reporting program at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism, where she learned about covering the economy, companies and markets. She has written about homeowners surprised to find out that their insurance doesn't cover mold, and how to pay taxes when you're working remotely on a 274-night cruise.

Contino is a University of South Carolina alum and a big Gamecock fan. She is working to get Italian citizenship by descent, because her great grandparents were born in Italy.