Janet Lorin

Janet Lorin is a higher education finance reporter at Bloomberg News, where she has been working since April 2008.1 She specializes in covering college finances, contributing to Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets magazines, and appears on Bloomberg radio and television.3

Lorin's reporting focuses on various aspects of higher education, including:

• College admissions
• Financial aid
• Student debt
• University endowment investments
• The economic impact of the pandemic on universities
• Inequalities in higher education3

Her work has garnered recognition, including sharing the George Polk award for national reporting in 2012 for a series about student loans.3

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Lorin's career included:

• Newark Correspondent for The Associated Press (2005-2008)
• Reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1999-2005)
• Reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal (1996-1999)1

Lorin holds a bachelor's degree in history from Columbia College of Columbia University and a master's in journalism from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.3 As of February 2025, she is actively seeking journalists to join Bloomberg's national team in Boston.2