time ▁writer ▁of ▁the ▁Market ▁Watch ▁column ▁for ▁the ▁Sunday ▁" M oney ▁& ▁Business " ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times . ▁In ▁November , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁she ▁moved ▁from ▁the ▁Times ▁to ▁the ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁M org enson ▁was ▁born ▁January ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁in ▁State ▁College , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁She ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁from ▁St . ▁O la f ▁College ▁in ▁North field , ▁Minnesota ▁with ▁a ▁B . A . ▁degree ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁History . ▁ ▁Career ▁She ▁went ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁editor ▁with ▁Vog ue ▁magazine , ▁eventually ▁becoming ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁financial ▁column ist . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁she ▁co - author ed ▁the ▁book ▁The ▁Woman ' s ▁Guide ▁to ▁the ▁Stock ▁Market ▁and ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁joined ▁the ▁Wall ▁Street ▁stock bro ker age , ▁Dean ▁W itter ▁Reyn olds ▁where ▁she ▁remained ▁until ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁She ▁returned ▁to ▁writing ▁on ▁financial ▁matters ▁at ▁M oney ▁magazine ▁and ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁accepted ▁an ▁offer ▁from ▁For bes ▁magazine ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁an ▁editor ▁and ▁an ▁investig ative ▁business ▁writer . ▁In ▁mid - 1 9 9 3 , ▁she ▁left ▁For bes ▁magazine ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁executive ▁editor ▁at ▁W orth ▁magazine ▁but ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁took ▁on ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁press ▁secretary ▁for ▁the ▁President