Tami Luhby, a senior writer at CNNMoney.com, covers economic news for the site. Luhby has written extensively about Rhode Island and continues to cover the state, writing about unemployment, foreclosures and economic recovery plans.

Previously, Luhby covered personal finance for Newsday. Before joining Newsday. she worked at Crain’s New York Business and American Banker. She also worked as a metro reporter at The Home News Tribune and at the Asbury Park PressI in New Jersey.

Luhby is an adjunct faculty member at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, from which she received her M.S. She also received her B.A. from Columbia. She lives in New York City with her husband.