Commentary on Personal Finance, Economy and LGBTQ+ Matters
Nick Wolny is an author and columnist available for media and broadcast interviews.
Summary
Direct email: hello (at) nickwolny (dot) com
One-pagers: Interviews: General audience | Interviews: LGBTQ+ focused audience
Media kit: Google Drive with photos and graphics
Lower third/attribution options
- Nick Wolny, author, Money Proud: The Queer Guide to Generate Wealth, Slay Debt, and Build Good Habits to Secure Your Future
- Nick Wolny, author, Money Proud
- Nick Wolny, Out magazine finance columnist
- Nick Wolny, columnist, Out magazine
- Nick Wolny, finance columnist, Out magazine
Bio
Nick Wolny is an author, speaker, and finance columnist for Out magazine. He writes Financialicious, a personal finance newsletter tailored toward queer readers, and is working on his first book, Money Proud, which releases in December 2025.
Additional info: I am usually available for same-day broadcast commentary, and have an HD video setup in my home office.
Want more information on speaking engagements? Go here.
Areas of expertise
Consumer behavior and spending
Consumer spending, economic indicators, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Prime Day, e-commerce, travel spending behavior
Example: “We’re drowning in credit card debt” (Vox – Today, Explained podcast)
Debt and Budgeting
Credit card debt, auto loan debt, student debt, medical debt, Buy Now Pay Later, saving rate, rent prices, utility rates, cost of living
Example: “Maxed Out: Why We’re $1.14 Trillion in Credit Card Debt” (CNET)
Digital nomadism, personal entrepreneurship, side hustles
Gig economy, creator economy, social media platforms, LLCs, solopreneurs, corporate workforce exodus
Career advice for Gen Z
Skill building, interview techniques, salary negotiation, job market data, hiring trends
Example: “How Changing Your Money Mentality Can Yield Huge Rewards” (Yahoo! Finance video)
LGBTQ+ topics
Same-sex marriage (Gay marriage) legal battles, rainbow capitalism, Pride month politics, pink money (purchasing power), same-sex parenting, gayborhood gentrification, LGBTQ+ estate planning, LGBTQ+ personal finance, LGBTQ+ health care, employment discrimination, lavender ceiling
Sample Portfolio
Out Magazine: How Pride is preparing for a world without DEI
A collection of interviews with Pride directors across America on how they pivoted as corporate dollars dried up.
FORTUNE: Superficial corporate attempts to show LGBTQ solidarity might be doing more harm than good. Our latest data analysis proves it
A commentary on how rainbow capitalism rings hollow with consumers and organizations alike. (From 2022)
Fast Company: 5 ways coming out helped me build my dream career
An op-ed for Fast Company on National Coming Out Day in 2021.
CNET: Maxed Out: Inside America's $1.14 trillion credit card debt crisis
Feature writing and street journalism on how credit card culture weaves a web of psychology, policy and profit.
Entrepreneur: Why every LGBTQ person should learn this skill
Context and recommended action steps on why queer people should learn entrepreneurship.
Out Magazine: The real cost of same-sex surrogacy
Why same-sex parenthood, despite its exorbitant cost, continues to rise in popularity.
Yahoo Finance: How changing your money mentality can yield huge rewards
A video interview on the idea of intellectual capital and the earning potential of education.
Out Magzine: The pink shadow ban: How LGBTQ+ influencers are fighting censorship
How queer people whose livelihood depends on social media distribution are navigating income challenges.
CNET: All 22 types of 1099 tax forms, explained
A longform service-focused piece to bookmark every tax season.