Warren Boroson
Encyclopedia
Warren Boroson is an American
author
and journalist
. He has written over 20 books, including How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett, Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds and How to Buy a House for Nothing (or Little) Down. His most recent book is The Reverse Mortgage Advantage: The Tax-Free, House Rich Way to Retire Wealthy! He has also written for numerous magazines, such as New York Times Magazine, Woman's Day
, TV Guide
, Better Homes and Gardens
, Reader's Digest
, Consumer Reports
, Family Circle
, and Cosmopolitan Magazine. His play, Blasphemy, is about the 1697 prosecution and execution of Thomas Aikenhead
for blasphemy.
in West New York, New Jersey
, when the town consisted of embroidery factories and Irish Catholic, German and Italian residents. He first attended P.S. No. 6, and then Memorial High School
, graduating in January 1952. He attended Columbia University
, where he intended to pursue education, though prior to graduating, he decided on a career as a journalist. He graduated in 1957.
, which was sued by Barry Goldwater
for articles it published questioning Goldwater's psychological fitness to be president. Boroson has stated that David Bar-Illan
was the creator of the article that helped lead to the lawsuit, even though his name was not listed originally. Boroson later asserted that Goldwater sued him and the magazine for two million dollars. Goldwater collected $75,000 from the publisher and the magazine, and $1 from the publisher, the magazine, and Boroson.
For the years 1990 and 2000, Boroson won the top business news-writing award from Rutgers/CIT
. In 1996, he won the Investment Company Institute
/American University
personal finance
writing award. In 2002 and 2004 he won the New Jersey Press Association's top business-writing award. He was formerly on staff at Money
magazine and at Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance Magazine.
Boroson's career at the Daily Record of Morris County, N.J., ended rather abruptly in 2007. A new editor killed his nationally syndicated financial column, claiming that it was not local enough. (Boroson has maintained that the new editor had told him that readers identify him with the newspaper—and "I knew then that my goose was cooked.") After his column was killed, Boroson resigned.
He has had articles published in the New York Times Magazine, Woman's Day
, TV Guide
, Better Homes and Gardens
, Reader's Digest
, Consumer Reports
, Family Circle
, and Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Boroson teaches at the County College of Morris
in Randolph, New Jersey
. He has also taught at The New School
, Fairleigh Dickinson University
, Ramapo College
, and Rutgers University
.
In 2008, Boroson began teaching courses on famous singers of the past—Rosa Ponselle, Richard Crooks, Lotte Schoene, Conchita Supervia.
In 2009, Boroson was teaching classes on famous old singers at the County College of Morris, the JCC in Washington Township, and the Institute for New Dimensions.
He won third place in the 2009 New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists contest for sports articles in a weekly, and first place for feature articles.
Commenting on reports circulating on the Internet (NJReport.com) that Boroson quietly sold his own house while urging his readers to buy houses, he responded: "In my career as a real-estate writer, I have personally never urged people to buy houses. As for my selling one of my own two houses several years ago, I wrote about it in my column several times--and Kiplinger's (with a readership in the millions) featured me in a story about people who had recently sold their houses, with a full page photo of me. The person circulating these libelous stories about me, who calls himself Grim and is named James Bednar, is a shameless liar."
United States
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author
Author
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and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. He has written over 20 books, including How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett, Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds and How to Buy a House for Nothing (or Little) Down. His most recent book is The Reverse Mortgage Advantage: The Tax-Free, House Rich Way to Retire Wealthy! He has also written for numerous magazines, such as New York Times Magazine, Woman's Day
Woman's Day
Woman's Day is aimed at a female readership, covering such subjects as food, nutrition, fitness, beauty and fashion. The magazine edition is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines....
, TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
, Better Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens (magazine)
Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. The editor in Chief is Gayle Butler. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per...
, Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
, Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly by Consumers Union since 1936. It publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory. It also publishes cleaning and general buying guides...
, Family Circle
Family Circle
Family Circle is an American women's magazine published 15 times a year by Meredith Corporation. It began publication in 1932 as a magazine distributed at supermarkets such as Piggly Wiggly and Safeway. Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting bought the magazine in 1962. The New York Times Company bought...
, and Cosmopolitan Magazine. His play, Blasphemy, is about the 1697 prosecution and execution of Thomas Aikenhead
Thomas Aikenhead
Thomas Aikenhead was a Scottish student from Edinburgh, who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20 on a charge of blasphemy. He was the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy.-Indictment:...
for blasphemy.
Early life
Warren Boroson grew up on Boulevard EastBoulevard East
Boulevard East is a two-way, mostly two lane, scenic thoroughfare in the North Hudson, New Jersey municipalities of Weehawken, West New York, Guttenberg and North Bergen. Apart from small sections at either end, the road runs along the crest of the Hudson Palisades, affording it views of the Hudson...
in West New York, New Jersey
West New York, New Jersey
West New York is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 49,708.-Geography:...
, when the town consisted of embroidery factories and Irish Catholic, German and Italian residents. He first attended P.S. No. 6, and then Memorial High School
Memorial High School (West New York, New Jersey)
Memorial High School is a four-year public high school that serves students from West New York, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the West New York School District. WNYSD, an Abbott District, serves all of the city of West New York...
, graduating in January 1952. He attended Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, where he intended to pursue education, though prior to graduating, he decided on a career as a journalist. He graduated in 1957.
Career
In 1964 Boroson was managing editor of Fact MagazineFact Magazine
Fact Magazine was an American publication that commented on controversial topics.-History:Edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson, the magazine was notable for having been sued by Barry Goldwater over a 1964 issue entitled "The Unconscious of a Conservative: A special Issue on the Mind of Barry...
, which was sued by Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election. An articulate and charismatic figure during the first half of the 1960s, he was known as "Mr...
for articles it published questioning Goldwater's psychological fitness to be president. Boroson has stated that David Bar-Illan
David Bar-Illan
David Bar-Illan was an internationally acclaimed pianist, author and columnist. Bar-Illan also served as Executive Editor of the Jerusalem Post, Israel's leading English-language newspaper, before becoming Director of Communications & Policy Planning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
was the creator of the article that helped lead to the lawsuit, even though his name was not listed originally. Boroson later asserted that Goldwater sued him and the magazine for two million dollars. Goldwater collected $75,000 from the publisher and the magazine, and $1 from the publisher, the magazine, and Boroson.
For the years 1990 and 2000, Boroson won the top business news-writing award from Rutgers/CIT
CIT
-Educational institutions:*California Institute of Technology *Canberra Institute of Technology*Carnegie Institute of Technology, the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University...
. In 1996, he won the Investment Company Institute
Investment Company Institute
The Investment Company Institute is the national association of U.S. investment companies. ICI encourages adherence to high ethical standards, promotes public understanding of funds and investing, and advances the interests of investment funds and their shareholders, directors, and advisers.As of...
/American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
personal finance
Personal finance
Personal finance is the application of the principles of finance to the monetary decisions of an individual or family unit. It addresses the ways in which individuals or families obtain, budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future...
writing award. In 2002 and 2004 he won the New Jersey Press Association's top business-writing award. He was formerly on staff at Money
Money (magazine)
Money is published by Time Inc. Its first issue was published in October 1972. Its articles cover the gamut of personal finance topics ranging from investing, saving, retirement and taxes to family finance issues like paying for college, credit, career and home improvement...
magazine and at Sylvia Porter's Personal Finance Magazine.
Boroson's career at the Daily Record of Morris County, N.J., ended rather abruptly in 2007. A new editor killed his nationally syndicated financial column, claiming that it was not local enough. (Boroson has maintained that the new editor had told him that readers identify him with the newspaper—and "I knew then that my goose was cooked.") After his column was killed, Boroson resigned.
He has had articles published in the New York Times Magazine, Woman's Day
Woman's Day
Woman's Day is aimed at a female readership, covering such subjects as food, nutrition, fitness, beauty and fashion. The magazine edition is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines....
, TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
, Better Homes and Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens (magazine)
Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. The editor in Chief is Gayle Butler. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per...
, Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
, Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly by Consumers Union since 1936. It publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory. It also publishes cleaning and general buying guides...
, Family Circle
Family Circle
Family Circle is an American women's magazine published 15 times a year by Meredith Corporation. It began publication in 1932 as a magazine distributed at supermarkets such as Piggly Wiggly and Safeway. Cowles Magazines and Broadcasting bought the magazine in 1962. The New York Times Company bought...
, and Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Boroson teaches at the County College of Morris
County College of Morris
County College of Morris is a public community college located in Randolph, New Jersey. The college was founded in 1966, and first opened its doors to students in 1968....
in Randolph, New Jersey
Randolph, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,847 people, 8,679 households, and 6,804 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,185.2 people per square mile . There were 8,903 housing units at an average density of 424.7 per square mile...
. He has also taught at The New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...
, Ramapo College
Ramapo College
Ramapo College of New Jersey is a public liberal arts and professional studies institution of the New Jersey system of higher education.- Location :...
, and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
.
In 2008, Boroson began teaching courses on famous singers of the past—Rosa Ponselle, Richard Crooks, Lotte Schoene, Conchita Supervia.
In 2009, Boroson was teaching classes on famous old singers at the County College of Morris, the JCC in Washington Township, and the Institute for New Dimensions.
He won third place in the 2009 New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists contest for sports articles in a weekly, and first place for feature articles.
Commenting on reports circulating on the Internet (NJReport.com) that Boroson quietly sold his own house while urging his readers to buy houses, he responded: "In my career as a real-estate writer, I have personally never urged people to buy houses. As for my selling one of my own two houses several years ago, I wrote about it in my column several times--and Kiplinger's (with a readership in the millions) featured me in a story about people who had recently sold their houses, with a full page photo of me. The person circulating these libelous stories about me, who calls himself Grim and is named James Bednar, is a shameless liar."
Selected bibliography
- The Best of Fact. Trident Press, 1967. ASIN B0006BRBJG - with Ralph Ginzburg
- How to buy or sell your home in a changing market. Medical Economics Books, 1983. ISBN 0-87489-278-3
- Physicians' guide to professional and personal advisers. Medical Economics Books, 1985. ISBN 0-87489-355-0
- How to Sell Your House in a Buyer's Market. Wiley, 1990. ISBN 0-471-52508-1, with Martin M. Shenkman
- Save Thousands on Your Mortgage: The Best Investment You Can Make. MacMillan of Canada, 1990. ISBN 0-02-028345-8
- Mutual Fund Switch Strategies and Timing Tactics (The Investor's Self-Teaching Seminars). Probus Professional Publishing, 1991. ISBN 1-55738-184-4
- Keys to Investing for Your Child's Future. Barron's Educational Series, 1992. ISBN 0-8120-4961-6
- The Home Buyer's Inspection Guide : Everything You Need to Know to Save $$ and Get A Better House. Wiley, 1993. ISBN 0-471-57450-3, with Ken Austin.
- Keys to Retirement Planning. Barron's Educational Series, 2nd ed. 1995. ISBN 0-8120-9013-6
- Keys to Saving Money on Income Taxes. Barron's Educational Series, 2nd ed. 1995. ISBN 0-8120-9012-8
- The Ultimate Stock Picker's Guide: 24 Top Experts Recommend 25 Stocks to Buy & Hold. Probus Professional Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-55738-823-7
- Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds. Barron's Educational Series, 3rd ed. 1997. ISBN 0-8120-9644-4
- The Ultimate Mutual Fund Guide: 19 Experts Pick the 33 Top Funds You Should Own. Irwin Professional Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-7863-1130-4
- Keys to Investing in Your 401K. Barron's Educational Series, 2000. ISBN 0-7641-1298-8
- How to Buy a House with No (or Little) Money Down, 3rd Edition Wiley, 2001. ISBN 0-471-39731-8, with Martin M. Shenkman
- J. K. Lasser's Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett. Wiley, 2001. ISBN 0-471-39774-1
- The Reverse Mortgage Advantage : The Tax-Free, House Rich Way to Retire Wealthy! McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0-07-147072-7