Joe Pye

Joe Pye

Joe Pye is the managing editor of Debt.com. In 2016, Pye started writing about debt and personal finance while attending Florida Atlantic University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the student-run newspaper, the University Press.

Before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism, Pye placed as a finalist for the Mark of Excellence award by the Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 for feature writing and in-depth reporting. In 2021, Pye earned First Place in the Green Eyeshade awards for “Best Blog” for his side-project BrowardBeer.com.

Since taking a full-time position here in 2018, Pye has become a certified debt management professional who’s applied what he’s learned to his personal life by paying down more than $22,000 worth of combined credit card, student loan, auto and tax debt in less than two years.

The Debt.com FinTok Awards

Debt.com honors the best financial advice on TikTok If you take financial advice only from TikTok, you’ll go broke, says Debt.com chairman Howard Dvorkin. “Most of what I see are costly suggestions from entertaining amateurs,” says Dvorkin, a CPA and author of two books on personal finance. “Debt.com has previously documented some of the silliest […]

DEATH AND DEBT GLOSSARY

You can expect to feel a lot of emotions while planning a funeral. One you may not expect is confusion. This glossary of death terms can help make the best decisions.

Illustration depicting grieving family who used a loan to pay for loved one's funeral.

How a Funeral Can Bury You in Debt

What do funerals and weddings have in common? They’re both expensive and emotional. I planned both six months apart. Here’s what I learned.

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