Trae Bodge
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
TrueTrae,
CNN,
CNN Underscored,
MSN,
MSN Canada,
MSN Québec,
MSN Singapore,
Yahoo Life,
HuffPost,
MSN South Africa,
USA Today
and
Covers:
Retail landscape, sales, top products, shopping trends, and entrepreneurship
Doesn't Cover:
kids, babies, pets, events, restaurants
FLYING THE COOP! Find me @traebodge on IG & Threads instead. Co-founder threadneedleAlley.org
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Trae Bodge’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Trae Bodge is an accomplished lifestyle journalist and TV commentator who has specialized in retail, saving money, and entrepreneurship for more than a decade. She has appeared on TV over 1,000 times, including The Today Show, GMA, CBS Mornings, NBC Nightly News, Inside Edition, and network affiliates nationwide.
She writes for truetrae.com, which syndicates to MSN. Her expert commentary has appeared in Forbes, AARP, MarketWatch, MSN, USNews.com, Kiplinger, and numerous others.
Trae is also co-…
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Interview
See all 21 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Writing budget-living content (very similar to what I write now) for Mainstreet.com.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes. They are difficult to type quickly on, but the act of typing on a typewriter is satisfying.
How is social media changing news?
It's becoming harder to tell what's true/real and what's not. We have to do our due diligence!