Mary Schwager
Mary Schwager
Consumer Watchdog
About the Author
Mary Schwager, AKA Galtime's "WatchDogMary" is a journalist with more than 17 years experience. She's won more than two-dozen local, regional, national and international journalism awards for investigative, consumer, feature reporting and writing including 11 Emmy Awards and 7 Edward R. Murrow Awards and numerous Associated Press honors. She worked as a television reporter, investigative reporter and investigative producer at network affiliated stations across the country including Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Milwaukee, WI, Indianapolis, Indiana and in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Marquette University in Milwaukee, she also conducted criminal and insurance fraud investigations as a state licensed detective. Mary is a national consumer columnist for The Examiner. Do you have something you want Mary to check out? Do you have a story idea? Please email her at maryschwager@galtime.com You can also follow her on Twitter @WatchDogMary and "like" her on Facebook.
From this Author
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When Your Co-workers are BulliesLike it wasn’t bad enough when it happened to you as a kid: On the playground, in the school hallways and lunchroom, but now bullying in the... |
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How to Arrange a Successful Vacation Home ExchangeAh, summer is almost here! Can you say: VACATION? How would you like to travel across the country, even across the world, and stay somewhere for free... |
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What Women Earn Compared to MenOkay ladies, when you read this you’re going to be mad! A brand new study found even today, in 2013, men tend to bring home a lot more bacon... |
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Boston Marathon Charity Scam WarningOut of great loss, grows great opportunity... for scammers. Warnings are being issued across the country to watch out for fake charities springing up... |
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What to Do With All Your Airline Miles and Reward PointsWhile we all love earning rewards based on purchases, a new study found that a whopping 73 percent of Americans have no idea how many frequent flyer... |
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Should You Buy, Sell or Stay in Your Current Home?Have you ever just arrived home from work one day, looked around and thought, “I need a change!” Or perhaps your friends are looking... |
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What To Do With Your Tax RefundThis consumer watchdog has a confession: When it comes time to start thinking about what I’d do with some extra cash, I feel as torn as Gollum... |
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Best Budgeters in America: Where Does Your City Rank?Is bad budgeting contagious? A new study by Cardhub.com reveals that residents of certain cities may do a better job managing their money than others... |
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5 Money Talks to Have With Your SpouseWhen you say “yes” to tying the knot, you’re doing more than joining hearts and lives, you’re also joining finances. Gulp.... |
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How Not to Get Ripped Off by a Wedding PhotographerImagine your wedding day: your dress is perfect, the flowers are gorgeous, and you’re having a wonderful time celebrating the union of your... |
