Rachel Kaufman, freelance reporter

I'm an interrogator of gargoyle lovers, frog fondlers, and the eternal optimists saving the news industry. These are some of the stories I've written.

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Phone: 202-470-2656
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Email: rk@readwriterachel.com
Fax: 801-934-7535

They say you should write what you know.

Screw that. I write about what I want to learn.

I love the license for curiosity that being a journalist gives me. It’s better than any press pass, and even when they close the newspapers down they won’t be able to take it from me.

My writing, on basically every subject under the sun—science, arts, business, food, health—has been published in the Washington Post and sister publication Express, in National Geographic News, Newsday, and many other magazines, newspapers, and Web sites. I’m the editor of a blog on mediabistro.com, MediaJobsDaily.

If you’d like to reach me about a writing or editing project, I’m available. I try to respond to all inquiries within 24 hours. By e-mail: rk@readwriterachel.com. Phone: 202-470-2656. And please, remember that the only person responsible for this site is me—my employer(s) are not to blame for any errors I may make.

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