The samples below are a selection of published works. To view more of Rachel’s work please click on the title (ex. “Vox.com – Future Perfect Fellow”) to be directed to her author page.
Harvard Business Review – Editorial Coordinator – Business
Conducting an Effective Executive Team Meeting
The HBR Executive Playbook on turning C-suite meetings from a box-checking exercise to a catalyst for decisive action.
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First-hand perspectives from five CEOs on transforming tension into purpose.
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Building a Customer-Centric Organization
The HBR Executive Playbook on building an organization where customer success is the foundation of long-term growth.
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Building Your Organization’s Next Generation of Leaders
An executive’s guide on developing the talent who will secure your company’s success.
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Keeping Morale Up During a Turnaround
The HBR Executive Playbook on steering teams through disruption with empathy, recognition, and renewed energy.
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Overcoming the Traps That Prevent Growth in Uncertain Times
An executive’s guide on developing a momentum-building game plan when the future is foggy.
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Delivering Bad News to Your Board
The HBR Executive Playbook on when and how to share negative updates with your directors.
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Building Trust with Your Board
The HBR Executive Playbook on forming strong, long-lasting relationships with your directors.
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Will Psychedelics Propel Your Career?
With executive experimentation on the rise, experts weigh in.
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4 Tips for New Grads Struggling to Find a Job
Expert advice on navigating today’s tough job market.
Vox.com – Sentences Newsletter Writer
Archive Sentences newsletters: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/10gGTG7jDwNoyXMUvyvcbrImql2gU08o3
Vox.com – Future Perfect Fellow – Public Health Stories
We can overcome vaccine hesitancy. Just look at the HPV shot.
What we can learn from the shot that protected a generation of women from cancer.
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Half the world is at risk of dengue. Why is there no universal way to prevent it?
This painful, mosquito-borne virus could spread even more if new innovations can’t scale.
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What can the world learn from China’s “zero-Covid” lockdown?
Short-term lockdowns could be key to ending pandemics early.
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Why earthquakes are deadlier depending on where you live
What Turkey and Syria’s deadly earthquakes reveal about wealth.
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Why 70 percent of the world’s maternal deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa
How do we ensure no person dies as a result of bringing life into this world?
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One big idea that could prevent thousands of gun deaths
The scorched-earth fight over gun control obscures a key idea that could actually save lives: prioritizing gun storage.
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Alcohol overuse causes 178,000 American deaths annually. Why is it so undertreated?
Medications can help the 1 in 12 people who suffer from alcohol use disorder. But most will never be treated.
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Moitshepi Matsheng and Noam Angrist are working to reduce HIV transmission in Botswana
Matsheng and Angrist founded the nonprofit Youth Impact, which turns education research into action.
Vox.com – Future Perfect Fellow – Climate Stories
Why this toxic algae is quietly ruining all your beach days
Dead fish, closed beaches, and itchy eyes don’t make for a great spring break vacation.
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Save the “massive, living, beautiful, breathing, majestic boxes of carbon” known as whales
Ships, noise, and climate change are killing whales. Here’s how to change that.
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Why some of the US has the most polluted air in the world right now
Canada’s smoke blanketing the US is just the latest example of intensifying wildfires.
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How America solved its first air pollution crisis — and why solving the next one will be harder
The history of American air pollution, explained.
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There’s no such thing as a disaster-resistant place anymore
Climate risks are becoming increasingly expensive. Not just locally, but globally.
Insider – Junior Reporter – Leadership Stories
Toto Wolff was so burned out in 2020 that he considered selling his stake in the team
The CEO of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, was so burned out in 2020 that he seriously thought about selling his stake in the $1 billion team.
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Sandberg stepped down from her position as chief operating officer on August 1, after 14 years at the company. Here are the other powerful women at the company.
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Rise of the ‘Jeff Bots’: Former Amazon leaders have infiltrated the tech industry
With over 650 startups founded by former employees and swaths of alumni joining C-suites, Amazon-trained leaders — known as “Jeff Bots” — are bringing founder Jeff Bezos’ metrics-focused style to businesses across the globe.
Insider – Junior Reporter – Stories for Job-seekers
Olympic coaches reveal the 2 best ways to be a champion at work.
Olympic coaches David Nainkin and Rose Monday told Insider how they help their athletes succeed on the international stage.
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How to build an unforgettable personal brand that will help you land your dream job
Executives from all industries report valuing candidates who can use the company’s products to show off their creativity and personality.
Insider – Junior Reporter – Miscellaneous
Here’s what Gen Z thinks of the future of work.
While Gen Z is the latest generation to enter the workforce — many are starting their first jobs from home — they don’t seem to miss the office life that’s familiar to their parents.
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Duolingo’s TikToks push the boundaries of what company accounts typically do or say on social media.
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3 ways US employers can help foreign-born job seekers
As of 2019, there were just over 600,000 H-1B visa holders living in the US, but in the 2020-21 academic year, there were nearly 1 million international students studying in the country.
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Daily Bruin – Opinion Columnist & National News/Education Contributor
Opinion: UCLA should implement new guidelines for in-person gatherings
When UCLA decided to invite students back to campus, administrators should have created clear guidelines for student gatherings.
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Opinion: UCLA Health has failed to care for nurses, employees during pandemic
UCLA is ignoring its employees’ life-or-death demands.
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Opinion: Shift back to in-person instruction will bring new challenges for some students
Just because the economy is opening up doesn’t mean that people are – or should be –ready to embrace it.
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Opinion: UCLA should offer specialized orientation to help 1st-generation students acclimate
While NSA cohorts are often applauded for their diversity, the program lacks a full-time staff member dedicated to the experience of first-generation students.
Rachel DuRose 