Rachel F. Elson is an American

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and editor-in-chief of ''Financial Planning Magazine'' and its associated website Financial-Planning.com. She was previously managing editor at Inc.com and CBS MoneyWatch.com. She is a recipient of the 2009

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for Online excellence in business journalism for the story "Middle Class Crunch". A graduate of the

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, Elson was previously an editor at

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. She has been a freelance editor and reporter whose articles have appeared in ''

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External links

Rachel Elson's professional website

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