Portfolio – RACHEL MORGAN CAUTERO

Parenting | The Atlantic

The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more. I wrote about my personal experience with my son’s tongue tie at birth and the ensuing advice we received for treating said tongue tie. The published piece was one of the site’s top 10 articles on the day of its publication, and I appeared on NPR’s On Point Radio with Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss the subject.

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Parenting | Parents magazine

Parents magazine covers nearly every aspect of parenthood, from pregnancy through the school years. I’ve written about my experience breastfeeding, my birth experience, and elderberry as an immunity-booster.

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Parenting | The Everymom

The Everymom is an online media destination for mothers of all ages, covering topics ranging from pregnancy to being a working mother to infertility. In my first article for The Everymom, I wrote about being fired at six months pregnant and how I used it as a stepping stone to build a successful freelance career. I’ve also written about the transition from working full-time to being a WAHM, babyproofing, and being pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Finance| Forbes

Forbes is a global media company that focuses on business, investing, finance, technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle content.

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Finance| Business Insider

Business Insider is a business site focusing on financial, media, tech, and other industry news. I’ve covered topics ranging from traveling on credit card rewards, life insurance, even advice for first-time homebuyers.

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Rewards travel| NerdWallet

Founded by a bunch of self-proclaimed “Nerds,” NerdWallet helps consumers find the best credit cards, up their credit score, land the perfect mortgage, and more. I primarily create rewards-based content for this outlet.

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Finance | HerMoney

Founded by financial expert Jean Chatzky, HerMoney is a new digital media company focused on improving women’s relationship with money. My articles published on HerMoney range from the best retirement tools to the difference between a 401(k) and a 403(b) to managing finances as a new parent.

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Finance| The Balance

The Balance is a finance-based media destination for a millennial audience, covering topics ranging from what it means to be vested in your 401(k) to a pennies-and-dollars breakdown of Amazon’s food delivery options to an in-depth look at millennials and debt.

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Finance | SmartAsset

SmartAsset is a personal finance startup that covers topics ranging from home buying, refinancing, retirement, life insurance, taxes, investing, personal loans, and more. I’ve written on retirement payout options, SIMPLE IRAs and SIMPLE 401(k)s, achieving financial security, even how to live frugally in retirement.

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Finance | Life & Money

A digital media site owned by Northwestern Mutual, Life & Money focuses on topics ranging from retirement to investing to financial planning. I’ve covered home renovation, insurance, and rewards travel for this outlet.

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Finance | DailyWorth

DailyWorth is a finance and career-minded site geared toward women. These articles cover a variety of issues, from 401(k)s to getting married and protecting yourself financially to Wall Street’s Fearless Girl.

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Regional | South Jersey Magazine

These features were published in South Jersey Magazine, a regional publication that focused on lifestyle, business, politics, celebrities, and local news events. At South Jersey Magazine, I wrote many front page feature stories, as well as several regular features for each issue, including front-of-book mainstays such as Southern Exposure and Good Buy.

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Lifestyle | Haute Living Magazine

At Haute Living Magazine, not only was I overseeing the production of four national luxury lifestyle magazines, I was also interviewing and writing cover stories on celebrities like Kevin Costner, John Varvatos, Kelly Wearstler, and Melania Trump. Yes, that Melania Trump.

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Culture | NYO Magazine

While at the New York Observer, I was tapped to take on a special project: NYO Magazine. It was envisioned as a monthly supplement to the iconic pink newspaper’s already robust presence in the New York City media scene—and it delivered.

The publication featured notables such as Benjamin Millepied, Dylan Lauren, Candace Bushnell, and John Slattery, the latter of whom I had the pleasure of interviewing for the cover feature for the downtown issue. I spent the day meandering through downtown Manhattan with Slattery, attempting to figure out just what makes this Mad Man tick. The publications are available in their entirety below.

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Digital | The Local: East Village/The New York Times

While a journalism student at NYU, I had the immeasurable opportunity to work on a new collaboration between the journalism school and The New York Times, a hyperlocal site focusing on Manhattan’s East Village, which was also my home at the time.

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Investigative | Pavement Pieces/NYU

While at NYU, I was granted a travel grant to go to the Arizona/Mexico border to report on the many issues that were prevalent there, from immigration issues to pollution to lack of healthcare.

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