Rachel Cavanaugh
Portland, OR
Rachel Cavanaugh is a long-time journalist based in the Pacific Northwest. With more than 20 years of experience as a news reporter, writer, photographer, editor, and digital producer, her work has been featured in Men's Journal, MSN, The Hollywood Reporter, Bustle, Digital Trends, Elite Daily, Matador Network, Gear Junkie, and other publications.
She's worked as a Digital Producer for Microsoft’s msnNOW, Digital Content Writer on Nike's Global Consumer Services' team, Staff Writer for Bustle's Outdoor and Fitness E-Commerce platform, Gear Reviewer for Digital Trends' Outdoors and Sports section, and Editor-in-Chief of the Goldendale Sentinel, a weekly print newspaper in Washington state.
Most recently, she helped conceptualize Columbia Sportswear's Tough Mother Outdoor Guide, a journalistically styled content platform that tells stories about people and places in the outdoors. As editorial manager, Rachel was in charge of all content production from story ideation and planning to research, interviews, and article delivery. In addition to writing higher-lever brand stories, she managed a small team of freelance writers, helping to build the global retail giant's first ever digital magazine from the ground up.
She currently splits her time between Baja, California, where she lives in an RV on the beach, and Hood River, Oregon where she spends her free time kiteboarding, snowboarding, and playing outside with dogs.