Rachel Courtland | Science and technology journalist

Rachel Courtland
Science and technology journalist


My name is Rachel Courtland.

My name is Rachel Courtland.

My name is Rachel Courtland.

I’m a journalist and editor specializing in science and technology coverage. I'm a commissioning editor at MIT Technology Review, where I work with freelance writers and experts on a range of articles, including narrative features, op-eds, news stories, profiles, book essays, and photo essays.

You can read more about how to pitch us—and get a look at the upcoming magazine themes—in our pitch guide.

I commission and edit stories on a very wide range of subjects. I am also working on building up our physical technology coverage. If you're a journalist who likes covering subjects like chips, quantum computing, engineering, materials, robotics, or space, please drop me a line (e-mail address is in the pitch guide linked above).

For non-TR business, I can be found at rcourtland /-at-/ nasw.org


I’m a journalist and editor specializing in science and technology coverage. I'm a commissioning editor at MIT Technology Review, where I work with freelance writers and experts on a range of articles, including narrative features, op-eds, news stories, profiles, book essays, and photo essays.

You can read more about how to pitch us—and get a look at the upcoming magazine themes—in our pitch guide.

I commission and edit stories on a very wide range of subjects. I am also working on building up our physical technology coverage. If you're a journalist who likes covering subjects like chips, quantum computing, engineering, materials, robotics, or space, please drop me a line (e-mail address is in the pitch guide linked above).

For non-TR business, I can be found at rcourtland /-at-/ nasw.org


I’m a journalist and editor specializing in science and technology coverage. I'm a commissioning editor at MIT Technology Review, where I work with freelance writers and experts on a range of articles, including narrative features, op-eds, news stories, profiles, book essays, and photo essays.

You can read more about how to pitch us—and get a look at the upcoming magazine themes—in our pitch guide.

I commission and edit stories on a very wide range of subjects. I am also working on building up our physical technology coverage. If you're a journalist who likes covering subjects like chips, quantum computing, engineering, materials, robotics, or space, please drop me a line (e-mail address is in the pitch guide linked above).

For non-TR business, I can be found at rcourtland /-at-/ nasw.org


Prior work

Before joining MIT Technology Review, I worked as a freelance magazine editor; a features editor at Nature; and as the semiconductors editor at the technology magazine IEEE Spectrum.

My first journalism job was at the London-headquartered science magazine New Scientist, where I reported on general relativity, galactic cannibalism, lunar lava tubes, and myriad other topics in space, physics, and astronomy out of the magazine's office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

I have a background in physics and am a graduate of the Science Communication Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I was also a AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellow. If you're interested in applying to either program and want to hear an alum's perspective, I'm always happy to chat. You can reach out via my non-TR e-mail address (rcourtland -at- nasw.org).

Before joining MIT Technology Review, I worked as a freelance magazine editor; a features editor at Nature; and as the semiconductors editor at the technology magazine IEEE Spectrum.

My first journalism job was at the London-headquartered science magazine New Scientist, where I reported on general relativity, galactic cannibalism, lunar lava tubes, and myriad other topics in space, physics, and astronomy out of the magazine's office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

I have a background in physics and am a graduate of the Science Communication Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I was also a AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellow. If you're interested in applying to either program and want to hear an alum's perspective, I'm always happy to chat. You can reach out via my non-TR e-mail address (rcourtland -at- nasw.org).

Before joining MIT Technology Review, I worked as a freelance magazine editor; a features editor at Nature; and as the semiconductors editor at the technology magazine IEEE Spectrum.

My first journalism job was at the London-headquartered science magazine New Scientist, where I reported on general relativity, galactic cannibalism, lunar lava tubes, and myriad other topics in space, physics, and astronomy out of the magazine's office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

I have a background in physics and am a graduate of the Science Communication Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I was also a AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellow. If you're interested in applying to either program and want to hear an alum's perspective, I'm always happy to chat. You can reach out via my non-TR e-mail address (rcourtland -at- nasw.org).

For non-TR business: rcourtland -at- nasw.org

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