Rachel F. Elson is an American journalist 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 Gerald Loeb Award for Online excellence in business journalism for the story "Middle Class Crunch". A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Elson was previously an editor at MSN Money, the New York Post, and Salon.com. She has been a freelance editor and reporter whose articles have appeared in Time Out New York, The Washington Post, Salon.com, People.com, the New York Post and The San Francisco Examiner.