Rachel Sturtz

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Rachel Sturtz

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reporter for Outside magazine.

Lived and worked in New York City as a staff editor at Fitness. Moonlighted as a freelance travel writer. Spent early mornings at the rail with tobacco-spittin' octogenarian horse trainers in New Orleans; wallpapered the Île Saint-Louis with a Parisian street artist; and attended rehearsals of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.

Moved to Denver and is now a full-time freelance journalist. Her stories have appeared in Outside, Esquire, Hemispheres, Women’s Health, Details, Fitness, Shape, Runner’s World,Running Times, and more.

FROM Rachel Sturtz

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Sexual Abuse in Swimming Olympic swimmer and coach Jack Nelson died last week. He was famous for coaching the U.S. women’s relay team that beat the favored East Germans at the 1976 Olympics. But he was also accused by one of his star athletes, Diana Nyad, of raping her multiple times when she was a teenager. Nyad is not alone. More than 100 swim coaches have been banned from the sport for life because of sexual abuse allegations or convictions. A new article in Outside magazine takes an in-depth look at the issue.

11 MIN, 48 SEC Nov 14, 2014

Farewell LA freeways, Peter Shire is back Angelenos don't want more freeways but we seem not to want mass transit either. Metro has killed the 710 freeway extension, and bus and train ridership is down across the region. What's the future of getting around in LA? And, Peter Shire is having a comeback. What attracts a new generation to his playful ceramics and furniture?

28 MIN, 27 SEC May 30, 2017

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