Rachel J. Pilgrim

BIO

Rachel J. Pilgrim is a multimedia investigative journalist from Mount Vernon, New York. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University with degrees in English, Business, and Inequality Studies before attending Columbia Journalism School for an M.S. in Journalism. She’s done work in radio and podcasting, video, and digital platforms covering stories in race, culture, social justice issues, and crime. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Huffington Post, and The Root. She is also a coauthor and copy editor for the book, Moving Still, published in 2020.

Rachel currently works as an Associate Producer on The Unbothered Network‘s new podcast, Sanctified, hosted by Deborah Joy Winans and Lyvonne Briggs. She is also a Narrative Producer at Lemonada Media.

She was the scriptwriter for the latest season of the award-winning podcast The Plot Thickens from Turner Classic Movies, centered on the legendary and iconic Pam Grier. This season won a Signal Award in 2022 and is nominated for the 2023 Webby Awards. She is also a scriptwriter for YouTube’s newest show Like & Describe, its first episode, The Rise of VTubers, received over 250,000 listeners on launch day. Rachel previously worked as a producer and writer for several Audible Originals podcasts and People Magazine’s People Every Day Podcast, available to stream where ever you get your podcasts.

In her spare time, Rachel runs her herbalism business, The Land of Milk & Honey Apothecary, LLC., and media company, Heal and Hear the Community, LLC., which you can read more about here.

While at Columbia J-School, Rachel received honors for her Master’s Project, Seek and You Will Find: The Search For The Five Women of Grace Baptist Church. She created a website, which features an excerpt, interactive data, and some of the archives from the 4 months-long investigation into the founding of Westchester County, New York’s largest church in 1888.

Check out some excerpts from her written work.

Check out some audio and video clips Rachel has produced.

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