Rachel Baschnagel is the night editor at The Rocky Mountain Collegian. She leads the copy desk in editing everything the paper publishes, trains reporters and editors and assists in running production nights.
Baschnagel understands the sometimes faulty nature of news in the current age, and at The Collegian, she strives to ensure no bias, misinformation or misleading comments weasel their way into the limelight. She couldn’t be more proud of the copy chief and copy editors on her desk and how far they’ve come in the pursuit of true and honest journalism.
Baschnagel is a senior journalism and media communication major pursuing a minor in business administration. While she wasn’t always sure she wanted to build a career in journalism, she’s always had an eye for detail and enjoyed writing, especially news-style. She likes most topics of her degree but is particularly fond of copy editing, website design and communications, and she hopes to continue in these areas after she graduates in December.
At Colorado State University, she’s explored many interests and paths. She put together the Office of the Provost website for CSU; a hand-coded sustainable lifestyle website fully populated with original research and ideas; a professional portfolio site for a prominent author and member of the CSU community; a multimedia story including video, photos, a podcast and a written biography of a Fort Collins Vietnam War veteran; news articles and press releases for CSU SOURCE and The Collegian; academic documents for the CSU administration; infographics on various subjects and much more.
Outside of work, Baschnagel likes to read — a trait passed down from her mother — and hang out on the water or in forests. She loves spending time with friends, attending concerts, traveling, personal fashion, graphic eyeliner experiments, learning new hairstyles, working out and yoga.
She also enjoys dabbling in home improvement and construction projects, a skill learned from working with her father from a young age. Her current favorite pastime, though, is teaching her dog how to paddle board — a sweet black lab, Tres, who has been by her side since she was just 11 years old.
