sentences:  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".