Rachel Martin is an
American journalist and co-host of
NPR's ''
Morning Edition
''Morning Edition'' is an American radio news program produced and distributed by NPR. It airs weekday mornings (Monday through Friday) and runs for two hours, and many stations repeat one or both hours. The show feeds live from 5:00 to 9:00 A ...
''. Martin was previously a producer and reporter for
KQED KQED may refer to:
* KQED (TV), a PBS member station in San Francisco
* KQED-FM
KQED-FM (88.5 MHz) is a NPR-member radio station in San Francisco, California. Its parent organization is KQED Inc., which also owns its television partners, both ...
in San Francisco.
Early life and education
Martin was born and raised in
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Idaho Falls (Shoshoni: Dembimbosaage) is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. It is the state's largest city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Idaho Falls was 64 ...
where she graduated from
Idaho Falls High School. She graduated from
University of Puget Sound
The University of Puget Sound (UPS or Puget Sound) is a private university in Tacoma, Washington. The university draws approximately 2,600 students from 44 states and 16 countries. It offers 1,200 courses each year in more than 50 traditional an ...
in
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, Olympia, and northwest of Mount ...
with a bachelor's degree in politics and government in 1996, and from the
School of International and Public Affairs
The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. It ...
at
Columbia University
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in
New York City
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with a master's degree in
international affairs
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in 2003.
Career
Martin was a producer and reporter for
KQED KQED may refer to:
* KQED (TV), a PBS member station in San Francisco
* KQED-FM
KQED-FM (88.5 MHz) is a NPR-member radio station in San Francisco, California. Its parent organization is KQED Inc., which also owns its television partners, both ...
in San Francisco. In 2003, Martin was a freelance reporter in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...
, also for NPR. From 2005 to 2007, she was foreign correspondent for NPR.
In 2007, she covered the
Virginia Tech shooting
The Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Seung-Hui Cho, a ...
. In 2008, she was a correspondent for
ABC News
ABC News is the journalism, news division of the American broadcast network American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other progra ...
. In 2010, Martin was National Security Correspondent for NPR. She took over as host of ''
Weekend Edition Sunday
''Weekend Edition'' is a set of American radio news magazine programs produced and distributed by National Public Radio ( NPR). It is the weekend counterpart to the NPR radio program ''Morning Edition''. It consists of ''Weekend Edition Saturday' ...
'' in 2012, shortly after longtime host
Liane Hansen stepped down.
She became a co-host of ''Morning Edition'' in 2016 when
Renée Montagne
Renée Montagne (pronounced Mon-TAIN) is an American radio journalist and was the co-host (with Steve Inskeep and David Greene) of National Public Radio's weekday morning news program, ''Morning Edition'', from May 2004 to November 11, 2016. Mo ...
stepped down.
References
External links
*
"The Dish Goes Indie; Al Jazeera Buys Current TV" Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.04.13 ''Media Bistro''
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Puget Sound alumni
People from Idaho Falls, Idaho
NPR personalities
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
American women television journalists
21st-century American women
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