Raney Aronson-Rath produces ''

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'', PBS's flagship investigative journalism series. She has been internationally recognized for her work to expand the PBS series' original investigative journalism and directs the editorial development and execution of the series. Aronson-Rath joined ''Frontline'' in 2007 as a senior producer. She was named deputy executive producer by David Fanning, the series’ founder, in 2012, and then became executive producer in 2015.

Education

Aronson-Rath earned a bachelor's degree in South Asian studies and history from the

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. She received her master's from the

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Graduate School of Journalism.

Career

Early in her professional life, Aronson-Rath worked in

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, for a small, English-language daily newspaper, ''

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'', where she decided to commit to a career in journalism. Later, Aronson-Rath developed and managed more than a dozen journalistic partnerships with news outlets, including

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, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, and

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. Moving to TV news production, Aronson-Rath worked on award-winning series at

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'', and

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. She also produced, directed, and wrote several award-winning ''Frontline'' films, including ''News War'', ''The Last Abortion Clinic'', and ''The Jesus Factor''. Aronson-Rath officially joined ''Frontline'' in 2007. In 2012, she was named Deputy Editor of ''Frontline'' by David Fanning, and Executive Producer in 2015, the position she holds today. She has earned new funding to expand ''Frontline''’s investigative capacity, including the launch of a

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channel with original content, a commitment to interactive projects, as well as a film initiative focused on accountability for institutions and public officials called the Transparency Project. Aronson-Rath currently serves on the Knight Commission on Trust, Media, and Democracy, the Board of Visitors for

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, and the Advisory Board of Columbia Global Reports.

Awards and honors

Aronson-Rath was a 2014-2015 Fellow at the MIT Open Doc Lab. Aronson-Rath has been a speaker at the Skoll World Forum, the Aspens Ideas Summit, The

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's High School Journalism Convention, the

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, and The Power of Narrative Journalism Conference. Since 2015, ''Frontline'' has won many accolades under her direction, including The

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, IRE Awards, The

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, Peabody-Facebook Futures of Media Award, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

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, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Overseas Press Club Awards, The Scripps Howard Award, and Writer’s Guild Awards, and the 2019 dupont-Columbia Gold Baton award, among others.

References

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