Arun Rath is an American radio producer and broadcast journalist.

Biography

Rath began his journalism career as an intern at NPR's ''

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'' while he was enrolled in an English Literature master's program in

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. After the internship ended, he was hired on as a temporary employee and eventually became the show's director. He became the senior producer of NPR's '' On the Media'' in 2000, where his team tripled the audience, started one of NPR's first podcasts, and won a

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. In 2005, he became the senior editor of Public Radio International's ''

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''. Later that year, Rath jumped to television as a correspondent and producer for ''

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'', where he focused on military justice and national security issues. Some of his major stories focused on

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, the

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, and the

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. He also became a regular correspondent for PBS's '' Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders''. In September 2013, Rath was hired as the host of the weekend edition of ''

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'', coinciding with its move to NPR's West Coast bureau in

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. Rath replaced

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, becoming the first Indian-American to host an NPR news-magazine. He has stated that he hopes to do more of his own reporting from the field, and to strengthen NPR's presence on the West Coast. In October 2015, Michel Martin replaced Rath as the host of the weekend edition of ''All Things Considered''. NPR Media Relations Director Isabel Lara said Rath "will be moving back to Boston" but did not elaborate. Rath joined WGBH Boston, and continued to report for NPR. On February 21, 2017, the '' PBS'' network's documentary series ''

'' broadcast an episode Rath produced, entitled "Out of Gitmo". The first 40 minutes of the episode focused on Mansur al-Dayfi, a former Guantanamo captive released to

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in July 2016. Rath traveled to Serbia for a stay to allow him to profile al-Dayfi, in depth. The attention he paid to al-Dayfi triggered increased scrutiny from Serbian security officials.

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