Rachel Martin is an American journalist and co-host of

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's ''

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''. Martin was previously a producer and reporter for KQED 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 64,8 ...

where she graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She graduated from University of Puget Sound in

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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. ...

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with a master's degree in

international affairs International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

in 2003.

Career

Martin was a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco. In 2003, Martin was a freelance reporter in

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, also for NPR. From 2005 to 2007, she was foreign correspondent for NPR. In 2007, she covered the

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. In 2008, she was a correspondent for

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. In 2010, Martin was National Security Correspondent for NPR. She took over as host of ''

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'' 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. Mon ...

stepped down.

References

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