Rachel Martin
{{Short description|American journalist}}
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| caption = Martin at the 2024 National Book Festival
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| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
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| occupation = Journalist
| years_active = 2003–present
| alma_mater = University of Puget Sound (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
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Rachel Martin is an American journalist for NPR. She previously co-hosted Morning Edition and was previously a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco.{{cite news|title=NPR Shifts Host Roles For 'Morning Edition,' 'Weekend Edition Sunday'|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/15/494061138/npr-shifts-host-roles-for-morning-edition-weekend-edition-sunday/|access-date=19 September 2016|date=September 15, 2016}}
Early life and education
Martin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah{{cite news| title =Her antidote for 'climate grief' and a shrinking Great Salt Lake? Don't look away| quote =I was actually born in Salt Lake City and anytime I would go home to Southeast Idaho, I had to either drive by or fly over the Great Salt Lake. | newspaper =NPR| date = October 8, 2023| url =https://www.npr.org/2023/10/08/1204141095/climate-grief-great-salt-lake-utah-terry-tempest-williams| access-date =October 8, 2023}} and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho where she graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She graduated from University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington with a bachelor's degree in politics and government in 1996, and from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York City with a master's degree in international affairs in 2003.{{cite news| title =Rachel Martin| newspaper =ABC News| date =December 10, 2008| url =https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6432895| access-date =January 26, 2015}}{{cite news| title =NPR Journalist Speaks To People In Idaho Falls| quote =Martin is a native of Idaho Falls. She even graduated from Idaho Falls High School. | newspaper =Local News 8| date = June 5, 2012| url =http://www.localnews8.com/news/NPR-Journalist-Speaks-To-People-In-Idaho-Falls/1566466| access-date =January 26, 2015}}
Career
Martin was a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco. In 2003, Martin was a freelance reporter in Afghanistan, also for NPR. From 2005 to 2007, she was foreign correspondent for NPR.{{cite news|title=Rachel Martin|url=https://www.npr.org/people/128649543/rachel-martin|access-date=21 March 2013|newspaper=NPR}} In 2007, she covered the Virginia Tech shooting. In 2008, she was a correspondent for ABC News.{{cite news|title=Rachel Martin|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6432895&page=1|access-date=21 March 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=December 10, 2008}} Martin was one of the hosts of NPR's The Bryant Park Project, a New York-based experimental morning news program designed to attract a younger demographic.{{cite news |work=The Current |title=Two-guy staff starts building NPR morning show on the Web |url=http://www.current.org/news/news0706bryantpark.shtml |date=2007-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715005254/http://www.current.org/news/news0706bryantpark.shtml |archive-date=2008-07-15 }}
In 2010, Martin was National Security Correspondent for NPR, during which time she reported on the US' counterinsurgency efforts. She took over as host of Weekend Edition Sunday in 2012, shortly after longtime host Liane Hansen stepped down.{{cite news|title=NPR: Rachel Martin hosts "Weekend Edition Sunday"|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/08/npr-rachel-martin-hosts-weekend-edition-sunday/|access-date=21 March 2013|newspaper=U.T. San Diego|date=December 8, 2011}} She became a co-host of Morning Edition in 2016 when Renée Montagne stepped down. She left the show in early 2023. Having previously worked as the network's religion correspondent from 2006 to 2007, Martin is the creator of Enlighten Me, an NPR special series on religion, spirituality, and meaning.{{cite news |title=A new chapter for Rachel Martin |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2023/02/02/1153388718/a-new-chapter-for-rachel-martin |access-date=16 May 2023 |work=NPR |date=February 2, 2023}}{{cite web |title=Enlighten Me with Rachel Martin |url=https://www.npr.org/series/1175750522/enlighten-me-with-rachel-martin |publisher=NPR |access-date=16 May 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.npr.org/people/128649543/rachel-martin}}
- [http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/details.asp?aID=11728& "The Dish Goes Indie; Al Jazeera Buys Current TV"], Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.04.13 Media Bistro
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