Rachel Martin

This article is about the journalist. For the performance artist, see Rachel Martin (performance artist).

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.^[1]

Rachel Martin
Martin at the 2024 National Book Festival
Born	Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Puget Sound (BA) Columbia University (MA)
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	2003–present

Early life and education

Martin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah^[2] and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho where she graduated from Idaho Falls High School.^[3][4] 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.^[5][6]

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.^[7] In 2007, she covered the Virginia Tech shooting. In 2008, she was a correspondent for ABC News.^[8] Martin was one of the hosts of NPR's The Bryant Park Project,^[7] a New York-based experimental morning news program designed to attract a younger demographic.^[9]

In 2010, Martin was National Security Correspondent for NPR, during which time she reported on the US' counterinsurgency efforts.^[7] She took over as host of Weekend Edition Sunday in 2012, shortly after longtime host Liane Hansen stepped down.^[10] 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,^[7] Martin is the creator of Enlighten Me, an NPR special series on religion, spirituality, and meaning.^[11][12]