Rachel Treisman
Rachel Treisman (she/her) is a writer and editor for the Morning Edition live blog, which she helped launch in early 2021.
Treisman has worn many digital hats since arriving at NPR as a National Desk intern in 2019. She's written hundreds of breaking news and feature stories, which are often among NPR's most-read pieces of the day.
She writes multiple stories a day, covering a wide range of topics both global and domestic, including politics, science, health, education, culture and consumer safety. She's also reported for the hourly newscast, curated radio content for the NPR One app, contributed to the daily and coronavirus newsletters, live-blogged 2020 election events and spent the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic tracking every state's restrictions and reopenings.
Treisman previously covered business at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and evaluated the credibility of digital news sites for the startup NewsGuard Technologies, which aims to fight misinformation and promote media literacy. She is a graduate of Yale University, where she studied American history and served as editor in chief of the Yale Daily News.
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Two radio hosts in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin admitted to interviewing Biden with questions provided by his team, which violates many newsroom policies. One of them has resigned. -
Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes, beating a team of four soldiers who downed 49 total. He not only broke his own record, but nearly tied the Coney Island winner, who ate 58 dogs in 10 minutes. -
Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Tulum as a Category 2 storm early Friday, following a destructive streak through the Caribbean. It's forecast to gain strength as it moves over the Gulf of Mexico. -
Beryl hit Jamaica as a Category 4 storm and by Thursday afternoon had weakened some but still forged on as a still-powerful Category 2, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. -
Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, but alleges a cover-up by his fellow cops. The high-drama case ended in a mistrial and with the lead investigator dismissed. Prosecutors now plan to retry it. -
A trio of rider-less horses charged through central London, causing panic but no injuries before being returned to their barracks. A similar ordeal happened in April, though involved different horses. -
Carlo Acutis, who died at 15 in 2006, has long been called the "patron saint of the internet." After many years, two miracles and Vatican approval, he's officially set to be canonized, likely in 2025. -
The rural lifestyle retailer, with stores in 49 states, says it will withdraw its carbon emissions goals, cut its DEI roles and stop sponsoring Pride events after an online outcry from conservatives. -
Biden and Trump last shared the stage at two presidential debates in September and October 2020 (a third was canceled due to COVID). Here's how it all it went — and what's different this time around. -
The nation's top doctor issued an advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a public health crisis and prescribing policy changes to treat it as such. It's both unprecedented and unenforceable.
