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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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat down with Morning Edition in Detroit days ahead of the state's primary to discuss her approach to election security in 2024. -
Some Arab American, Muslim and young voters in the Detroit area plan to vote "uncommitted" in Tuesday's primary. They want to send a message to Biden: Call for a cease-fire or lose us in November. -
Donald Trump owes legal penalties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in two civil cases recently decided in New York, raising questions about how he'll pay the amount. -
National security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke to NPR's Morning Edition about Alexei Navalny dying in prison — and his briefing of U.S. congressional leaders on new Russian "anti-satellite capability." -
"As a news reporter ... I am confident to report that you are so special and amazing," Grover tweeted. Some responded with jokes about him getting laid off, a common occurrence in today's media world. -
Beyoncé teased, confirmed and dropped new music in the span of less than an hour during Sunday's Super Bowl. She released two songs, Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 carriages," promising more in March. -
Carl Weathers, the NFL player-turned-actor, made a posthumous cameo in a Super Bowl ad for the online gambling company FanDuel. The company reworked it after he died earlier this month. -
Donald Trump said on social media that copyright legislation he signed while president had made Swift "so much money," arguing it would be "disloyal" of her to endorse Biden as many are speculating. -
Taylor Swift's relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce has boosted NFL ratings all season, meaning this year's Super Bowl could be the biggest yet. Here's why. -
They boarded a nine-month cruise around the world. Then they went viral. Here's what some of the "Ultimate World Cruise" TikTokers want viewers to know about the reality of life on board.
