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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The debris that saved Rose's life in Titanic — and sparked a quarter-century of debate — fetched over $718,000 at an auction of iconic Hollywood movie props last week. It's based on a real artifact.
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The bridge was built mere yards from where Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, inspiring him to write the song that would become the U.S. national anthem.
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A Baltimore bridge serving as a vital highway artery collapsed early Tuesday after a nearly 1,000-foot-long container ship crashed into it, sending several people into the frigid water below.
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Some 200 servers speed-walked through Paris balancing trays of beverages and croissants on Sunday. Paris hasn't held a waiters race since 2011, but brought it back ahead of the Olympics.
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The Ghost Army is credited with saving thousands of American lives and helping end WWII in Europe. But its contributions were kept secret for half a century before it was awarded Congress' top honor.
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The former president needs to arrange the money to comply with a New York Court ruling in less than a week, but says he can't find a company to put up the bond.
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Amid gang violence and international pressure, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he will resign once a transitional council is named. Primary voting ends in the battleground state of Georgia.
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President Biden's $7.3 trillion budget wish-list puts dollar figures to his pledges in the State of the Union address. But actual spending plans are up to Congress.
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Ramadan begins in many countries, without the Israel-Hamas cease-fire that the U.S. hoped would be in place by the holy month. Plus, takeaways from an Oscars ceremony heavy on the Kenergy.
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White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients told NPR that Biden's speech will cover his administration's accomplishments and agenda. It's the president's last such address before the election.