Rachel Treisman
Rachel Treisman (she/her) is an editor on NPR's digital news desk, where she reports news of the day and leads the network's live blogs, helping shape digital coverage of breaking stories and political events. She also writes in-depth features and reports for broadcast, including the hourly newscast.
She has written hundreds of high-performing breaking news and feature stories across a wide range of topics, with a special focus on politics and pop culture. She joins the Newshub from Morning Edition, where she reported news and feature stories for both digital and radio platforms, traveling to London for Queen Elizabeth's funeral and Michigan for its 2024 primary.
Treisman has worn many hats since arriving at NPR as a National Desk intern in 2019, including writing for NPR's flagship Up First newsletter, running Morning Edition's social media accounts, curating radio content for the NPR One app, live blogging multiple election cycles and tracking every state's restrictions and reopenings during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News. -
The statue honors Trump's "long-lasting bond" with Epstein, which the president denies. The National Park Service took down the statue after one day last week, saying it didn't comply with its permit. -
Swift's 12th studio album returns to her pop roots, with lots of love-struck lyrics and upbeat melodies. But it's also a warning about the darker side of an industry she has battled — and bested. -
Government shutdowns lasting more than a few days were relatively rare — until recently. The 2018-2019 shutdown was the longest in U.S. history, stretching on for five weeks. -
The USDA says the precooked pasta products, sold at Trader Joe's and Walmart, could be connected to a nationwide listeria outbreak that has killed four people and sickened at least 20 others. -
Trump says three "sinister events" disrupted his speech: a frozen escalator, a broken teleprompter and a too-quiet sound system. The U.N. says Trump's team is at fault, but it opened an investigation. -
The group behind the statue says a second permit, to reinstall the piece after Wednesday's removal, was revoked without explanation. It has since posted free 3D printable copies of the statue online. -
Leaves typically start to peak in northern states by early October, but projecting peak foliage isn't an exact science. Here are some things you can do to get the most out of fall's colors. -
Erika Kirk, 36, has a devotional podcast and Christian clothing line. She has vowed to continue her late husband's work. -
Questions about their fate swirled after the government's July deadline for destruction came and went. Then came a false report they'd been incinerated. Aid groups say it's not too late to save them.
