Rachel Treisman Rachel Treisman is an editor on NPR's digital news desk.
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Rachel Treisman

Rachel Treisman

Editor, Digital

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.

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Monday

Andrea Lawful-Sanders, pictured in August 2021, resigned from her hosting position at WURD Radio after interviewing Biden with questions provided by his campaign. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Joey Chestnut (right) won a hot dog-eating contest against soldiers at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, with Impossible Foods pledging to donate $1,000 in support of military families for each hot dog downed. Impossible Foods hide caption

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Impossible Foods

Wednesday

Tuesday

Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday. Steven Senne/AP hide caption

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Monday

Members of the Life Guards, a division of the Household Cavalry in London, on June 8, 2024. Three military horses have been recovered after bolting through central London on Monday morning. Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis is unveiled during his beatification ceremony at the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy, in October 2020. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption

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Friday

A Tractor Supply Company store pictured in Pittsburgh in 2023. The chain announced a series of changes, including eliminating its DEI roles, in response to conservative backlash. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Then-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland. Jim Watson, Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks during an event on the White House in April. The nation's top doctor has issued an advisory about the public health risks of widespread gun violence. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Monday

A bedroom of the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, photographed in February. The buildings will be cooled with a system of water pipes beneath the floor, rather than air conditioning. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption

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Saturday

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Friday

Police prepare to open fire with tear gas and nonlethal rounds on a group of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd on May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

A rainbow appears behind a flooded neighborhood in Jamaica Beach, Texas, on Thursday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America hide caption

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The sun rises over Florida on Thursday morning, hours ahead of the arrival of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Malcolm Denmark/FloridaToday/USA Today Network hide caption

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Archaeologists on a multi-year restoration project found 35 bottles of cherries and berries in five different pits in the Mount Vernon cellar. George Brown/Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association hide caption

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Wednesday

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Tuesday

In this photo provided by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, U.S. Coast Guard marine safety engineers survey the aft titanium endcap from the Titan submersible, in the North Atlantic Ocean in October 2023. AP/U.S. National Transportation Safety Board hide caption

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A year after the Titan submersible implosion, investigators still don't have answers

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Friday

A satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Idalia, center, over Florida and crossing into Georgia, and Hurricane Franklin, right, as it moves along off the East coast of the U.S., on Aug. 30, 2023. AP/NOAA hide caption

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Thursday

Wednesday

Joey Chestnut emerges victorious after eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes during the 2022 Nathans Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City. Kena Betancur/Getty Images hide caption

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Nathan's hot-dog eating contest bans Joey Chestnut over Impossible deal

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Friday

An aerial view of Pointe du Hoc, a clifftop in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, on the French western Norman coast, taken in October 2018. Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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