Rachel Martin (broadcast journalist)
Rachel Martin is an American journalist and co-host of NPR's "Morning Edition". Martin was previously a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco. Early life and education. Martin was born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho where she graduated from Idaho Falls High School. She graduated from University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington with a bachelor's degree in politics and government in 1996, and from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York City with a master's degree in international affairs in 2003. Career. Martin  was a producer and reporter for KQED in San Francisco. In 2003, Martin was a freelance reporter in Afghanistan, also for NPR. From 2005 to 2007, she was foreign correspondent for NPR. In 2007, she covered the Virginia Tech shooting. In 2008, she was a correspondent for ABC News. In 2010, Martin was National Security Correspondent for NPR. She took over as host of "Weekend Edition Sunday" in 2012, shortly after longtime host Liane Hansen stepped down. She became a co-host of "Morning Edition" in 2016 when Renée Montagne stepped down.