Raney Aronson-Rath

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Editor in Chief and Executive Producer at PBS Frontline

Editor in Chief & Executive Producer @FRONTLINEpbs

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On 'Antidote,' and the Power and Perils of Investigative Journalism

1 week ago | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

Over the past three years, filmmaker James Jones — who made the FRONTLINE documentariesSecret State of North KoreaandSaudi Arabia Uncovered —has been talking to us about the evolution of the latest feature documentary he has been working on. It is a chilling story of aninvestigative journalistgoing up against Vladimir Putin, of assassins and spies and political activists, and of the costs of opposing the Russian leader.
Looking Back, and Moving Forward, With Gratitude

Dec 30, 2024 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

As 2024 winds down, I want to take a moment to thank you for being a valuable member of the FRONTLINE community. Your support is critical in making our journalism possible. We are living in an era where we’re witnessing, in real-time, the disintegration of fundamental, shared truths. But journalism that is based on the facts, on deep reporting that is fair and tough, can contribute to rebuilding a shared reality.
Documenting 'American Voices 2024' | FRONTLINE

Oct 29, 2024 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

More than four years ago, in the spring of 2020, we began filming more than a dozen Americans in states spread across the countryas they navigated a year of extraordinary tumult.
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

Sep 24, 2024 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

Tonight, as we have for every election since 1988, FRONTLINE will present The Choice — our critically acclaimed election-year special offering interwoven investigative biographies of both major-party candidates.
Our Election-Season Coverage Begins With “Biden’s Decision”

Aug 6, 2024 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

President Joe Biden’s dramatic decision to drop his bid for a second term upended what had already been an unprecedented election season that included the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. We have been filming and reporting across these turbulent months, and tonight, Aug. 6, we are officially kicking off our political coverage in the runup to the election with a two-hour special, Biden’s Decision.
When Journalism Is Exiled

May 3, 2024 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

Earlier this year, the UN warned that the number of journalists and media workers driven to “flee abroad to escape political persecution and legal and other restrictions in their own country” is rising.
When journalism is exiled

May 3, 2024 | thehill.com | Raney Aronson-Rath

It all began with some very strange powdered milk. The substance was being distributed to low-income families across Venezuela as part of a domestic aid initiative by President Nicolás Maduro’s government. Known as CLAP and announced in 2016, the program was billed as an effort to provide essential food items to Venezuelans hit hard by the country’s economic crisis, some of them at risk of starvation.
An Oscar for Journalism

Mar 12, 2024 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

I’m writing this message as I travel home from Los Angeles in the wake of 20 Days in Mariupol’s Oscar win — the first-ever for both FRONTLINE and our partner on the documentary, The Associated Press. 20 Days is a chronicle of journalists risking their lives to document the atrocities and share the reality of the Ukraine war with the world.
“No One Would Know What Happened.”

Mar 7, 2024 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

Over the course of 20 days in February and March of 2022, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was unfolding, Mstyslav Chernov and his Associated Press colleagues became the last international journalists to report from the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Mstyslav and his colleagues kept their cameras rolling, capturing what would become some of the defining images of the war: A maternity hospital, bombed. An expectant mother, gravely wounded. Dying children. Mass graves.
As 2023 Ends, a Look Back, and a Look Forward

Dec 29, 2023 | pbs.org | Raney Aronson-Rath

Last week, we received some heartening news about 20 Days in Mariupol, our documentary with The Associated Press chronicling the experience of the last international journalists to report from the Ukrainian port city as Russian troops attacked. The documentary has been selected for the 96th Academy Awards shortlists in two categories, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film.