NPR/WGBH Names Arun Rath Shared Correspondent

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Arun Rath

Arun Rath, who formerly hosted NPR's "All Things Considered Weekend," becomes a "shared correspondent" for NPR and WGBH Educational Foundation's News/Talk WGBH-FM/Boston. Rath hosted "ATCW" beginning in 2013 until last September. He previously reported for PBS' "Frontline" that is produced by WGBH-TV and WNYC-AM & FM/New York's "On The Media" and "Studio 360." Rath will work in the WGBH newsroom focusing on stories about the science of learning.

"The neuroscience research happening here in Boston is fascinating, groundbreaking and underreported. What Arun will be digging into will greatly contribute to other topic areas we are covering at WGBH News, and the same is true for NPR's national audience," said WGBH GM Phil Redo. "We are happy to welcome ARUN back to WGBH. His experience is another huge addition to our growing local newsroom and we are proud to partner with NPR to build out this new reporting beat."

"This is another great example of the collaboration between NPR and member stations in bringing listeners the highest quality independent journalism," added NPR VP/News Programming & Operations Chris Turpin. "Arun will be reporting from his home base in Boston and will bring the insightful and innovative approach to this new beat that has delighted his NPR listeners for years."

"I feel especially lucky that I'm in a position to get the best of all worlds -- I'll be continuing on air with NPR on an exciting beat, and at the same time returning to WGBH, where I was able to do so much great work in the past, at 'Frontline,' 'nova,' 'the World' and others," said Rath. "And I'll be back together with my amazing wife and kids in Boston. So this is wonderful for me on just about every level imaginable."