Raney Aronson-Rath

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Raney Aronson-Rath
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Raney Aronson-Rath at the News & Documentary Emmys in New York, NY. September 2022.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin (B A., 1992) [1]
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.A.)
Occupation Filmmaker
TitleExecutive Producer, Frontline
Spouse Arun Rath

Raney Aronson-Rath produces Frontline , PBS's flagship investigative journalism series. She has been internationally recognized for her work to expand the PBS series' original investigative journalism [2] and directs the editorial development and execution of the series. Aronson-Rath joined Frontline in 2007 as a senior producer. She was named deputy executive producer by David Fanning, the series’ founder, in 2012, and then became executive producer in 2015. [3]

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Education

Aronson-Rath earned a bachelor's degree in South Asian studies and history from the University of Wisconsin. She received her master's from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. [4]

Career

Early in her professional life, Aronson-Rath worked in Taipei, Taiwan, for a small, English-language daily newspaper, The China Post , where she decided to commit to a career in journalism. [5] Later, Aronson-Rath developed and managed more than a dozen journalistic partnerships with news outlets, including ProPublica, Marketplace , PBS NewsHour , The New York Times , CBC Television, and Univision. [6]

Moving to TV news production, Aronson-Rath worked on award-winning series at ABC News, The Wall Street Journal , and MSNBC. She also produced, directed, and wrote several award-winning Frontline films, including News War, The Last Abortion Clinic, and The Jesus Factor.

Aronson-Rath officially joined Frontline in 2007. In 2012, she was named Deputy Editor of Frontline by David Fanning, and Executive Producer in 2015, the position she holds today. [7] She has earned new funding to expand Frontline’s investigative capacity, including the launch of a YouTube channel with original content, a commitment to interactive projects, [8] as well as a film initiative focused on accountability for institutions and public officials called the Transparency Project. [9]

Aronson-Rath currently serves on the Knight Commission on Trust, Media, and Democracy, the Board of Visitors for Columbia University’s Journalism school, and the advisory board of Columbia Global Reports. [10]

She has received numerous accolades for producing the documentary feature film 20 Days in Mariupol , which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival [11] and won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 96th Academy Awards. [12] At Sundance, the film won the Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition. [13] [14] [15] It was also selected as the Ukrainian submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar, but was not ultimately nominated in this category. [16] [17]

Awards and honors

Aronson-Rath was a 2014-2015 Fellow at the MIT Open Doc Lab. [18] Aronson-Rath has been a speaker at the Skoll World Forum, [19] the Aspens Ideas Summit, [20] The National Scholastic Press Association's High School Journalism Convention, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and The Power of Narrative Journalism Conference. [21]

Since 2015, Frontline has won many accolades under her direction, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, [22] The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, IRE Awards, The George Foster Peabody Award, [23] Peabody-Facebook Futures of Media Award, [24] the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Overseas Press Club Awards, The Scripps Howard Award, [25] and Writer's Guild Awards, [26] and the 2019 dupont-Columbia Gold Baton award, [27] among others.

She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2024. [28]

Academy Awards

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
2024 Best Documentary Feature Film 20 Days in Mariupol Won

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryWorkResultRef.
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2009Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form Frontline (for ep. "Rules of Engagement")Nominated
2010Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "A Death in Tehran")Won
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Warning")Won
2011Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Spill")Nominated
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Confessions")Nominated
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Law & Disorder")Nominated
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Wounded Platoon")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "The Quake")Nominated
2012Outstanding InterviewFrontline(for ep. "The Spy Who Quit")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "The Interrogator")Nominated
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Anthrax Files")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "A Perfect Terrorist")Nominated
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "The Child Cases")Nominated
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Wikisecrets")Nominated
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Syria Undercover") (Tied)Won
Frontline(for ep. "Revolution in Cairo") (Tied)Won
2013Outstanding Informational Programming - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Suicide Plan")Nominated
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Suicide Plan")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "The Interrupters")Won
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Dollars and Dentists")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Big Sky, Big Money")Won
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown")Won
Frontline(for ep. "Poor Kids")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Climate of Doubt")Nominated
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Cell Tower Deaths")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Six Billion Dollar Bet")Nominated
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Opium Brides")Won
Outstanding Feature Story in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Opium Brides")Nominated
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Money, Power and Wall Street")Won
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Al Qaeda in Yemen")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "The Regime Responds")Nominated
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. The Battle for Syria")Won
2014Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Retirement Gamble")Won
Outstanding Coverage of a Current News Story - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Egypt in Crisis")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Syria Behind the Lines")Won
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "A Death in St. Augustine")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Rape in the Fields")Nominated
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Outlawed in Pakistan")Nominated
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "The Untouchables")Nominated
2015Outstanding DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "United States of Secrets")Won
Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "To Catch a Trader")Nominated
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Firestone and the Warlord")Won
Outstanding Coverage of a Current News Story - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "United States of Secrets: Part 1 & 2")Won
Frontline(for ep. "The Rise of ISIS")Nominated
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Hunting Boko Haram")Won
Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "The Battle for Ukraine")Won
Frontline(for ep. "Ebola Outbreak")Nominated
2016Outstanding New Approaches - Current News CoverageFrontlineNominated
Outstanding DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Growing Up Trans")Nominated
Outstanding Report in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "ISIS in Afghanistan")Nominated
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News MagazineWon
Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Terror in Little Saigon")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Rape on the Night Shift")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "My Brother's Bomber")Won
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long FormFrontline(for ep. "Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA")Won
Frontline(for ep. "Being Mortal")Nominated
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Secrets, Politics and Torture")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Inside Assad's Syria")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Outbreak")Won
2017Outstanding DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Children of Syria")Nominated
Outstanding Current Affairs DocumentaryWon
Frontline(for ep. "Confronting ISIS")Nominated
Outstanding Story in a NewsmagazineFrontline(for ep. "Yemen Under Siege")Won
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News MagazineWon
Outstanding Politics and Government DocumentaFrontline(for ep. "The Choice 2016")Won
Outstanding Investigative DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "The Secret History of ISIS")Nominated
Outstanding Social Issue DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Chasing Heroin")Nominated
Policing the PoliceNominated
Outstanding Feature Story in a News MagazineA Subprime Education/The Education of OmarinaNominated
Outstanding Business and Economic DocumentaryThe Fantasy Sports GambleNominated
2018Outstanding Story in a NewsmagazineFrontline(for ep. "Inside Yemen")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Battle for Iraq")Nominated
Outstanding DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Putin's Revenge")Nominated
Outstanding Short DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Mosul")Nominated
Outstanding Business and Economic DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail")Won
Outstanding Investigative DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Iraq Uncovered")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "War on the EPA")Nominated
Outstanding Politics and Government DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail")Nominated
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News MagazineFrontline(for ep. "Bannon's War")Nominated
2019Outstanding Politics and Government DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Separated: Children at the Border")Nominated
Outstanding Business and Economic DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "The Pension Gamble")Nominated
Outstanding Investigative DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. Documenting Hate")Won
Frontline(for ep."UN Sex Abuse Scandal")Nominated
Frontline(for ep. "Myanmar's Killing Fields")Nominated
Outstanding Current Affairs DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "The Facebook Dilemma")Nominated
Outstanding DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "Exodus: The Journey Continues")Nominated
2020Outstanding Historical DocumentaryFrontlineNominated
2021Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long FormAmazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff BezosWon
Outstanding Investigative DocumentaryReturn from ISISNominated
2022Outstanding Business, Consumer or Economic CoverageFrontline(for ep. "Boeing's Fatal Flaw")Won
Outstanding Business and Economic DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "tt14875370")Nominated
2024Best DocumentaryFrontlineNominated
Outstanding Business and Economic DocumentaryFrontline(for ep. "#42.4")Nominated


Other awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryWork(s)ResultRef.
Peabody Awards 2019 Documentary Honor For Sama Won
2023 Documentary Honor 20 Days in Mariupol Won
News HonorClarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme CourtWon
Public Service HonorAmerica and the TalibanWon
2024 Public Service HonorFrontlineWon
Writers Guild of America Awards 2006 Outstanding Television Documentary Script – Current Events Frontline(for ep. "The Soldier's Heart")Nominated
2006 Frontline(for ep. "News War Part 1: Secrets Sources and Spin")Nominated

References

  1. ↑ DixonKate, Kail, "Raney Aronson-Rath ’92A New Era for Frontline", On Wisconsin magazine, University of Wisconsin, Spring 2016 issue.
  2. ↑ "FRONTLINE". PBS .
  3. ↑ "'Frontline' Getting a Change in Leadership". The New York Times. 14 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Frontline Welcomes New Class to Frontline Columbia School of Journalism Fellows".
  5. ↑ April Simpson (May 30, 2017). "Raney Aronson-Rath: It's in my DNA to get to the Nuanced Truth".
  6. ↑ "'Frontline' Getting a Change in Leadership". The New York Times. May 13, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  7. ↑ Mike Kiniry (March 14, 2018). "Frontline Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath".
  8. ↑ "PBS Official Frontline Youtube Channel". YouTube .
  9. ↑ "About Frontline's Transparency Project". PBS .
  10. ↑ "Columbia Global Reports Advisory Board".
  11. ↑ "Program Guide — 20 Days in Mariupol". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Bergeson, Samantha (2023-12-21). "2024 Oscar Shortlists Unveiled: 'Barbie,' 'Poor Things,' 'Maestro,' and 'The Zone of Interest' Make the Cut". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  13. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (27 January 2023). "Sundance: 'A Thousand and One,' Nikki Giovanni Doc Take Top Jury Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  14. ↑ Goodman, Stephanie (27 January 2023). "'A Thousand and One' and Nikki Giovanni Documentary Win at Sundance Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  15. ↑ Husted, Anne (13 February 2023). "FRONTLINE, AP documentary '20 Days in Mariupol' wins Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Audience Award - FRONTLINE". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Five Ukrainian films included in 2024 Oscars eligibility lists – photo". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  17. ↑ Horlach, Polina (18 September 2023). ""20 днів у Маріуполі": обрали претендента на "Оскар-2024" від України".
  18. ↑ "Virtual Reality Meets Documentary". 2016-05-13.
  19. ↑ "Raney Aronson-Rath Biography".
  20. ↑ "Raney Aronson-Rath Speaker Bio".
  21. ↑ "About the Power of Narrative".
  22. ↑ "The 96th Academy Awards | 2024". 23 January 2024.
  23. ↑ "FRONTLINE: United States of Secrets".
  24. ↑ Lyn Trahn (May 1, 2016). "Peabody Awards and Facebook Launch New Futures of Media Award".
  25. ↑ Valerie Miller (2016-03-08). "2015 Scripps Howard Winners Announced".
  26. ↑ Gregg Mitchell. "2017 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced".
  27. ↑ "Winners of the 2019 dupont-Columbia Awards".
  28. ↑ "Raney Aronson-Rath". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
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