Raney Aronson-Rath
Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer of FRONTLINE
Raney Aronson-Rath is the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer of FRONTLINE, PBS’ flagship investigative journalism series, produced at GBH in Boston. She is a leading voice on the future of journalism, cementing FRONTLINE’s reputation as a source of trustworthy investigative journalism.
She has expanded FRONTLINE’s reporting capacity , spearheaded an initiative to bolster local journalism in news deserts , and guided FRONTLINE’s evolution from a longstanding documentary series to a multi-platform journalism organization committed to uncovering vital stories and telling them in new ways.
FRONTLINE has won every major award in broadcast journalism under Aronson-Rath’s leadership, including Peabody Awards, Emmy Awards, and, in 2019, the first Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Gold Baton to be awarded in a decade. FRONTLINE’s reporting on everything from the Syrian conflict to the impact of climate change has been recognized with myriad journalism honors including Overseas Press Club Awards, Scripps Howard Awards, the Nieman Foundation’s Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism and the Peabody Institutional Award.
Aronson-Rath has led an ongoing charge for transparency in journalism – including through the FRONTLINE Transparency Project , an effort to open up the source material behind FRONTLINE’s reporting. She served as the sole public media representative on the Knight Commission on Trust, Media, and Democracy .
In addition to increasing FRONTLINE’s digital footprint, Aronson-Rath has spearheaded FRONTLINE’s expansion into the theatrical documentary space . During her tenure, the series won an Academy Award® for 20 Days in Mariupol (2024), and received Academy Award® nominations for Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2018), For Sama (2020).
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 . Prior to FRONTLINE, Aronson-Rath worked at ABC News and The Wall Street Journal. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and her master’s from Columbia Journalism School.
