After working the local news beat for
The Washington Post and becoming
White House correspondent for
The Wall Street Journal, Martin joined ABC News in 1992. Beginning in April 2007, she hosted
Tell Me More for
National Public Radio (NPR) for seven years, focusing on topics of race, religion, and spirituality. Upon the announcement by NPR of the cancellation of
Tell Me More, to be effective August 1, 2014, Martin criticized NPR leadership for failure to institutionalize support for the program and questioned NPR's commitment to serving
African-American listeners and other people of color, admitting that she had "scar tissue" as a result of the cancellation. She and the show's producer, Carline Watson, remained with the network as "part of an initiative to incorporate the kind of coverage of issues of race, identity, faith, gender and family that appear on the show." She is also known for her
panel appearances on
Real Time with Bill Maher. In 2010, Martin and
MSNBC anchor
David Shuster taped a
pilot episode for a proposed news and opinion show for
CNN. Since 2018, Martin has been a correspondent for
WNET's
Amanpour & Company. NPR announced in early March 2023 that Martin would be joining the
Morning Edition team as its fourth anchor (following
Rachel Martin's departure from daily hosting duties); her first day on
Morning Edition was March 27. ==Personal life==