Ari Shapiro | |
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.jpg) Shapiro in 2012 | |
| Born | (1978-09-30)September 30, 1978 (age 46) Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
| Occupation | Radio journalist |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Employer | National Public Radio |
| Spouse | Michael Gottlieb (m. 2004) |
| Father | Leonard Shapiro |
| Relatives | Susan Stamberg (cousin) |
| Website | https://arishapiro.work |
Ari Michael Shapiro[1] (born September 30, 1978) is an Americanradio journalist. In September 2015, Shapiro became one of four rotating hosts onNational Public Radio's flagship drive-time programAll Things Considered. He previously served asWhite House correspondent and international correspondent based in London for NPR.
Ari Shapiro was born inFargo, North Dakota, the son of Elayne (née Halpern), a university communications professor,[2][3] andLeonard Shapiro, a database researcher and university teacher.[4] Shapiro is Jewish.[5] When he was eight years old, he moved with his family toBeaverton, Oregon. He attendedBeaverton High School.[6] He graduatedmagna cum laude fromYale University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[7] At Yale, he sang inMixed Company of Yale and was a member of theScroll and Keysecret society.
Shapiro began his NPR career as an intern to legal affairs correspondentNina Totenberg in January 2001.[8] Following that assignment, he worked as an editorial assistant and an assistant editor onMorning Edition. After working as a regional reporter for NPR in Atlanta and Miami and five years as NPR's Justice Correspondent, Shapiro began covering theWhite House in 2010. In 2014, he became NPR's correspondent in London.[9] On July 9, 2015, NPR announced that Shapiro andKelly McEvers would joinAudie Cornish andRobert Siegel as hosts of NPR'sAll Things Considered program.[4]
In June 2020, NPR announced Shapiro would co-host a new daily podcast titledConsider This.[10]
Since 2009, Shapiro has been a regular guest singer with the bandPink Martini.[11] He appears on four of the band's albums, singing in several languages.[12][13] He made his live debut with the band at theHollywood Bowl. He has performed live with them frequently since then, including at such venues asCarnegie Hall and theBeacon Theatre in New York City,Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Olympia in Paris, Kew Gardens in London, and the Lycabettus Theatre in Athens.[14][4]
In 2019, Shapiro embarked on a cabaret career, joiningAlan Cumming for a show calledOch & Oy! A Considered Cabaret with performances in Fire Island and Provincetown.[15] Och & Oy has gone on to tour the United States including performances at theKennedy Center and the Cafe Carlyle.[16] Shapiro has also done solo cabaret performances around the United States, including in such venues asJoe's Pub[17] and54 Below.[18]
In 2023, Harper Collins published his debut memoir, "The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening." It became an instantNew York Times bestseller and was described by Kirkus reviews as "a clever and compulsively readable crowd pleaser."[19]
In 2024, Shapiro was announced as the host of theseventh season, and the second byNetflix, of the reality TV seriesThe Mole.[20]
Shapiro's work has been recognized with journalism awards, including theAmerican Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award,[21] theDaniel Schorr Journalism Prize,[22] a laurel from theColumbia Journalism Review[23], the American Judges Association's American Gavel Award,[24] and he was named Journalist of the Year in 2023 by NLGJA, the association of LGBTQ+ journalists.[25] Shapiro has won three national Edward R. Murrow awards; one for a global series that connected the dots between climate change, migration, and far-right political leaders;[26] another for his reporting on the life and death of Breonna Taylor;[27] and the third for his coverage of the Trump Administration's asylum policies on the US-Mexico border.[28] Shapiro was the first NPR reporter to be promoted to correspondent before age 30.[29]
In May 2010, the pop-culture magazinePaper included Shapiro in an annual list of "Beautiful People," saying he "must have a clone. No one man could have so many talents and be in so many places at once."[30]
In December 2010,MSNBC's entertainment website BLTWY placed Shapiro 26th on its "power list" of "35 people under 35 who changed DC in 2010," calling him "one of NPR's fastest rising stars."[31]
In 2016 and 2008,LGBT-themed magazineOut included Shapiro in the "Out 100", a list of "the year's most interesting, influential, and newsworthy LGBT people". Shapiro was also included on a list of openly gay media professionals inThe Advocate's "Forty under 40" issue of June/July 2009.[32][33]
In 2023, Shapiro received aDoctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from theUniversity of Portland.[34]
On February 27, 2004, Shapiro and longtime boyfriend Michael Gottlieb were married atSan Francisco City Hall.[35] Gottlieb is a lawyer who worked in the office of theWhite House counsel from 2013 to 2015.[36] Shapiro andSusan Stamberg, the first co-host ofAll Things Considered, are cousins.[37]
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