Ari Shapiro
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Ari Shapiro
Ari Shapiro (born September 30, 1978 in Fargo, North Dakota) is an American radio journalist who grew up in Portland, Oregon. He currently is White House correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). He is also a frequent guest host of Morning Edition and other NPR programs.
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Family and education
Ari Shapiro is the son of database researcher Dr. Len Shapiro and author Dr. Elayne Shapiro.[1] When he was eight years old, he moved with his family to Portland, Oregon. He attended Beaverton High School. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[2]
Journalism
Shapiro began covering the White House in 2010, after five years as NPR's Justice Correspondent. He began his NPR career as an intern to legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg in January 2001. Following that assignment, he worked as an editorial assistant and an assistant editor on Morning Edition.
Before becoming NPR’s justice correspondent, Shapiro worked as a regional reporter for NPR in Atlanta and Miami.
Shapiro regularly appears as an analyst on TV news programs, including The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
Recognition and awards
Shapiro's work has been recognized with journalism awards, including the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, a laurel from the Columbia Journalism Review, and the American Judges Association's American Gavel Award. Shapiro was the first NPR reporter to be promoted to correspondent before age 30.
In May, 2010, Paper 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."[3]
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."[4]
In 2008, Out 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 in The Advocate's "Forty under 40" issue of June/July 2009.[5]
Personal life
On February 27, 2004, Shapiro and longtime boyfriend Michael Gottlieb were married at San Francisco City Hall.[6] In 2009, he recorded the song "But Now I'm Back" with Pink Martini on the band's fourth album, Splendor in the Grass. In 2010, he recorded two songs for Pink Martini's holiday album, Joy to the World. He made his live singing debut on September 19, 2009, performing with Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl and has performed live with them frequently since then.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Transforming-Conflict-Theology-Dialogue/dp/1570759146/
- ^ http://www.npr.org/people/2101154/ari-shapiro
- ^ http://www.papermag.com/arts_and_style/2010/03/beautiful-people-2010-ari-shapiro.php
- ^ "BLTWY Power List: 35 People Under 35 Who Changed D.C. In 2010". MSN. http://bltwy.msnbc.msn.com/politics/bltwy-power-list-35-people-under-35-who-changed-dc-in-2010-9275.gallery?photoId=36271. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid82422.asp?page=3 Forty Under 40: Media
- ^ Poppick, Susie (March 5, 2004). "Yalies walk a fine line down the aisle in San Francisco". Yale Daily News. http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2004/mar/05/yalies-walk-a-fine-line-down-the-aisle-in-san/. Retrieved 2007-12-21{{|date=November 2010}}
- ^ http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/09/10/Ari-shapiro-2way/NPR's Ari Shapiro and Pink Martini return to the Hollywood Bowl
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