13 Facts About Ari Shapiro

Ari Michael Shapiro was born on September 30,1978 and is an American radio journalist.

Ari Shapiro previously served as White House correspondent and international correspondent based in London for NPR.

Ari Shapiro was born in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of Elayne, a university communications professor, and Leonard Shapiro, a database researcher and university teacher.

Ari Shapiro began his NPR career as an intern to legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg in January 2001.

Since 2009, Ari Shapiro has been a regular guest singer with the band Pink Martini.

Ari Shapiro appears on four of the band's albums, singing in several languages.

Ari Shapiro made his live debut with the band at the Hollywood Bowl.

Ari Shapiro has performed live with them frequently since then, including at such venues as Carnegie Hall and the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Olympia in Paris, Kew Gardens in London, and the Lycabettus Theatre in Athens.

Ari Shapiro has done solo cabaret performances around the United States, including in such venues as Joe's Pub and 54 Below.

In 2024, Ari Shapiro was announced as the host of the seventh season, and the second by Netflix, of the reality TV series The Mole.

Ari Shapiro's work has been recognized with journalism awards, including the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award, the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, a laurel from the Columbia Journalism Review, the American Judges Association's American Gavel Award, and he was named Journalist of the Year in 2023 by NLGJA, the association of LGBTQ+ journalists.

Ari Shapiro was the first NPR reporter to be promoted to correspondent before age 30.

In 2023, Ari Shapiro received a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from the University of Portland.