Ari Shapiro

Ari Shapiro
Shapiro speaking at College of DuPage in 2012
Born	(1978-09-30) September 30, 1978 (age 38) Fargo, North Dakota
Nationality	American
Occupation	Radio journalist
Years active	2001 - present
Employer	National Public Radio
Home town	Portland, Oregon
Spouse(s)	Michael Gottlieb (m. 2004)

Ari Shapiro (born September 30, 1978) is an American radio journalist who grew up in Portland, Oregon. He previously served as White House correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). He has been NPR's international correspondent based in London since 2014. In September 2015, Shapiro became one of four rotating hosts on NPR's flagship drive-time program All Things Considered.

Ari Shapiro was born in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of Elayne (Halpern), a university professor, and Len Shapiro, a database researcher and university teacher. His family is Jewish. 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 and is a member of the Scroll and Key secret society.

Shapiro 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. After working as a regional reporter for NPR in Atlanta and Miami and five years as NPR's Justice Correspondent, Shapiro began covering the White House in 2010. In 2014, he became NPR's correspondent in London. On July 9, 2015 NPR announced that Shapiro and Kelly McEvers will join Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel as hosts of NPR's All Things Considered program.