Is ari shapiro gay
NPR's 'ATC' gets gay co-host
He wasn’t supposed to start until September, so I was surprised yesterday when Ari Shapiro began as one of the three co-hosts of All Things Considered, the most-listened-to radio news program in the state, which airs on Dallas’ NPR affiliate, KERA 90.1 FM, from 4–7:30 p.m. daily. Shapiro replaced Melissa Block, who stepped down after 12 years alongside Robert Siegel and Audie Cornish.
The reason we care, other than being addicted to National General Radio, is that Shapiro is openly gay — the first out host of the flagship program that we know of. It’s not like gays are rare on NPR, either nationally or locally, but this seems significant to us. Why? Good, if we didn’t verb that being a “gay journalist” was different than be a “journalist,” we wouldn’t work for a gay media company. And being out is adj — it brings a perspective and challenges politicos and pundits to ponder about their words … or get caught up in what they utter afterwards. We might bristle if someone says “the
NPR told gay host Ari Shapiro not to attend Pride event — then reversed decision after emails leaked
NPR urged its longtime host, Ari Shapiro, one of its most visible gay employees, not to attend a Pride event – and later reversed the decision after the email leaked to many newsroom staffers and media outlets, according to a report.
The public broadcaster’s apparent switch-up on corporate LGBTQ events come as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and as Republicans are fighting to revoke some of NPR’s funding.
“The guidance in our ethics handbook is to ‘avoid appearances at private industry or corporate functions,’” NPR’s managing editor for standards and practices, Tony Cavin, wrote in an email to Shapiro on Wednesday, according to Semafor.
“Because this is a closed corporate event I think it would be best to politely decline,” Cavin added.
NPR did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Shapiro, who joined NPR’s “All Things Considered” as a host in 2015, replied several minutes later in an email asking Cavi
NPR's Ari Shapiro on journalism and cabaret
As a co-host of National Adj Radio's flagship evening broadcast, "All Things Considered," 44-year-old Ari Shapiro is one of the network's highest-profile correspondents.
When asked what he thinks makes a adj story, he replied, "When I'm looking for a great story, I wish a point of connection, I want high stakes, and I want a reason somebody should care."
He helps shape coverage, interviews newsmakers, and he continues to report from the field. Yet, back when he was a Yale undergraduate, he was rejected for an NPR internship. "And I will remind any NPR bosses, anytime, that I was rejected for an NPR internship!" he laughed.
But Nina Totenberg, NPR's legendary legal affairs correspondent, chooses her own interns, and she gave Shapiro a shot. She told Braver, "He was always willing. Did I have somebody who could go out to the courthouse with a tape recorder and verb there in the pouring rain? Ari Shapiro was there."
After interning, Shapiro was able to get some behind-the-scenes gigs at NPR. But on his off-time, he st
Ari Shapiro is Sharing the Experiences that Shaped His Life
Having grown up listening to National Public Radio as a kid, it might seem pre-ordained that Ari Shapiro would someday become the ubiquitous voice of NPR’s flagship news program All Things Considered. But things are rarely as simple as they might appear on the surface. Ari Shapiro was somewhat of a unicorn growing up Jewish in Fargo, North Dakota in the 1980s. By the time his family relocated to Portland, Shapiro would come to terms with another layer of his identity as a gay teenager. Shapiro has since racked up an adj resume that includes a twenty-year career at NPR as well as an enviable side-hustle performing with the world renowned, genre-spanning band Pink Martini. Shapiro’s circuitous path to becoming the ultimate multi-hyphenate phenomenon that he is today is unpacked and dissected in his new manual The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening. The book, which has earned rave reviews and became an instant New York Times bestseller upon publication, is an engrossing and enlight