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Ari Daniel Shapiro is a freelance science journalist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Shapiro is a science reporter for National Public Radio. [1] He previously reported on a freelance basis for NPR, as well as Public Radio International, The New York Times, and Nova. [2]
In college, Shapiro was a summer intern at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He worked on a project with killer whales. He later got a master's degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where he studied grey seal pups. [5]
In addition to his work as a reporter, Shapiro is a Senior Producer for The Story Collider, a live storytelling show. [3] [6] He says that he works to achieve greater science literacy for his listeners, telling Nieman Storyboard, "That’s why I don’t like to think about dumbing something down. I think people can handle complexity. Because I think people are curious beings somewhere inside."
Upon joining NPR in 2023, Shapiro changed his air name to Ari Daniel, to avoid confusion with "All Things Considered" host Ari Shapiro.
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This article may rely excessively on sources
too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being
verifiable and
neutral. (November 2014) |
Ari Daniel Shapiro is a freelance science journalist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Shapiro is a science reporter for National Public Radio. [1] He previously reported on a freelance basis for NPR, as well as Public Radio International, The New York Times, and Nova. [2]
In college, Shapiro was a summer intern at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He worked on a project with killer whales. He later got a master's degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where he studied grey seal pups. [5]
In addition to his work as a reporter, Shapiro is a Senior Producer for The Story Collider, a live storytelling show. [3] [6] He says that he works to achieve greater science literacy for his listeners, telling Nieman Storyboard, "That’s why I don’t like to think about dumbing something down. I think people can handle complexity. Because I think people are curious beings somewhere inside."
Upon joining NPR in 2023, Shapiro changed his air name to Ari Daniel, to avoid confusion with "All Things Considered" host Ari Shapiro.
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