NPR has announced that All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro will depart the public radio organization at the end of September.
Shapiro joined the show — the NPR afternoon flagship program — as one of its rotating hosts in September 2015. Before joining the show as hot, he worked as an international correspondent, in addition to his time as the network’s White House correspondent and a justice correspondent.
“It has been a wild privilege to spend 25 years at NPR,” Shapiro said. “After a decade as host of All Things Considered, I’ve decided to move on at the end of September … For now, let me just express what a joy it has been to share stories and conversations with you. The work of public radio is more important today than it has ever been. I intend to continue supporting it, and I hope you will too. Thank you for listening.”
The exit of Ari Shapiro from All Things Considered and NPR marks the third high-profile exit in recent weeks. Editor-in-Chief Edith Chapin announced her plans to depart late last month. Meanwhile, longtime host Susan Stamberg revealed earlier this month that she would step away from the network after more than 50 years with the outlet.
The exits come after more than $1 billion in funding earmarked for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting — and in turn to public media outlets like NPR and PBS — was cut by Congress.
Estimates show that the funding being slashed has led to an influx of donations to the public media brands. The Contributor Development Partnership, which analyzes media fundraising efforts, estimates that 120,000 donors have pledged at least $20 million in funding in the past four months, when it became increasingly clear that the funding cuts would be enacted by Congress.
Overall, donations to NPR and PBS are an estimated $70 million higher at this stage than they were in the same time frame during 2024.
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