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Before working full-time as a reporter for NPR, Shapiro freelanced stories for NPR and member station WAMU in Washington, D.C. He was later awarded an NPR reporter training fellowship and worked as a local reporter for WBUR Boston. Shaprio began his full-time NPR career in the office of NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg . Following that assignment, Shapiro was an editorial assistant and an assistant editor on Morning Edition. Shapiro graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with honors. While at Yale, Shapiro spent time abroad researching cultural obstacles to HIV education for Ethopian immigrants. Shapiro was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and grew up in Portland, Oregon. FAMILY On February 27, 2004, Shapiro and longtime boyfriend Michael Gottlieb were married at San Francisco City Hall, following Mayor Gavin Newsom 's order demanding that same-sex couples be granted marriage liciences. Gay marriages had been allowed in San Francisco from February 12 until March 11, 2004, when the weddings were halted by the California Supreme Court. Shapiro and Gottlieb followed their wedding with a commitment celebration at a family home in the Napa, California area on August 21, 2005. SOURCES http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=2101154&startNum=3 http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/10383?badlink=1 http://photomomo.smugmug.com/gallery/748822#33010066 |
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