Profile of NPR Justice Correspondent Ari Shapiro:
A recent Sunday morning found NPR reporter Ari Shapiro in Washington Square Park, vaulting over a fence. After crawling along a railing like a cat, Shapiro tore off on a circuit around the southeast quadrant of the park, leaping over anything in his way. Shapiro is an enthusiastic student of parkour, the acrobatic movement that started in France. But the Sunday Times–reading bench-sitters hardly seemed to notice.
Shapiro, 30, is tall and bears a passing resemblance to the actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He should not necessarily have been the most energetic person in the park. The night before, his hotel room had been the staging ground for a gay bachelor party. But Shapiro hadn’t attended.
“Ten lawyers? I’m sure it was boring!” he exclaimed. After an early round of drinks, the lawyers had decamped to a sleazy downtown bar while Shapiro caught up with a non-lawyer friend across town.
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A recent Sunday morning found NPR reporter Ari Shapiro in Washington Square Park, vaulting over a fence. After crawling along a railing like a cat, Shapiro tore off on a circuit around the southeast quadrant of the park, leaping over anything in his way. Shapiro is an enthusiastic student of parkour, the acrobatic movement that started in France. But the Sunday Times–reading bench-sitters hardly seemed to notice.
Shapiro, 30, is tall and bears a passing resemblance to the actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He should not necessarily have been the most energetic person in the park. The night before, his hotel room had been the staging ground for a gay bachelor party. But Shapiro hadn’t attended.
“Ten lawyers? I’m sure it was boring!” he exclaimed. After an early round of drinks, the lawyers had decamped to a sleazy downtown bar while Shapiro caught up with a non-lawyer friend across town.
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