My name is Ari Saperstein and I'm the executive director at Los Angeles Reporting Collective, a nonprofit project supporting local journalists and civic media in Southern California. 

Previously, I worked as a producer at This American Life, Serial, Pineapple Street Studios and KPCC/LAist. As a multimedia journalist, I've written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Cut, Teen Vogue, The Advocate, Vox, and The Wall Street Journal and drawn editorial artwork for The New Yorker and The Boston Globe. I've been a finalist for the National Arts & Entertainment Journalist Of The Year Award and the AIPS Young Reporter Award.

I'm the creator and host of the award-winning documentary podcast Blind Landing. The series has received a number of honors, including being named one of The Atlantic's Best Podcasts of 2021 and winning the 2023 Ambie Award for Best Independent Podcast. Blind Landing has been showcased on the front page of every major podcasting app (including Apple, Spotify, Amazon) and written about in dozens of publications around the world. 

I love connecting with audiences and sharing my passion for narrative craft and the future of journalism. I've spoken at colleges around the country (including Yale, NYU, UC Santa Cruz, USC, the University of Tennessee, Pomona, and the University of Washington).

If you've made it this far, then you're probably my dad, reading this to remember what it is that I do for a living, or someone looking to connect. For speaking or consulting queries, feel free to reach out via the contact tab above.