ARI SAPERSTEIN
AWARDS & GRANTS
NAEJ Awards Finalist 2023
Webby Awards Honoree 2023
Ambie Awards Best Independent Podcast 2023
Center For Cultural Innovation Grant Recipient 2023
The Podcasting, Seriously Awards Fund Recipient 2023
Gracie Awards Honorable Mention 2023
International Sport Press Association Young Reporter Under 30 Finalist 2022
AIPS Audio Award Longlist 2022
Webby Awards Honoree 2022
Spotify Podcasts Community Awards 2021
NAEJ Awards Finalist 2021
Southern California Journalism Awards Finalist 2021 (2nd Place)
NAEJ Journalist Of The Year 2020 (2nd Place)
NAEJ Awards Finalist 2020
LA Press Club Awards Finalist 2020
KCRW Radio Race Finalist 2020
Center For Cultural Innovation Grant Recipient 2019
AUDIO
BLIND LANDING | I'm the creator, host and editor of the podcast Blind Landing. The series was named one of The Atlantic's Best Podcasts of 2021 and has been featured in outlets like The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Elle Magazine, Vulture, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, The Sunday Post, The Week, The Advocate, The New Zealand Herald, CBC Radio, ABC Radio, KQED and Slate. (*2022 Webby Awards Honoree, 2022 AIPS Audio Award Finalist, 2023 Gracie Awards Honorable Mention & 2023 Ambie Award Winner)
Select Stories:
The Pulse (WHYY) | Inside The World Of Foley Artists (*2020 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist)
The Frame (KPCC) | A Show That Demands 'Close' Listening (*2020 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist)
Take Two (KPCC) | LA's Indigenous Peoples' Day
Take Two (KPCC) | Kayaking In Hollywood
Take Two (KPCC) | Exploring LA's Zine Scene
KCRW | All Aboard Cucamonga (*2020 KCRW Radio Race Finalist)
Take Two (KPCC) | Upland's Plane Problem
Take Two (KPCC) | Neighborhood Unity, One Chord At Time
WRITING
The New York Times | Best Foot Forward Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities (*2023 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist)
New York Magazine | Artist Ashley Lukashevsky Wants You to Know That Everyone’s Going Through Something
(*2020 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist)
The Wall Street Journal | Kurt Yaeger Wants to See More Characters Who Aren’t Defined by Their Disabilities (*2021 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards Finalist)
Vox | What Fake Pop Stars Say About Our Real World
The Advocate | Stories From Queer Figure Skaters, In Their Own Words
The Wall Street Journal | An Oral History Of Paty Girl, The First Film Ever Streamed
InStyle | Cate Blanchett And The Art Of 'Sunglasses Acting'
LAist | Paddling From Atwater To Silver Lake
Bello Collective | The Creators Of Gay Future Want You To Have Fun
LAist | This Close: A Look Inside The Groundbreaking Show
LAist | The Stories Behind LA's Utility Box Art
The Counter | Passover And COVID-19"
ILLUSTRATIONS
The New Yorker | Americana in 2020
LAist | People Are Ripping Off Seniors (*2020 LA Press Club Awards Finalist)
The Boston Globe | What Is Six Feet Long?
Center for Health Journalism | LA County Is Reporting More Elder Abuse Than Ever Before
LAist | No Panic Guide To Social Distancing (*2021 Southern California Journalism Awards – 2nd Place)
Longreads | Cyberchondria: D.I.Y. Diagnosis
The Sex Ed | A History Of Sanitary Products
They Draw And Cook | Magical Miso Sauce