Ari Berman is an American journalist and author. He is the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones,[1] and regularly appears on MS NOW to discuss gerrymandering, voting restrictions, and the Voting Rights Act.[2][3]
In 2022, he won the Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism for his reporting about a dark money group that bragged about writing voter suppression bills across the country, and in 2023 he won an Edward R. Murrow Award in the network radio investigative reporting category for his Reveal episode, "The Ballot Boogeymen."[4][5]
He graduated with a degree in journalism and political science from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[6]
Books
edit- Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024)[7]
- Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015)[8][9]
- Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010)[10]
References
edit- ↑ "Ari Berman". Mother Jones. April 30, 2005. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
- ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ "'Mass disenfranchisement': The slow, methodical attacks on voting ahead of midterms". MS NOW. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ "Reporting on Voting Rights". Hillman Foundation. 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ "2023 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners - Radio Television Digital News Association". www.rtdna.org. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- ↑ "Ari Berman". BillMoyers.com. The Nation. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
- ↑ "Minority Rule - The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People and the Fight to Resist it by Ari Berman". Kirkus Reviews. January 17, 2024.
- ↑ Rosen, Jeffrey (25 August 2015). "Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman". The New York Times.
- ↑ Delton, Jennifer (October 24, 2016). "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman". The Journal of Southern History. 82 (4): 988–990. doi:10.1353/soh.2016.0315 – via Project MUSE.
- ↑ "Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics by Ari Berman". Kirkus Reviews. October 5, 2010.