About
A two-time author, journalist, and content strategist, David Ariosto has written for and held senior leadership positions at National Geographic, Edelman, CNN, Reuters, Foreign Policy, NPR, Eurasia Group, Intelligence Squared, SpaceNews, and others.
His latest book, “Open Space,” covers the second great power competition in the cosmos, which includes reporting across five continents and hundreds of interviews with leading scientists, aerospace engineers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and astronauts.
He also moderates a bi-monthly SpaceNews web forum with leading industry voices, and hosts two podcasts: 1.) “Space Minds,” produced by SpaceNews, and 2.) “Space Watch Daily,” an independent platform meant to explore the business, technology, and geopolitics of this new space era.
With leadership experience that spans more than 50 countries, including Russia, China, Mexico, and Afghanistan, he is also a former visiting professor of journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and board member of the Overseas Press Club.
His first book, “This is Cuba: An American Journalist Under Castro’s Shadow,” is derived from a multi-year CNN posting in Havana, Cuba, and was ranked among The Washington Post's "10 Books to Read―and Gift―in December," USA Today's "New and Noteworthy," and Amazon's Best Nonfiction and History Books of the month.
