Neal B Shapiro was born on March 9,1958 and is the president and CEO of WNET.
23 Facts About Neal Shapiro
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Neal Shapiro worked previously as the president of NBC News and the executive producer for Dateline NBC.
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Neal Shapiro was born to a practicing Jewish family and raised in Delmar, New York.
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Neal Shapiro attended Bethlehem Central High School graduating in 1976.
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Neal Shapiro worked with ABC News from 1980 until 1993, where he eventually became a producer for PrimeTime Live.
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Neal Shapiro produced for Nightline and spent time working in the Chicago news bureau.
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Neal Shapiro served as the executive producer for several hour-long specials, including reports on corporate layoffs in America, migrant farm workers, and welfare reform.
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In 1998 Neal Shapiro took the show from one night to five nights per week, producing about 800 news stories per year.
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Neal Shapiro was appointed the president of NBC News in June 2001, and was put in charge of overseeing MSNBC.
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Neal Shapiro oversaw the transition between NBC Nightly News anchors Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams.
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On cable, Neal Shapiro oversaw the news operations of MSNBC and developed Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Scarborough Country with Joe Scarborough.
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Neal Shapiro expanded NBC News Radio, and began podcasts and cell phone reports.
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Neal Shapiro helped create and launch NBC's digital weather channel, Weatherplus.
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In January 2008 Neal Shapiro was named CEO of WNET public television.
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Neal Shapiro oversaw the sale of the public television news coverage paper Current, a public media-focused trade publication, to the American University School of Communication, saying, according to the New York Times that "he found it odd for his organization to publish a paper" about its own industry.
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In 2011 Neal Shapiro led the bid to manage New Jersey's public television station that was then renamed NJTV, which brought New Jersey public television under the same umbrella.
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Neal Shapiro has taught at both the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and his alma mater, Tufts University.
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Neal Shapiro has lectured at schools including MIT and Stanford.
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Neal Shapiro has been the recipient of Sigma Delta Chi Awards, Chris Awards, the George Polk Award, and the Investigative Reporter and Editor Award.
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In 2007 Shapiro was elected to the board of directors of the Gannett Company for his "diverse experience with network news and public television" according to chairman Craig A Dubow.
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On October 6,2008, Neal Shapiro was chosen to ring the closing bell of the NASDAQ exchange in New York City.
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Neal Shapiro has served as chairman of the Communications and Media Studies Alumni Advisory Board for his alma mater Tufts University.
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Neal Shapiro is a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors, which is presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.