Neal Shapiro

Neal B. Shapiro (born March 9, 1958 ^[1]) is the president of PBS station Thirteen/WNET New York City, installed in February 2007. He is the chief executive of the station's license holder, the Educational Broadcasting Corporation (doing business as WNET.org), which also operates the Long Island, New York, PBS outlet WLIW.

Life and Career

Shapiro attended Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York, graduating in 1976. He went on to graduate magna cum laude from Tufts University in 1980 with degrees in history and political science.

He was with ABC News from 1980 until 1993 when he joined NBC News.

Shapiro is a former president of NBC News. Prior to this position he was an executive producer of Dateline NBC, guiding it from one night a week to five nights a week. He left NBC News in September 2005.

He taught at both Columbia University and his alma mater, Tufts University.

Awards

He has won Emmy Awards, DuPont-Columbia Awards, Sigma Delta Chi Awards and Chris Awards.

In 2005, he was inducted into the his high school's hall of fame.

In 2008, Shapiro received the P.T. Barnum Award from Tufts University for his exceptional work in the field of media and entertainment.

Family

He is married to ABC News correspondent Juju Chang^[2]

References

• "Trustee Biographies: Neal B. Shapiro", Tufts University
• "Biography: Neal Shapiro", WNET.

1. ^ "Biography: Neal Shapiro", Cityfile, New York
2. ^ "Juju Chang's Biography", ABC News, Dec. 10, 2009

Further reading

• Jacobi, Fritz, "Is PBS Still Necessary? You Bet It Is, Says Its Newest Recruit", Television Quarterly, Volume XXXVIIII - Numbers 3 & 4 Spring / Summer 2008

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