Neal Shapiro: A Career Shaping Public Broadcasting
4/14/202642 min
Neal Shapiro is an award-winning producer and media executive whose 30-year career spans print, broadcast, cable, and online media. Currently the CEO and President of WNET, Shapiro oversees the operations of ten public media channels and one radio station including THIRTEEN, WLIW21, and NJ PBS which reaches a combined monthly audience of nearly 10 million viewers. Prior to joining WNET, Shapiro served as the President of NBC news where he oversaw MSNBC, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and Dateline. Prior to NBC News, Shapiro started as a Research Assistant at ABC News and rose through the ranks to serve as writer and producer for PrimeTime Live and World News Tonight. From there, Shapiro executive produced Dateline and is responsible for transforming the show into a primetime staple of American Broadcast journalism. Shapiro’s work has been recognized with 32 Emmy Awards and 31 Edward R. Murrow Awards over the course of his career. Now WNET and Shapiro face a new challenge in the form of an executive order to dismantle the federal funding and government support for public television.
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[gentle music] When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands.
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I vowed I will be his last target.
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He is not gonna get away with this.
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He's gonna get what he deserves.
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We always say [laughing] that trust your girlfriends.
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Neal Shapiro· Guest1:21
[singing] Then she says, "Have you seen a f-photo of my son?" And I'm like, "Who is