Editing Neal Shapiro (section)

===President of NBC News===
Shapiro was appointed the president of NBC News in June 2001, and was also put in charge of overseeing MSNBC.<ref name=tuft /> He oversaw the transition between ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' anchors [[Tom Brokaw]] and [[Brian Williams]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-09-06-nbc-shapiro-resignation_x.htm |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |title=NBC News president Neal Shapiro announces his resignation |author=Peter Johnson |accessdate=October 31, 2013 |date=June 6, 2005}}</ref> In 2003 he was the architect of the NBC news coverage of the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/world/iraq/2003-03-24-nbc_x.htm |title=NBC hopes big investment in news coverage pays off |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |author=David Lieberman |date=March 24, 2003 |accessdate=October 31, 2013}}</ref>

''TV News Check'' summarized some additional projects that Shapiro undertook, writing that, "He led the No. 1-rated news programs in every day part: ''Today'' in the morning, ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' in the evening and ''[[Meet the Press]]'' on Sunday morning ... On cable, Shapiro oversaw the news operations of [[MSNBC]] and developed ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]'' and ''[[Scarborough Country]]'' with [[Joe Scarborough]]. He also created NBC News Productions which produces programming for many cable channels, including [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]], [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]], [[Court TV]], [[Discovery Channel|Discovery]], [[History (American TV channel)|History]], and [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]].

In the world of syndication, Shapiro developed two successful syndicated programs produced by NBC News, ''[[The Chris Matthews Show]]'' and ''Your Total Health with Hoda Kotb''. On the Web, he spearheaded a number of changes at MSNBC. He expanded NBC News Radio, and began podcasts and cell phone reports. He also helped create and launch NBC's digital weather channel, Weatherplus."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/9752/exnbc-news-chief-neal-shapiro-to-head-wnet-new-york |date=January 18, 2007 |accessdate=November 5, 2013 |publisher=TV News Check |title=Ex-NBC News chief Neal Shapiro to head WNET New York}}</ref>

In all, Shapiro won 32 Emmys, 31 Edward R. Murrow Awards, and 3 Columbia DuPont awards during his time at NBC (including those awarded during his time at ''Dateline'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thirteen.org/about/neal-shapiro/ |title=Neal Shapiro |date=October 2012 |accessdate=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116225605/http://www.thirteen.org/about/neal-shapiro/ |archive-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>