Neil Ungerleider -- Executive Editor
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Neil Ungerleider is the Executive Editor for WCVB-TV Channel 5 in Boston.He is responsible for managing and developing content for NewsCenter 5 and WCVB's award-winning Web site, TheBostonChannel.com, as well as all of WCVB's digital services and content.He works with WCVB's investigative unit, Team 5 Investigates and other special projects. He also manages the station's content partnerships with other media.
During his tenure at the station, Channel 5 has won every major award in broadcast journalism. In 2002, WCVB won a National Headliner Award for its coverage of September 11, "The Boston Investigation."He began working for NewsCenter 5 as a news assignment editor in 1984 and was promoted in 1985 to investigative editor. He then became the executive producer of WCVB's investigative news unit in 1990. In 1991, he was promoted to managing news editor and in 1997, he became Assistant News Director.In 2007, he was named Manager, WCVB Digital and Multimedia."Inside Bridgewater," Ungerleider's acclaimed 1987 series about the Massachusetts state hospital for the criminally insane, won him a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Award, a National Headliner Award and the UPI Award for National Investigative Reporting. In 1990, "Reading, Writing ... Reality," a news series about the Boston school system, won him both a Gabriel and an Ohio State Award.Ungerleider's 1991 series, "Punishment Without a Crime," about the imprisonment of innocent alcoholic women in Massachusetts, won him the prestigious Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association.Ungerleider also managed WCVB's first Web site, initially known as "5 Online," which was the first media Web site in Boston. It was consistently rated among the top five television Web sites in the country.Before joining Channel 5, Ungerleider worked from 1982 to 1984 for Boston's WHDH Radio as a general assignment reporter. From 1978 to 1982, he was an assistant director of news and programming for Boston's WEEI news radio, having previously served that station as its executive news editor from 1972 to 1977. From 1977 to 1978, he was a news producer and assignment editor for Boston's PBS station, WGBH-TV.Ungerleider received his master's degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University and his B.A. degree from Brandeis University. He and his wife Diane Stern, a news anchor at Boston's WBZ Radio, have a daughter.
During his tenure at the station, Channel 5 has won every major award in broadcast journalism. In 2002, WCVB won a National Headliner Award for its coverage of September 11, "The Boston Investigation."He began working for NewsCenter 5 as a news assignment editor in 1984 and was promoted in 1985 to investigative editor. He then became the executive producer of WCVB's investigative news unit in 1990. In 1991, he was promoted to managing news editor and in 1997, he became Assistant News Director.In 2007, he was named Manager, WCVB Digital and Multimedia."Inside Bridgewater," Ungerleider's acclaimed 1987 series about the Massachusetts state hospital for the criminally insane, won him a prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Award, a National Headliner Award and the UPI Award for National Investigative Reporting. In 1990, "Reading, Writing ... Reality," a news series about the Boston school system, won him both a Gabriel and an Ohio State Award.Ungerleider's 1991 series, "Punishment Without a Crime," about the imprisonment of innocent alcoholic women in Massachusetts, won him the prestigious Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association.Ungerleider also managed WCVB's first Web site, initially known as "5 Online," which was the first media Web site in Boston. It was consistently rated among the top five television Web sites in the country.Before joining Channel 5, Ungerleider worked from 1982 to 1984 for Boston's WHDH Radio as a general assignment reporter. From 1978 to 1982, he was an assistant director of news and programming for Boston's WEEI news radio, having previously served that station as its executive news editor from 1972 to 1977. From 1977 to 1978, he was a news producer and assignment editor for Boston's PBS station, WGBH-TV.Ungerleider received his master's degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University and his B.A. degree from Brandeis University. He and his wife Diane Stern, a news anchor at Boston's WBZ Radio, have a daughter. Copyright 2009 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
