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From Deadline To Dateline It seems fitting that Oliver Platt plays an investigative reporter on his new drama Deadline. While the show isn't modeled on a Tufts graduate, it certainly could be. Tufts graduates are behind some of the best news programs on television, including Dateline NBC and 60 Minutes. A former producer for ABC's World News Tonight, Neal Shapiro knows a good story when he sees it. The 1980 Tufts alum took the reins at Dateline NBC in 1993, when the show was struggling for viewers and credibility. His work as executive producer in the seven years that followed helped the show rise through the television news ranks. Shapiro told the Boston Globe, "I really do think we turned the page." Shapiro isn't the only Tufts graduate with a strong news sense -- from ABC to NBC, CNNfn to New England Cable News, Tufts alums are behind the breaking news and feature stories that drive televised news. Among them: 60
Minutes: Harry Radliffe (producer)
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