17 Facts About Vivian Schiller

Vivian Schiller's is the former senior vice president and chief digital officer for NBC News, including oversight of NBCNews.

Vivian Schiller's graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in Russian studies and Soviet studies, and a Master's degree in Russian from Middlebury College.

In 1998, Vivian Schiller transferred to CNN, where she eventually became head of the documentary unit which produced special and series for CNN-US and CNN International.

Vivian Schiller's division won multiple awards under her supervision including Emmys, Peabody's, DuPont's and Overseas Press Club Awards.

In 2002, Vivian Schiller was hired by The New York Times and Discovery Communications to develop and run a new joint venture network that would late become the Discovery Times Channel .

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In 2006, after The New York Times and Discovery Communications joint venture severed, Vivian Schiller joined the New York Times full-time to oversee original web video and then served as general manager of NYTimes.

Under Vivian Schiller's watch, the New York Times launched its first mobile presence, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts and grew audiences by double digits.

In March 2011, Vivian Schiller resigned as president and chief executive of National Public Radio amid controversy surrounding the former NPR fundraising executive Ronald Schiller, who is not related to Vivian Schiller.

Vivian Schiller's departure was, in part, an attempt to show congressional budget-cutters that NPR could hold itself accountable.

Vivian Schiller led the company's efforts to acquire full ownership of the digital operation, and integrate it into the rest of NBC News in New York under a new name, NBCNews.

Vivian Schiller was criticized for not making a good-faith effort to sell the site before closing it.

In January 2014, Vivian Schiller joined Twitter as head of news with responsibility for expanding the platform's relationships with news organizations.

Since leaving Twitter, Vivian Schiller has been working as an independent consultant and advisor to various domestic and international organizations, including to legacy companies as well start-ups such as Vocativ, a data-driven online news provider.

In January 2020 Vivian Schiller joined the Aspen Institute as Executive Director of Aspen Digital, where she has been actively involved in their Commission on Information Disorder.

Vivian Schiller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Vivian Schiller's sits on the boards of CUNY Journalism School; the Investigative News Network; Society for Science and the Public; and International Center for Journalism.

Vivian Schiller's was the founding board chair for The News Literary Project.