
Vivian Schiller
Executive Director, Aspen Digital, Aspen Institute
Vivian Schiller is executive director of Aspen Digital at the Aspen Institute, which empowers responsible stewardship of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world. Her previous executive roles include president and CEO of NPR, global chair of news at Twitter, general manager of NYTimes.com, chief digital officer of NBC News, chief of the Discovery Times Channel, and head of CNN’s documentary and long-form divisions. Documentaries and series produced under Schiller’s auspices have earned three Peabody Awards, four Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards, and dozens of Emmys. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a director of the Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian.
Previously

2023 Festival
Free Speech in the Age of Social Media
Video — 1h 2m 14s

2023 Festival
Safe or Sentient? Navigating the Future of Data, Privacy, and A.I.
Video — 52m 44s

2023 Festival
The Power of Connectivity
Video — 52m 24s

2023 Festival
How to Stand up to a Dictator: A Conversation with Maria Ressa
Video — 59m 36s

2022 Festival
A Brief History of Lies: Government Deception from Watergate to Today
Video — 45m 13s

2022 Festival
The Kids Are Alright
Audio

2022 Festival
The Fog of War: How Do You Know What to Believe
Video — 45m 38s

2022 Health
Hacked! Medical Systems at Risk
Video — 49m 45s

2022 Health
Abbott Presents: Tech for the Many, Not the Few
Video — 51m 15s

2021 Festival
Digital Equity in a Post-Pandemic World
Video — 30m 42s
2021 Festival
Local News and Why It Matters to Democracy
Video — 46m 33s
2021 Festival
Diagnosing the Information Disorder
Video — 26m 23s