Since generative AI became mainstream nearly three years ago, newsrooms across the globe have been engaging with the technology in different ways – from those rapidly integrating AI, to others cauti...
Vivian Schiller
Vivian Schiller joined the Aspen Institute in January 2020 as Executive Director of Aspen Digital, which empowers policymakers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world.
A longtime executive at the intersection of journalism, media and technology, Schiller has held executive roles at some of the most respected media organizations in the world. Those 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, a joint venture of The New York Times and Discovery Communications; and Head of CNN documentary and long form divisions. Documentaries and series produced under her auspices earned multiple honors, including three Peabody Awards, four Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards, and dozens of Emmys.
Schiller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and a Director of the Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian.
Events IJF 2025
In times of war, the media often faces increasing censorship from authorities as well as self-censorship driven by a desire to avoid harming national interests or facing societal backlash. This panel ...
With billions heading to the polls this year, the stakes for global democracies are substantial. Generative AI advances and broad accessibility are already reshaping sectors with exponential growth ex...
Covering a country in a state of war is a dangerous and extremely challenging mission. But there is the additional complexity: as a citizen of the country at war you are expected to contribute to the ...
Generative AI is an epochal development – less like social media and more like the advent of the internet itself. The session will showcase how news organizations around the world are beginning to h...
Russia-based journalists have had to flee their homes and families or risk imprisonment and worse. Their revenue sources are mostly gone and - as Russian nationals - they face hostility and mistrust d...
Collaborative investigations: how cross-border collaborations deliver powerful impact
Some of the most powerful investigative reporting of recent years has been the result of global collaboration among local and regional news organizations and coordinating bodies like ICIJ. Setting asi...
Transparency is an oft-cited solution to the trust crisis, but what does that mean in practice? Must journalists document all aspects of their work - or does that risk creating journalism products tha...
Deepfakes are expected to come broadly online in 2020, ushering in an era of confusion or worse – the complete collapse of trust in what we see and hear. What do news operation need to know? And how...
Is philanthropy-funded journalism “real” journalism - and how does it work in a traditional newsroom?
At a growing number of traditional and legacy news organizations, philanthropy is supporting reporting and journalism projects that otherwise might not be possible. In news organizations--large and s...
Targeting technology: how are we covering one of the most important beats in the world?
Technology has become one of the most important news beats in the world, impacting elections, economies and societal structures. How are global news organizations approaching their coverage?
The role of journalism as a check on power is being tested all over the world, even in counties that have traditionally enjoyed a high degree of press freedom. In this panel, we’ll speak to those on...
As states and corporations increasingly load decision-making onto artificial intelligence technologies and algorithms, how can we as journalists keep them in check? How do you hold an algorithm to acc...
An unprecedented degree of lies and obfuscation – including from the highest levels of governments - has challenged traditional newsroom norms of fairness and balance. Journalists have had to rethin...
The key attributes of blockchain technology - decentralized, immutable and trustless - hold promise for a news media environment increasingly controlled by powerful entities. In this session the speak...
While the news industry struggles to find a sustainable revenue model, newsrooms including Reuters and some promising digital startups have announced mass layoffs in recent months. Meanwhile, nonprofi...
Trust in public institutions, banks and the media is dwindling. Where does that leave financial journalism, 10 years after the 2008 financial crisis? And why does this matter more than ever?
It does appear that Facebook has fallen completely out of love with the news business. Is it us? Is it them? Is it something we said? Does it matter? This panel will explore our troubled romance with ...
In a world where people pay attention to journalism because of their beliefs and feelings, why bother with objectivity? Can you have subjective journalism without feeding the fake news frenzy? Does pe...
In the last year, foundations, universities and other institutions answered the call to build solutions for global information disorders. How are these initiatives working together? How are they addre...
Advertising has been an important source of funding for journalism for more than a century. But news media organizations are increasingly losing market share to other actors, especially large technolo...
Between ad blocking and sinking CPM's, funding for high-quality journalism is harder and harder to come by. From donations to micropayments, crowdfunding to billionaires, we'll explore what's workin...
The session will consider new approaches to storytelling in the digital age, including innovative technologies and methods being used to source stories and new formats being used to visualize the st...
Challenged by a radically new scenario and undermined by nimble new competitors, mainstream media is hard at it trying to weather the digital revolution. Put bluntly, is there any place in the futur...
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