Talk:Vivian Schiller

Criticism of Her Firing/Handling of Juan Williams by NPRs Omnbudsman
This was on the news today and certainly rates a citation and mention in the article. She is being criticised by her own radio staff at NPR.

98.245.170.157 (talk) 07:36, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Relevance?
How much of this deserves to be in the article on V. Schiller:

NPR NAMES RONALD J. SCHILLER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PRESIDENT, NPR FOUNDATION

September 3, 2009; Washington, D.C. - Ronald J. Schiller, currently Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development for University of Chicago, will become NPR's top fundraiser later this month. NPR's CEO and President Vivian Schiller announced today that Ron Schiller (they are not related), has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President for Development of NPR and President of the NPR Foundation. His appointment will begin on a fulltime basis on October 15, and he will report directly to Ms. Schiller. He will lead NPR's fundraising programs - including major and planned giving, and foundation grants, which currently account for NPR's third largest source of revenue. The NPR Foundation is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to raise financial support for NPR, Inc. The Foundation holds the NPR Endowment, including the majority of the $230 million bequest made by Mrs. Joan B. Kroc in 2003.

"Ron has performed far beyond expectations at every institution he has served," said Vivian Schiller. "I am thrilled that he is joining us at this critical time to lead our efforts to raise the funds necessary for NPR and our stations to thrive."

"NPR is an integral part of millions of people's lives every day," said Ron Schiller. "The audience has a relationship with NPR that is personal and important, one that sets it apart from other news and media organizations. My mission is to help NPR and its stations throughout the country to realize the financial support needed to innovate and expand public service."

The announcement of Ron Schiller's appointment comes at a pivotal time for NPR. Audience levels have reached a new high at 27.5 million listeners each week, and a series of major innovations including a website re-launch and worldwide mobile strategy are underway - despite a challenging economic climate. Ron Schiller's appointment is the second major hire made by Vivian Schiller, who joined NPR in January of this year. In June Debra Delman was appointed SVP of Strategic Operations and Finance.

Mr. Schiller brings 20 years of experience to NPR, rising quickly from development officer to executive roles in fundraising and institutional advancement. He led efforts that resulted in unprecedented revenue growth at the University of Chicago in each of his four years -- in total fundraising and transformational gifts. He was integral to the success of The Chicago Initiative Capital Campaign, exceeding the original goal and raising $2.38 billion. Working closely with the University's Boards, he created a new vision for Alumni Relations and Development, and led a reorganization that integrated the two groups and expanded their reach through new offices throughout the U.S. In addition to the University of Chicago, Mr. Schiller has led fundraising on behalf of Carnegie Mellon, Northeastern University, Cornell, the New England Conservatory of Music and the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Schiller earned a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from Cornell University.

He will maintain his residence in Aspen, Colorado with his partner Alan Fletcher, an accomplished composer and President of the Aspen Music Festival and School, and will commute regularly to Washington DC.

Mr. Schiller succeeds Mark Vogelzang, former President and CEO of Vermont Public Radio, who has served as NPR's Interim VP of Development. "We are grateful to Mark for his leadership this past six months," said Ms. Schiller. "NPR is on course to meet this year's revenue goals despite a tough economic climate, and Mark has effectively set the stage for the next phase in our growth."

OMG! That is such a crass suggestion to make.Execreblete (talk) 04:35, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Ron Schiller controversy not mentioned
Odd that her resignation is mentioned, but nothing about the videotape of Ron Schiller saying that the Tea Party scares him, which was the immediate cause of the Vivian Schiller resignation. 134.173.179.119 (talk) 19:00, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

I suggest something like this:

Ms. Schiller's resignation comes in the wake of a controversy involving statements made by NPR fundraising executives. Executives such as Ronald Schiller (no relation to Vivian Schiller) and Betsy Liley were recorded secretly by the Republican filmmaker James O’Keefe, repeatedly refusing to accept a $5 million check from undercover reporters posing as a group that was founded “by a few members of the Muslim Brotherhood in America” and wanting to “spread acceptance of Sharia across the world”. On the secretly recorded video, Mr. Schiller, whose job was to solicit nonfederal funding for NPR, says it is “very clear” that the organization would be “better off in the long-run without federal funding.” He adds, “The challenge right now is that if we lost it all together, we would have a lot of stations go dark.” Also on the videotape, Mr. Schiller tells this group posing as Muslim philanthropists that the Republican party has been “hijacked” by the Tea Party and that Tea Party supporters are “seriously racist, racist people.”

Although Mr. Schiller indicates to the group early in the video that he is talking personally and not representing NPR's point of view, and later adds qualifiers like "in my personal opinion," etc., this video (a few months after the Juan Williams dismissal) came at a sensitive time for NPR. Republicans in Congress who viewed NPR as biased were trying to cut federal funding for its local stations across the country. Some quickly seized on the video as further evidence of their views and further reason to reduce funding for the stations. Doug Lamborn, Republican of Colorado, told the Washington Examiner that the video showed “condescension and arrogance.”

Sources: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/npr-executive-caught-calling-tea-partiers-racist/ http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2011/0309/Vivian-Schiller-NPR-chief-resigns-amid-uproar-over-sting-video http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/09/npr-president-schiller-resigns/ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-09/npr-ceo-schiller-resigns-after-tea-party-video-controversy.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.173.179.119 (talk) 19:30, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * "recorded secretly by the Republican filmmaker James O’Keefe, repeatedly refusing to accept a $5 million check from undercover reporters posing as..." How do you figure that O'Keefe is a republican, do you have a copy of his voter registration? I don't have a transcript, but, did R. Schiller repeatedly refuse 5 mil? What are you saying?Execreblete (talk) 07:41, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

James O'Keefe
Apparently, James O'Keefe caused her to resign as head of NPR? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/james-okeefe-man-forced-resignation-npr-ceo-vivian/story?id=13097536 Kdammers (talk) 16:19, 26 May 2016 (UTC)