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.
Conference Tech & Society: “Journalism = Democracy”
Aspen Institute España and Fundación Telefónica held last October 28, from 7.00pm to 8.30pm, the conference “Journalism = Democracy” from the V Edition of the Tech & Society Program with Vivian Schiller, Executive Director of Aspen Digital and former CEO, National Public Radio and Global News of Twitter. José M. de Areilza, Secretary General of Aspen Institute España, moderated the conference.
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José M. de Areilza Carvajal is Secretary General of Aspen Institute España. He has a dual appointment as Professor at the Law Department and at the General Management and Strategy Department of ESADE Business School. He is the holder of the Jean Monnet Chair-ESADE and a Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He has been Visiting Professor at INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France, and has worked as Advisor to the Spanish Prime Minister on European and North American affairs. Since 2017 he serves as Co-Chair of the British Spanish Tertulias, the leading bilateral forum between the two countries and as a Trustee of the Spanish Naval Museum. He writes a weekly column on international affairs in ABC, a national newspaper. José M. de Areilza received an LL.B. degree with Special Graduation Prize from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and holds a Masters degree (LL.M.) and Doctorate degree (S.J.D.) from Harvard University and an M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is a Member of the New York Bar.
Recommended readings:
- Harris, Lauren. ‘The journalism crisis across the world’, The Journalism Crisis Project (2019)
- Journalism, press freedom and COVID-19. UNESCO (2020)
- Bell, Emily. ‘We can’t fight fake news without saving local journalism’, The Guardian (2019)
- Rosen, Jay. ‘A current list of my top problems in pressshink’ Pressthink (2021)
- Robertson, Craig T. ‘Impartiality unpacked: a study of four countries’ Reuters Institute
V Edition of the Tech & Society Program
Aspen Institute España and Fundación Telefónica launched the V Edition of the Tech & Society Program. The Program, in its fifth edition, will once again hold debates, conferences and the Socrates Seminar, which will take place at La Granja de San Ildefonso (Segovia) and will be sponsored by Google.
