April 1, 2011 | Keynote, Uncategorized

Knight Center: Local news, apps, and new ideas by old orgs make Vivian Schiller optimistic about journalism

By Dean Graber

Schiller_Reasons to be Cheerful: An Optimist's View on the State of Digital Journalism_2011 — Vivian Schiller, ex-president/CEO of NPR and ex-general manager of NYTimes.com, speaks during the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism on Apr. 1, 2011. (Knight Center/Flickr)

In her talk “Reasons to be Cheerful: An Optimist’s view on the State of Digital Journalism,” Vivian Schiller gave seven reasons to be optimistic about where journalism is headed.

Schiller, who resigned her post as NPR’s CEO last month after gaffes at NPR on her watch, gave a keynote address at the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism, which began today.

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ISOJ 2011: Vivian Schiller Keynote Q&A, from Knight Center on Vimeo.