Former NPR Chief Vivian Schiller Vows Return To Media: ‘I’m Not Done’

Ex-NPR CEO Vivian Schiller has made her first public remarks since her ouster, telling the International Women’s Media Foundation in Washington D.C. that she’s “not done” with a career in media. “I certainly plan to stay in journalism.”

Schiller resigned this month in the messy aftermath of a video “sting operation” conducted by James O’Keefe, which caught two NPR executives on hidden camera making critical comments about the Tea Party.

The Wrap’s Brent Lang says Schiller didn’t make specific comments on the episode, but did describe her time at NPR as difficult. “We went through a series of four or five extremely difficult months, and it was very stressful and there was a tremendous amount of pressure on me,” Schiller said.

And, Schiller promises, she’s coming back, promising her return will come “at some point in the not too distant future.”

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