Her two-year stint as the head of NPR came to a close following two high-profile controversies towards the end of her tenure, which the board determined were so distracting that she could no longer lead the organization, NPR reported in March.
One involved the firing of Juan Williams after he said on Fox News that seeing people in “Muslim garb” on airplanes made him nervous, which also led to the resignation of NPR’s top news executive, Ellen Weiss.
At NBC News, Schiller will oversee digital and mobile strategy for NBC News and MSNBC, as well as younger properties such as educationnation.com and thegrio.com. She will report to NBC News president Steve Capus beginning in mid-July, NBC News said in a statement.
Before NPR, Schiller served a s a VP in the online division of The New York Times.
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