Lynn Sherr interviews Vivian Schiller, the first woman CEO of National Public Radio, at More.com (a site “celebrating women 40+”). Schiller’s been around — tour guide in the former Soviet Union, programming at TBS, documentary production at CNN and the head of NYTimes.com. Today, she says:
I have the best job in the world. I’ve been in four positions since 1988, and each job I’ve had, I’ve thought, this is the best job ever. I’ve left each one reluctantly, only because something so cool came along that I had to take advantage of it.
Sherr asks her to describe herself today versus when when she was younger:
Are you familiar with the imposter theory? You feel, I’m getting away with something and when everybody figures it out one of these days I’m going to get caught. I suffered from imposter syndrome for a long time. I would get promoted and I would think, don’t they know? What are they thinking? Or I’d get a new job and I’d think, god, I’ve fooled them. Wait till they find out. It wasn’t with me all the time, but it was a hum in the back of my head. And maybe it comes with age, but I don’t have imposter syndrome anymore. I’m in this job, I’m the right person for this job. I feel completely comfortable in my own skin. It’s the first time I’ve ever really felt that way.
Via Romenesko.
RELATED: When Newsweek interviewed Schiller in July, this comment got lots of journo & blog attention:
I am a staunch believer that people will not in large numbers pay for news content online. It’s almost like there’s mass delusion going on in the industry—They’re saying we really really need it, that we didn’t put up a pay wall 15 years ago, so let’s do it now. In other words, they think that wanting it so badly will automatically actually change the behavior of the audience. The world doesn’t work that way. Frankly, if all the news organizations locked pinkies, and said we’re all going to put up a big fat pay wall, you know what, more traffic for us. News is a commodity; I’m sorry to say.