What most people heard about Vivian Schiller's tenure at NPR was that she let Ellen Weiss fire Juan Williams and, now, that her head of fundraising doesn't feel too warmly toward the Tea Party. But Schiller's most important and less-juicy contribution as the organization's leader was to transform NPR's clunky digital presence into a more vibrant Web destination.
It's a shame that, in an industry sorely lacking in female leadership, NPR has let go two high-ranking and, by all accounts, highly competent women, both of whom were trying to clean up after messes made by men who put NPR's reputation at risk.
