BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Vivian Schiller, editor in chief of Weber Shandwick and a Twitter, NBC, NPR and NYT alum

How/where are you celebrating your birthday and with whom? “If all goes as planned, I’ll be dining al fresco with family and friends with a nice bottle of rose, followed by some quality time with Netflix. That’s my idea of a heavenly evening.”

How did you get your start in journalism? “Purely by accident. After getting two degrees in Russian, I was working as a tour guide and interpreter in the former Soviet Union. About the same time, Ted Turner decided he was going to single handedly end the Cold War and needed a flunky to help him get documentaries done in the USSR. That was my entree into media and journalism, and I never looked back.”

What is a trend going on in the U.S. or abroad that doesn’t get enough attention? “News literacy. It’s not just about making sure students consume and share the ‘right’ news, it’s fundamentally about teaching kids to think critically as they navigate the world through their mobile devices. Our education system has failed to modernize in the face of the vastly different way the kids experience the world.”

How is the Trump presidency going? “About as well as I expected.”

What’s a fun fact that people in Washington might not know about you? “My husband and I not only have 7 honeybee hives on our back deck (that’s almost half million bees) but we have another beehive literally inside our kitchen. You can check it out here.”