[2] Prior to joining the Open Society Foundations in 2000, Silber was a contributing writer at Talk magazine.
From 1990-1997, she was the Balkans correspondent for the Financial Times and covered Yugoslavia's violent disintegration.
She was a consultant to the accompanying 1995 BBC television documentary series, which won the BAFTA, duPont Gold Baton, and Peabody Award.
[3] The documentary indicted the Serbian and Croatian leadership, revealed their virulent nationalism, and deplored the lack of international intervention.
Silber was a Fulbright Scholar in Yugoslavia and received a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a B.A.