Speakers

Vikki Porter

director, Knight Digital Media Center, USC Annenberg School for Communication
vporter@usc.edu | 213.821.0071

imageVikki Porter is director of the Knight Digital Media Center and supervises Professional Development Programs for New Media journalists at USC Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles. She was the founding director of the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. During her 30-year journalism career, Porter worked in five Western states, started a newspaper, served as top editor for three community newspapers, and shared a 1986 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal as part of a five-person team while city editor of The Denver Post. Most recently, she was executive editor of The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, CA. Porter was a Knight Professional-in-Residence at the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas in 1987-88 and a Knight Journalism Fellow in Studies of Law at Yale Law School in 1988-89, where she earned her Masters in Studies of Law. She is active in the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associated Press Managing Editors, and has been invited to participate in conferences hosted by the Pew Foundation for Public Journalism, the Freedom Forum, Harwood and Associates and the American Press Institute.


KDMC Sessions

Lunch – Next Steps, Complete Knight Survey and Graduation
July 21, 2009,12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
SEMINAR: News Leadership 2009 >

Lunch – Goals for Your Presentation
July 20, 2009,12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
SEMINAR: News Leadership 2009 >

Welcome and Introductions: Who You Are and What You Plan to Do
July 19, 2009,12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SEMINAR: News Leadership 2009 >

Project Discussions: Participants work with teams in break-out sessions with mentors/coaches
June 06, 2009,3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
SEMINAR: Transforming Ethnic News Organizations for the Digital Now >

Dinner – Introductions and Orientation
June 05, 2009,6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
PowerPoint: Ethnic Media Online Leadership
SEMINAR: Transforming Ethnic News Organizations for the Digital Now >

Farewell Lunch: What Happens Now?
May 21, 2009,12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp >

Introduction of Camp Participants and Their Areas of Interest
May 16, 2009,2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Quicktime Video: Day 1: Introduction of Camp Participants and Their Areas of Interest
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp >

Opening Lunch - Welcome and Introduction to Workshop
December 03, 2008,11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Link: Resources for U.S. Immigration Issues
Link: Resources for Affordable Housing Issues
Link: Resources for Race, Ethnicity and Economics
Link: Resources for Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Link: Resources for Aging in America
Link: Resources for Asian and Asian Americans
Link: Resources for Youth Demographics
Link: Resources for Native Americans in the US
Link: Resources for Latinos in the US
Link: Resources for African Americans in the US
Link: Resources for US Mexican Border Issues
Link: Resources for Education in the US
Link: Resources for Working Families in the US
Link: Resources for Demographics and Economic Development
Link: Resources for US Demographics in the 21st Century
SEMINAR: American Tapestry:  Covering a Changing America >

Laying the Foundation
July 15, 2008,4:00 PM - 6:15 PM
SEMINAR: Transforming News Organizations for the Digital Now >

Taking It Back to the Newsroom
April 26, 2008,10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
SEMINAR: Election ’08: Unleashing the Cyber-watchdogs >

Welcome Reception
April 23, 2008,5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
SEMINAR: Election ’08: Unleashing the Cyber-watchdogs >

Taking it back to the newsroom
March 05, 2008,11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace >

Managing change
March 04, 2008,10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Windows Media Video: Video: Managing change (203 MB)
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace >

Being the catalyst for an engaged society
March 02, 2008,1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Windows Media Video: Video: Being the catalyst for an engaged society (161 MB)
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace >

Opening lunch
,12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace >

Next Steps:  Taking It Back to the Newsroom
December 08, 2007,11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Windows Media Video: Video: Next Steps:  Taking It Back to the Newsroom (133 MB)
SEMINAR: Total Community Coverage in Cyberspace >

Opening Lunch - Why Are We Here?
December 06, 2007,12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
SEMINAR: Total Community Coverage in Cyberspace >

Taking it back to the newsroom
October 03, 2007,11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
SEMINAR: Journalism in a 24/7 World: Decision-making for the Online Editor >

Opening lunch
September 30, 2007,12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
SEMINAR: Journalism in a 24/7 World: Decision-making for the Online Editor >

Election ‘08: Opening Lunch
April 18, 2007,11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Windows Media Video: Video of Keynote Address (189 MB)
Audio: Audio of Keynote Address (70 MB)
SEMINAR: Election ‘08: Covering Politics in Cyberspace >

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