Vikki Porter
Director, Knight Digital Media Center, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
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Vikki Porter is director of the Knight Digital Media Center and supervises professional development programs for new media journalists at USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism in Los Angeles. She was the founding director of the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the USC Annenberg School. During her 30-year journalism career, Vikki 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, Calif.
Vikki 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 master's 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
Final Discussion: Lessons Learned, Follow-up Plans
May 19, 2012, 2:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SEMINAR: Mobile Strategies for Community Publishers
Welcome and Introduction
May 18, 2012, 6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
SEMINAR: Mobile Strategies for Community Publishers
Wrap-up and Next Steps
October 04, 2011, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Powerpoint: You Need a Peep: How to Find, Recruit, Interview, Hire and Manage People (May 16)
Video: You Need a Peep: How to Find, Recruit, Interview, Hire and Manage People (May 16)
SEMINAR: Block by Block News Entrepreneur Super Camp
Reception and Dinner
October 01, 2011, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
SEMINAR: Block by Block News Entrepreneur Super Camp
Box lunches and discussion
September 16, 2011, 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM
SEMINAR: Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp 2011
Welcome and Program Overview
September 13, 2011, 6:00 AM - 6:15 AM
Video: Michele McLellan: Introductions
SEMINAR: Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp 2011
Lunch Welcome and Introductions
May 15, 2011, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2011
Welcome
April 17, 2011, 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM
SEMINAR: Get ready to go mobile!
Welcome
April 15, 2011, 5:30 AM - 5:50 AM
SEMINAR: Get ready to go mobile!
Welcome
April 14, 2011, 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM
SEMINAR: Get ready to go mobile!
Dinner and Welcome
January 20, 2011, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
SEMINAR: Knight-McCormick Leadership Institute
Dinner Informal Discussion: Questions and Comments From the Day
October 04, 2010, 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
SEMINAR: Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp
Lunch and Welcome
October 03, 2010, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
SEMINAR: Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp
Opening Lunch
July 29, 2010, 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Video: Welcome and introductions; Discussion of Institute plan and expectations
Presentation: Michele McLellan: Welcome and introductions
SEMINAR: Knight-McCormick Leadership Institute
Opening Reception and Dinner Why Were Here
July 17, 2010, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
SEMINAR: Leadership Summit: The Future of Local News and Public Media
Welcome and Introductions
May 16, 2010, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Video: Welcome and Introductions
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp 2010
Next Steps
March 25, 2010, 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
SEMINAR: Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp
Welcome and Introductions
March 21, 2010, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Archived boot camp live blog
SEMINAR: Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp
Lunch Next Steps, Complete Knight Survey and Graduation
July 21, 2009, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
SEMINAR: News Leadership 2009
Lunch Goals for Your Presentation
July 20, 2009, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
SEMINAR: News Leadership 2009
Welcome and Introductions: Who You Are and What You Plan to Do
July 19, 2009, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
SEMINAR: News Leadership 2009
Project Discussions: Participants work with teams in break-out sessions with mentors/coaches
June 06, 2009, 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM
SEMINAR: Transforming Ethnic News Organizations for the Digital Now
Dinner Introductions and Orientation
June 05, 2009, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Ethnic Media Online Leadership
SEMINAR: Transforming Ethnic News Organizations for the Digital Now
Farewell Lunch: What Happens Now?
May 21, 2009, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
SEMINAR: News Entrepreneur Boot Camp
Introduction of Camp Participants and Their Areas of Interest
May 16, 2009, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Resources for U.S. Immigration Issues
Resources for Affordable Housing Issues
Resources for Race, Ethnicity and Economics
Resources for Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Resources for Aging in America
Resources for Asian and Asian Americans
Resources for Youth Demographics
Resources for Native Americans in the US
Resources for Latinos in the US
Resources for African Americans in the US
Resources for US Mexican Border Issues
Resources for Education in the US
Resources for Working Families in the US
Resources for Demographics and Economic Development
Resources for US Demographics in the 21st Century
SEMINAR: American Tapestry: Covering a Changing America
Laying the Foundation
July 15, 2008, 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM
SEMINAR: Transforming News Organizations for the Digital Now
Taking It Back to the Newsroom
April 26, 2008, 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
SEMINAR: Election 08: Unleashing the Cyber-watchdogs
Welcome Reception
April 23, 2008, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
SEMINAR: Election 08: Unleashing the Cyber-watchdogs
Taking it back to the newsroom
March 05, 2008, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace
Managing change
March 04, 2008, 8:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Video: Managing change (203 MB)
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace
Being the catalyst for an engaged society
March 02, 2008, 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Video: Being the catalyst for an engaged society (161 MB)
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace
Opening lunch
March 02, 2008, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
SEMINAR: Best Practices: Editorial/Commentary in Cyberspace
Closing Lunch Final thoughts, next steps
January 16, 2008, 9:45 PM - 11:00 AM
SEMINAR: National Public Radio Strategic Leadership Planning Conference
Opening lunch
January 13, 2008, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
SEMINAR: National Public Radio Strategic Leadership Planning Conference
Next Steps: Taking It Back to the Newsroom
December 08, 2007, 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
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, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
SEMINAR: Total Community Coverage in Cyberspace
Taking it back to the newsroom
October 03, 2007, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
SEMINAR: Journalism in a 24/7 World: Decision-making for the Online Editor
Opening lunch
September 30, 2007, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
SEMINAR: Journalism in a 24/7 World: Decision-making for the Online Editor
Election ‘08: Opening Lunch
April 18, 2007, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Video of Keynote Address (189 MB)
Audio of Keynote Address (70 MB)
SEMINAR: Election ‘08: Covering Politics in Cyberspace
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