Laura E. Davis

I like journalism, new ideas and solving problems. I'm currently working on all of these things as a professor at USC Annenberg.

Speaking

I speak all over the country about digital storytelling and strategy, career development and media trends. I also have conducted formal trainings on mobile storytelling for local newsrooms. I’ve organized the list below by topic.

Digital storytelling and strategy

Taking It Home: Educators (speaker)
ONA Conference, New Orleans, Sept. 14, 2019

Harnessing Your Digital Strategy to Solve Problems for Your Audience (speaker)
Florida Public Media Digital Day, Miami, July 19, 2019

Can Chatbots Teach Copy-Editing? A Comparison of Student Reporters’ Copy-Editing Performance When Using a Chatbot Style Guide and a Traditional Style Book (research presenter)
World Journalism Education Congress, Paris, July 10, 2019

Public Theology and Media Engagement (speaker)
Convening on Public Theology and Media Strategies, Los Angeles, Feb. 22, 2019

Storytelling on Mobile: Making Smart Choices (trainer)
NewsTrain Phoenix, April 7, 2018

New Storytelling Skills and Outreach Strategies (panelist)
Reimagining Religion 2018: New Stories, New Communities, Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2018

Storytelling on Mobile: Making Smart Choices (trainer)
NewsTrain Seattle, Nov. 11, 2017

Pro-tips for Journalists on Social Media (speaker)
GlobalGirl Media, Los Angeles, June 28, 2017

Why Stories Catch Fire and Become Sharable (panelist)
Social Media Marketing World San Diego, March 24, 2017

Developing your Social Media Audience (speaker)
COMDay: Mission COMplete, Cal Poly Pomona, May 26, 2016

Mobile Storytelling for Beginners (panelist/trainer)
ONA L.A. workshop/panel, May 14, 2016

Career development

We’re ~Journalists~ Too: Embracing Your New(ish) Newsroom Role (panelist)
ONA Conference, Washington, D.C., Oct. 5, 2017

Preparing for the Next Jobs in Journalism (panelist)
ONA Conference, Los Angeles, Sept. 26, 2015

Media trends

Technology, Social Media and the Forces that Move Them (moderator)
Jesse M. Unruh Institute “Un-Civil War” Conference, Los Angeles, April 4, 2018

Millennial Voters: The Future (panelist)
Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics’ Race, Gender and Millennials: The New American Electorate event, Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 2017

Media Literacy in the Age of Algorithms, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (panelist)
National Association for Media Literacy Education conference, Chicago, June 26, 2017

Journalism and the Internet (panelist)
Berkeley Forum, Berkeley, Calif., April 27, 2017

Media and Politics: Traditional, New Media and Social Media (panelist)
Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics’Road To The White House Series, Los Angeles, Oct. 11, 2016