Porter Anderson

About Porter Anderson

Porter Anderson, BA, MA, MFA, is Editor-in-Chief with Publishing Perspectives, the international news medium of book publishing from Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse). Anderson was posted to Rome by the United Nations as a diplomat assigned to the World Food Programme, the largest humanitarian agency in the world. He also served as Executive Producer and Creative Consultant to INDEX: Design to Improve Life in Copenhagen. Please understand that if you use a connection with Porter Anderson on LinkedIn to pitch him with your services or products, he is likely to either mute or block you. This is not personal. We each have the choice not to be available to pitches on this account and this platform.Anderson is the winner of the 2019 International Trade Press Journalist Award from the London Book Fair\'s International Excellence Awards.With Jane Friedman, he founded a biweekly subscription newsletter of industry news expressly for authors on issues in the publishing industry, The Hot Sheet (HotSheetPub.com).Previously, he was The Bookseller\'s (London) Associate Editor for The FutureBook (thebookseller.com/futurebook). His Music For Writers and Writing on the Ether columns have been read at Thought Catalog (ThoughtCatalog.com) in New York. He is a Fellow with the National Critics Institute (National Theatre Institute, Waterford, Connecticut) and a journalist formerly with CNN, CNN-International, CNN.com, The Village Voice, Dallas Times Herald, The Tampa Tribune, and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Anderson also writes Provocations in Publishing for Writer Unboxed. He speaks, moderates, and programs conference events in publishing, and does live journalistic coverage of these events, as well. Recently: London Book Fair; BookExpo in New York; Singapore\'s StoryDrive Asia; Matera\'s Women\'s Fiction Conference; Sharjah International Book Fair (UAE); Frankfurt Book Fair\'s Publishing Perspectives Talks; Berlin\'s Klopotek Publishers\' Forum; UNESCO\'S World Book Capital opening in Athens; Stockholm\'s The Next Chapter; Novelist Inc\'s First Word; Madrid\'s Readmagine; Abu Dhabi International Book Fair; Emirates Festival of Literature, Sharjah International Book Fair and Publishing Conference; Jerusalem Book Forum; the International Publishers Congress in New Delhi; the and many others.Please see PorterAndersonMedia.com for more on his work. And find him on Twitter,@Porter_Anderson

Experience

1. Editor-in-chief

   Publishing Perspectives

   Jan 2016 — Present

   Publishing Perspectives, is a trade news medium for the international trade book publishing business. We are an industry-facing publication. Our priorities are on industry trends and issues in the international arena.

Education

• Florida State University

  Master of Fine Arts - MFA

  1976 — 1979

• William & Mary

  Bachelor's degree

  1971 — 1975

• University of Michigan

  Master's degree

  1975 — 1976

• National Critics Institute, National Theatre Institute, Waterford

  Fellowship, Arts Criticism

  1988 — 1988

• University of Bath

  Independent Studies, The psychology of art

  1973 — 1974

Skills

• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Publicity
• Social Networking
• Multimedia
• Social Media Marketing
• Special Events
• Content Management
• Entertainment
• Festivals
• Art
• Copy Editing
• Publishing
• Storytelling
• Celebrity
• Writing
• Content Strategy
• Stories
• Television Production
• Creative Writing
• Conferences
• New Media
• Editing
• Broadcast
• Event Management
• Digital Strategy
• Post Production
• Editorial
• Creative Development
• Social Media
• Digital Media
• Promotions
• Copywriting
• Museums
• Journalism
• News Writing
• Blogging
• Non-Profits
• Advertising
• Media Production