This week, USC’s Knight Digital Media Center convenes their annual leadership conference in Los Angeles. Michele McLellen is liveblogging the week’s events; to begin, start with her initial explanatory post:

The top editor and the top online editor from each of 12 traditionally print organizations get together Tuesday-Friday with experts in digital journalism, technology and innovation. We hope each team will leave with a plan of next steps to take their organizations forward online.

In other posts:

Michele’s thoughts about recent trends in newsroom reorganization, culture, systems and processes, staff cuts, and technology,

Amy Mitchell’s (Deputy Director for the Project of Excellence in Journalism) overview of news audiences, including her point that “The user is NOT becoming the reporter,”

Krisztine “Z” Holly’s (Vice Provost for Innovation and Executive Director of the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation) seven myths of innovation,

Jeffrey Cole (USC Center for the Digital Future) on television and the importance of video,

Dana Chinn (USC Annenberg School for Communication) on web metrics (hint: move beyond “time spent” by site visitors and spikes),

and Nora Paul (Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota) on the importance of good design.

The conference blog feed is here, and the event continues through Friday.