Director of Policy and Outreach

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Keith Porter is director of Policy and Outreach for the Muscatine, Iowa-based Stanley Foundation.

Porter holds an M.S. in communication from Illinois State University, where he served as a graduate teaching assistant in broadcasting and speech communication. He began his career in radio in 1982 in Effingham, Illinois, and later worked as a reporter and announcer in Normal and Bloomington, Illinois. Porter was a finalist for the 1995, 1996, and 1997 Livingston Award for Young Journalists. During Porter's tenure at the foundation, his work has been honored with several recognitions of excellence in broadcast journalism including the National Press Club, Society of Professional Journalists, National Headliner Awards, New York Festivals, and the United Nations Correspondents Association.

Porter was coproducer and cohost of the nationally syndicated public radio program on world affairs "Common Ground" from 1988 to 2004. He also served as coproducer and reporter for the award-winning radio documentaries "The Russia Project"; "Children of War: Fighting, Dying, Surviving"; "UNder Fire: The United Nations' Battle for Relevance"; "Security Check: Confronting Today's Global Threats"; "24/7: The Rise and Influence of Arab Media"; "Beyond Fear: America's Role in an Uncertain World"; and "Brazil Rising." Most recently he worked on "India Rising," which will air on over 300 public radio stations across the United States in 2009.

He has reported from Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, and United Arab Emirates.

Porter also serves as editor in chief of the foundation's quarterly publication Courier.

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