CAROLINE PORTER
Impact tracking specialist, Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub
After working as a journalist and editor in the U.S. and abroad, Caroline Porter has dedicated the past decade to modernizing business, product and civic models for news and information: growing two start-ups, producing research for the field, and consulting for a mix of media companies, nonprofits and academic organizations. In addition to teaching and presenting regularly, she partners, consults and publishes with industry stakeholders to innovate in journalism’s business and civic models. In her recent role at the National Trust for Local News, she served as the director of impact and strategic partnerships. Caroline worked as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in the Chicago and Los Angeles bureaus and taught Reporting & Writing at Northwestern University’s Medill School. As a Fulbright Scholar in Northern Ireland, Caroline researched the role of media in the post-conflict region. Caroline currently serves as Principal for her consultancy, Ralstin Agency, and as director of product and strategic partnerships for Open Campus.
Caroline can be reached via email at [email protected].
About the Hub
The Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub is a project of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, supported by the Knight Foundation. Since 2017, we’ve been studying and supporting collaborative journalism through research, events, resources, and direct support to newsrooms. Learn more about our work at collaborativejournalism.org.