Principal | Ralstin Agency

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 most 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.