Caroline Porter is the Director of Impact and Strategic Partnerships at the National Trust for Local News, the largest non-profit newspaper company in America. With a long-time focus on business and civic models for journalism, she has consulted with media companies, academic institutions and individuals on newsletter strategy, audience engagement and impact measurement. Caroline worked as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in the Chicago and Los Angeles bureaus, starting as a news assistant and working her way to become the national education reporter. As a Fulbright Scholar in Northern Ireland, Caroline researched the role of media in the post-conflict region. She received her masters from Ulster University in the U.K. and her bachelors from Northwestern University’s Medill School. She lives in Cincinnati.