Caroline Porter is a journalist and media strategist. Her current projects include researching business models for news as a consultant for the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and developing new publishing platforms through the LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop. She served as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in the Chicago and Los Angeles bureaus.
Prior to her time at the WSJ, Caroline worked as an editor for three communities outside Chicago at Patch. She also began producing animation videos on news literacy, which she continues to do today, and served as an adjunct lecturer at the Medill School at Northwestern University. As a Fulbright Scholar, Caroline earned her master’s degree in the UK and researched the impact of digital media on public service journalism.