Nonprofit news & public media researcher.
Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Louisa Lincoln is a doctoral candidate (ABD) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research examines funding models for nonprofit news and public media organizations in the United States.
Louisa graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned her bachelor’s degree with honors in Journalism and Political Science, and a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. In 2017, she was awarded the James L. Baughman Senior Achievement Award from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
During her time at UW-Madison, Louisa got involved in nonprofit news sector as a public engagement and marketing intern at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (Wisconsin Watch). She went on to work in the sponsorship department at NPR in Washington, D.C., and in the development department at PRX (formerly Public Radio International) before starting her graduate studies.
At the University of Pennsylvania, Louisa is affiliated with the Media, Inequality & Change (MIC) Center, the Center for Media at Risk, and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP). She was a 2021-2022 Lipman Family Prize Fellow and a 2022 COMPASS Fellow at the American Journalism Project. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Wisconsin Watch.
When she’s not reading or writing, you can find Louisa on the running trails, listening to public radio, and/or enjoying a great Midwestern beer (if you know, you know).