July 15, 2026 Trove of LION Audit data reveals what a ‘Sustaining’ news business looks like in 2026 More than 400 news businesses later, we’ve adjusted our maturity model to better reflect resiliency in the sector. By Chloe Kizer
November 19, 2025 LION, Press Forward partner for grantee sustainability program More than 200 local news providers to receive targeted coaching and Sustainability Audits. By Chloe Kizer
November 12, 2025 A Roadmap for Local News Sustainability: New report reveals key indicators to help newsrooms boost revenue, reach sustainability This report identifies 21 key indicators that have the strongest correlation with a news organization’s sustainability stage. By Chloe Kizer
July 23, 2025 Double the data leads to big changes for LION’s Maturity Model for digital publishers Check out the current profiles for each stage, plus industry benchmarks and key indicators. By Chloe Kizer
July 15, 2025 LION is hiring a Salesforce Administrator! We’re looking for a database systems administrator to help scale our impact. By Chloe Kizer
December 20, 2024 LION is hiring a Sustainability Audit Manager Status: Independent contractorReporting to: Associate Director of Sustainability Audits Project Type: Short-term contract from January 20 –… By Chloe Kizer and Andrew Rockway
November 1, 2024 LION is Hiring an Associate Director of Product We are looking for a product and systems manager to maintain and improve our tech stack By Chloe Kizer
April 10, 2024 How we create a LION Sustainability Audit and our vision for its future Three years and 350 Audits later, we have a plan for increasing this product’s accessibility. By Chloe Kizer
May 1, 2023 LION members increased, diversified revenue in 2022 Most independent publishers grew their bottom line by an average of $50,000 year-over-year, data reveals By Lisa Heyamoto and Chloe Kizer
April 25, 2023 LION is Hiring a Senior Manager of Technology We are looking for the newest member of our Mission Support team By Chloe Kizer
September 9, 2022 Dylan Sanchez joins LION Publishers as our Data Systems Associate As our Data Systems Associate, Dylan Sanchez will focus on supporting LION operations, research, and insights reporting. By Chloe Kizer
June 6, 2022 LION is hiring a Data Systems Associate We’re looking for a full-time Data Systems Associate to support LION’s daily operations. By Chloe Kizer
