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October 28, 2017

Facebook Comes to LION to Talk About Its Journalism Project

Josh Mabry and Dorrine Mendoza from Facebook came to the LION Summit in Chicago Friday to learn, listen, and inform. Both have journalism backgrounds and now help manage Facebook’s Journalism Project, which is aiming to help LION members in particular by explaining their efforts to get better quality information onto Facebook.

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October 28, 2017

Defamation 101: Tips to Reduce the Risk of Lawsuits

Dot your I’s and cross your T’s. That’s the message given by media attorney Jeffrey Kosseff of the Potomac Law Group. Kosseff is a former reporter with The Oregonian and he offered a load of advice for LION members and other independent journalists. His motive: to help solve problems and get you to publish your news.

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October 27, 2017

2017 LION Summit Livestream: Foundation support of local news

Follow our livestream of the 2017 LION Summit in Chicago.

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October 27, 2017

2017 LION Summit: Livestream Friday morning lightning talks

Follow our livestream of the 2017 LION Summit in Chicago.

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October 27, 2017

2017 LION Summit: Video – 40 Ideas in 40 Minutes

Follow along with our livestream of the 2017 LION Summit, the country’s largest gathering of local independent online news publishers.

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October 27, 2017

Democracy Fund supports LION effort to bolster local online news sustainability

LION Publishers will receive a $250,000 grant from Democracy Fund to support an initiative to assist publishers of local independent online news organizations in developing sustainable business models.

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October 27, 2017

Richland Source finds way to millennials’ hearts with free music & beer

North Central Ohio’s Richland Source has seen a 35 percent increase in readership among millennials over the past 2 years, in large part through a concerted effort involving free music shows with food and drinks included.

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October 20, 2017

Advice on email newsletters, web and mobile design on tap at 2017 LION Summit

David Walsh of Walsh Creative, a website developer specializing in WordPress, will be back as a sponsor of the 2017 LION Summit Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, and as a speaker. We asked him for a preview of the advice he’ll give on the tech tools a local independent online news publisher needs to be successful, and how they can monetize email newsletters and mobile.

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October 18, 2017

Covering local news (and paying for it) in a big city on LION Summit agenda

Reversing the decline of local news coverage in major U.S. cities, and the unique challenges of paying for local journalism in urban markets will be on the agenda of the 2017 LION Summit Oct. 26-28 in Chicago.

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October 17, 2017

Podcast: Hiring, managing and paying advertising sales reps

This LION Publishers webinar from September 2017 focused on hiring, managing and paying advertising sales reps. The featured speakers are veteran local independent online news publishers Kelly Gilfillan of Homepage Media Group in the Nashville, Tennessee area, Scott Brodbeck of Local News Now in the Washington, D.C., area, and Jay Allred of Richland Source in Mansfield, Ohio.

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October 16, 2017

An online alt weekly approach to local news in a red state community

Tasneem Raja is a writer and radio producer with lots of national news experience at outlets many would consider firmly in the “big city and coastal elite media bubble.” So why did she launch a local independent online news site in the red state community of Tyler, Texas, and what is she learning? She’ll be spekaing at the 2017 LION Summit Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, the country’s largest gathering of local independent online news publishers. We asked her for a preview:

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October 15, 2017

Follow and join the conversation with #LION17 hashtag

Whether you are attending this year’s 2017 LION Summit in person Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, following along with livestream video at www.lionpublishers.com, or reading our live tweeting, blog posts and session writeups, we hope you will be part of the conversation using the #LION17 hashtag on Twitter.

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