October 3, 2023 Meet the 36 winners of the 2023 LION Local Journalism Awards Each winner received at least $1,300 to further boost their independent news business. By Hayley Milloy
October 2, 2023 Introducing LION’s five-year strategic growth plan Why we’re doubling down on measuring sustainability as our core offering. By LION Publishers
October 2, 2023 What we’ve learned about the unique struggles and success of BIPOC news leaders, and how to better support them Challenges include access to capital, lack of business experience and low capacity By Christian Monterrosa, Stephanie Snyder and Lisa Heyamoto
September 26, 2023 38 LION members selected for Sustainability Audit’s 2023 September-November cycle Publishers will receive expert guidance and $20,000. By Andrew Rockway
September 20, 2023 Adding more staff isn’t the only way to lessen your workload Four insights we took away from analyzing 100 Sustainability Audits from independent news businesses. By Dylan Sanchez
September 20, 2023 Meet LION’s Fall 2023 Community Ambassadors These independent news leaders will connect with other independent publishers across the U.S. By Samantha Matsumoto
September 12, 2023 Introducing LION’s Stages of Sustainability Our data-informed maturity model maps the growth path of independent news businesses. By Lisa Heyamoto
September 7, 2023 LION’s MANE: Knight invests in new local news tech infrastructure project LION’s MANE will help small to mid-sized news businesses obtain affordable technology from leading service providers. By LION Publishers
August 30, 2023 These 270 independent news businesses are a bright spot in Canada’s local news ecosystem LION has identified 270 publications in Canada that are independent, digitally dominant and serving a geographically-based community or single-subject topic. By Julie Sobowale
August 29, 2023 Meet the 36 news businesses selected for the Sustainability Lab: Unblocking Revenue Barriers These publishers will receive training, coaching, and funding to overcome a specific revenue challenge. By Elaine Díaz Rodríguez
August 16, 2023 Reshma Kothari joins LION Publishers as our Finance & Operations Manager Reshma will help make LION more efficient and sustainable by supporting financial management, people operations, and administration. By LION Publishers
August 2, 2023 LION is recruiting community ambassadors to reach more independent news publishers LION is seeking 25 independent news leaders to build regional relationships with publishers. By Samantha Matsumoto
