September 4, 2025 21 LION members have been named winners of the 2025 Sustainability Awards We honored all 51 finalists and announced our winners live during the ceremony in St. Louis. By Hayley Milloy
September 3, 2025 Train the Trainers: LION expands group training for coaches and newsroom leaders in Canada Independent publishers in Canada are invited to apply for a 5-week training on key business topics By Andrew Rockway
September 2, 2025 LION is expanding access to Sustainability Audits and Coaching in Canada We’re opening our Sustainability Audits and coaching to independent publishers that are not currently LION members. By Sarah Gustavus Lim
August 13, 2025 How Knight Foundation helps indie news publishers implement scalable, sustainable business models Marisa Kwiatkowski, director for the journalism program, shares how Knight “works to shore up the core of local journalism…” By Hayley Milloy
August 6, 2025 What I learned from LION Publishers and its members as a European What news businesses in Europe can learn about sustainability By Lukrecijus Tubys
July 30, 2025 How Newspack helps indie news publishers grow revenue with tailored tech solutions We caught up with Founder Kinsey Wilson to learn more about this powerful platform. By Hayley Milloy
July 16, 2025 How BlueLena helps indie news publishers turn readers into loyal, long-term supporters Want to boost your audience strategy? BlueLena’s Mariangela Salmeron shares how they’ve helped LION members master the funnel. By Hayley Milloy
July 10, 2025 Canadian News Entrepreneurs: Connect with other independent publishers through LION’s peer learning groups Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until July 25. By Natalie Van Hoozer
July 9, 2025 How RJI helps indie news publishers pursue meaningful projects that center community RJI’s Kat Duncan shares exciting trends, examples of stellar projects, and what’s next. By Hayley Milloy
June 25, 2025 Meet the 51 finalists for the 2025 LION Sustainability Awards Join us in St. Louis for our in-person ceremony, where we’ll reveal the 22 winners. By Hayley Milloy
June 18, 2025 ‘The real work begins’: What happened after those LION Audits in Kansas The Wichita Foundation empowered local publishers and gained an ecosystem-wide view — and new funding priorities. By Chris Krewson
June 11, 2025 Announcing the new, on-demand LION Sustainability Audit Our biggest program to date gets a makeover, and fulfills our strategic goal, just in time for summer. By Andrew Rockway
