Become a member of the nation's only association dedicated to Local Independent Online News Publishers, who are successfully creating the future of local news with locally owned and operated news organizations that directly serve their communities.
LION Publishers share their expertise in editorial, technology, business, advertising sales, marketing and fundraising with their peers. Network with a supportive group of online news pioneers who are proving daily that local online news can not only survive, but thrive.
As a member of LION Publishers, you and your organization will be associated with a group of the most recognized and respected local news experts in the nation. The association works as an advocate for local independent news organizations, raising our members’ public profile and standing in the industry.
LION is dedicated to improving our members' businesses, on both the editorial and revenue side. Members share their strategies on running news operations that are growing, not shrinking.
The future is bright for local, independent online news and LION Publishers is leading the way forward. Join our growing ranks and gain instant support from peers who can help you launch, manage or grow your online news site. Apply today!
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The annual LION Publishers Summit is starting to take shape, and I’m excited to share with all of you our first confirmed keynote at the conference: Our members will get to hear firsthand from Elizabeth Green, a founder of the American Journalism Project, about how this $42 million effort to save local news will be
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Which site will win LION Publisher of the Year? Join us in Nashville to find out, when we unveil our judges’ choice for this capstone category of LION Publishers’ very first awards program, now accepting nominations from LION members. We’ll be handing out awards on October 25th in Nashville, during the second night of our
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It’s a brave new world out there, where a broadcast media station partners with public media and the largest newspaper in the area on a topic of public interest. But that’s been the case for years in Philadelphia, where first The Re-Entry Project and later Resolve Philadelphia forged partnerships among the city’s famously combative media
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