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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.

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.

Livestream: Lightning talks 2: Growth & scale, Citizen journalists, Class problems, Journalists & sales

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By Wendy Cohen

2017 LION Summit Livestream: Defamation 101

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By Wendy Cohen

2017 LION Summit Livestream: Foundation support of local news

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2017 LION Summit: Livestream Friday morning lightning talks

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2017 LION Summit: Video – 40 Ideas in 40 Minutes

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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.

October 23, 2017

Group notes: 2017 LION Summit

An exercise in group note-taking — pitch in and help capture the conference!

By Dylan Smith

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.

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.

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: