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Meet the winners of the 2024 LION Sustainability Awards
Each winning entry received at least $2,500.
Scaling sustainability: How Knight Foundation’s investment strategy uplifts the entire local news ecosystem
Knight Foundation invests nationally and locally in organizations, ideas and products that enable publishers to build sustainable, audience-centered newsrooms.
From an MVP to ‘ruthless’ prioritization, four lessons from LION solopreneurs
LION peer group leader Nicci Kadilak shares four things solopreneurs need to do to be successful.
LATEST RESOURCES
‘A game-changer for local news’: How AI can enhance the work of independent newsrooms when used responsibly
Artificial Intelligence expert and LION member Nikita Roy shares tools and tips for news publishers interested in exploring this technology.
Six LION members share the secrets to a great staff retreat
A step-by-step guide based on our members’ success stories
Social is down, newsletters are up: How audiences are finding LIONs in 2024
Changes to social media and search prompt publishers to shift strategy.
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LATEST NEWS FROM LION
LION is Hiring a Membership Services Manager
This role will help ensure LION’s membership systems, processes and customer support operate efficiently and smoothly.
LION is hiring a Development Director!
This executive-level role will lead our revenue diversification strategy to support LION’s long-term sustainability.
Three ways our members have driven LION’s work since 2019
We need to make it easier for our members to operate, not harder.
INSPIRING LIONS
Member Spotlights
BoiseDev’s winning secret to selling newsletter ads: Only local news, only local ads
The site earns 60 percent of its advertising revenue through its high-open-rate email projects, in partnership with local ad agencies.
How The Bedford Citizen prioritized its internal operations to pursue revenue growth and avoid burnout
Through LION’s Sustainability Lab, the team developed a master spreadsheet to track ideas and impact.
How The Lansing Journal grew recurring reader revenue by 20%
They secured 48 new monthly subscribers and $14,000 in projected revenue in four weeks.