Anika Anand

May 8, 2024 | lionpublishers.com | Hayley Milloy |Anika Anand

Launched in 2021 by founder Emma Restrepo, 2PuntosPlatform started as a radio show and has since evolved into a “platform of two chapters” — a podcast, 2PuntosPodcast, and a community newsroom, VozColectiva, which shares information through live streaming, social media, and the occasional print product. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Bogotá, Colombia, its team reports on issues relevant to Latino communities in the U.S. and Latin America.

May 1, 2024 | lionpublishers.com | Anika Anand |Chloe Kizer

After my first few years in newsrooms, I realized reporting and writing were not my superpowers. But something I was good at? Asking questions. I’ve worked on honing that superpower during my tenure at LION Publishers, in large part, because the needs of our members were greater than the resources we could offer, so we had to clearly articulate the problem and prioritize potential solutions as best we could — a scenario familiar to many independent news businesses.

Apr 10, 2024 | lionpublishers.com | Chloe Kizer |Anika Anand

What good is talking about sustainability if we don’t know which news businesses have actually achieved it? That was the premise that led to the creation of the LION Sustainability Audits and Funding program, which provides a comprehensive assessment of a news business’s strengths and opportunities, resulting in a report identifying short-, medium-, and long-term action items that will move the business closer to sustainability.

Apr 10, 2024 | lionpublishers.com | Chloe Kizer |Anika Anand

We’re pleased to announce that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will be the Presenting Sponsor of the 2024 Independent News Sustainability Summit, which will be hosted by LION Publishers in Chicago this fall. Knight’s sponsorship will support the Summit’s programming, as well as LION Awards cash prizes and travel scholarships for members.

Apr 9, 2024 | lionpublishers.com | Anika Anand |Chloe Kizer

While we’ve worked hard to ensure ticket prices to LION’s 2024 Independent News Sustainability Summit are affordable for our members, we know that conference travel can get expensive. So we’re offering travel stipends to our members, specifically prioritizing Focus Members and those in our Micro-tier, to help subsidize the cost of attending the Summit. We’re awarding $600 to each attendee selected to receive a travel stipend.