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LION Publishers
Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers is a journalism association helping local news entrepreneurs build and grow financially sustainable small businesses.
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Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers is a journalism association helping local news entrepreneurs build and grow financially sustainable small businesses.

Editors
Go to the profile of Anika Anand
Anika Anand
Deputy director, LION Publishers
Go to the profile of Chris Krewson
Chris Krewson
Executive director, LION Publishers; happily married suburban dad; Penn State alum; mildly obsessive about digital journalism. Let’s start a local news site!
Go to the profile of Ben DeJarnette
Ben DeJarnette
Stubborn believer in local news and occasional writer of words about media.
Go to the profile of Lisa Heyamoto
Lisa Heyamoto
A journalist and educator whose work centers on increasing news access and building public trust in journalism.
Go to the profile of Chloe Kizer
Chloe Kizer
Go to the profile of Stacey Peters
Stacey Peters
Go to the profile of Cassandra Balfour
Cassandra Balfour
Writers
Go to the profile of Phillip Smith
Phillip Smith
👉 My passion is helping: 💰 Newsrooms make more money; 📈 News startups grow their audience; 🔥 Journalists succeed as entrepreneurs. Let’s talk 📩
Go to the profile of Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
Jo Ellen Green Kaiser
Editor, Publisher, Cat-Herder: I’ve worked just about every job in independent media —
Go to the profile of Jay Allred
Jay Allred
Jay Allred is the President of Source Media Properties, which includes three local news sites, a full service digital marketing agency, and an AI startup.