LION Publishers is a U.S.-based membership association that works to strengthen the local news industry by helping independent news publishers build more sustainable businesses.
The purpose of this survey is two-fold: We want to include more independent Canadian news publishers in our Project Oasis database, and we want to learn more about your needs as an independent news publisher.
LION has about two dozen members based in Canada, but is considering a more formal expansion that would increase the membership resources and benefits for Canadian publishers. Learn more about our research efforts.
Thank you in advance for making the time to tell us about your news publication.
First, please tell us a little about yourself and your organization.
We’d like to learn a little bit more about your leadership team.
All of the following questions are optional and will not be published as part of your Project Oasis profile. We may share this information as part of aggregated data in a final report.
Please provide how many people on your leadership team identify as the following gender identities:
Please provide how many people on your leadership team identify as the following racial/ethnic identities:
We’d love to learn a bit more about who your publication serves.
All of the following questions are optional and would be published as part of your Project Oasis profile.
We’d love to learn a bit more about the business side of your publication.
The following questions are optional and would be published as part of your Project Oasis profile.
The following questions are optional and will not be published as part of your Project Oasis profile. We may share this information as part of aggregated data in a final report.
We’d love to learn about your needs as a publisher and how LION might be able to support your work.
These questions are optional. If you choose to fill them out, we may follow up to learn more. We will email you for permission if we want to quote you publicly in any of our final reports.