Member newsrooms

Get to know a little more about the local and independent newsrooms LINA supports and represents. 

LINA provides capacity-building support and representation to digital newsrooms in all States and Territories across Australia.

This includes: 

  • 176 newsrooms
  • Reaching 10,727,235 people a month
  • Producing 2,479 public interest stories a week 

To be eligible for LINA membership, these independent newsrooms must be producing high-quality, public interest journalism, and meet a number of other requirements.

LINA supports newsrooms all the way from inception (see our Newsroom Starter Kit) to established, sustainable news organisations.

LINA member newsrooms’ stage of growth

Please note that the above dataset excludes missing or empty data.

The average LINA member is….

49.6

Average stories published per week

1.8

Number of mastheads (average)

$212,500

Median annual revenue

238,383

Average monthly website visitors

6.1

Average number of employees as FTE

8.8

Average volunteer contributors

Want to join us?

See what LINA can do to help your newsroom, contact us with any questions, or apply for membership!

Meet the Newsrooms

LINA’s Communications Officer Evie Dinkelmeyer sits down each month for a chat with one of the editors, publishers or founders of a LINA newsroom. Hear about what drives them, surprising experiences, life-changing reporting, and tips and tricks from within the newsroom in our podcast series Meet the Newsrooms.



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