2025 member survey

Key findings from our survey of 77 local and independent Australian news publishers.

This 2025 survey of LINA members provides a snapshot profile of Australian news organisations, and shares insight into the unique challenges and successes experienced by the publishers of local and independent news services.

This includes: 

  • 77 news organisations
  • With 139 newsrooms/mastheads

Media contact:
Nell O’Shea Carré
nell.oshea.carre@lina.org.au
+61 468 774 682

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

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

North Coast Times About Time Media Ltd 2SER Thought Digest Media Moree Online News Village Voice The Rotunda Hopetoun Courier Town and Country Journal Michael West Media EducationHQ Ausbiz
Flying Solo The Big Issue Michael West Media TrueNorth News Ballina News Daily Man of Many Podwires Parra News City Hub Fair Comment North West City News The Wire
The National Account La Fiamma The Little Echo Niche Radio Il Globo Limelight The Argus The Dimboola Banner Mencari The Bugle PS Media Waranga News
8CCC Community Radio IndyNR.com Moruya Mail The Fold Illawarra The Fold Southern Highlands Dooral Roundup Galston, Glenorie & Hills Rural News Hills to Hawkesbury Mosman Collective Inner City News The Local Paper Southbank News
Docklands News CBD News Yanchep News Online Wimmera Mallee News North Sydney Sun MyCity Logan Central Coast Council Watch The Fleurieu App South Burnett Online The Pineapple National Indigenous Radio Service Yarrabilba Bulletin
Croakey Health Media Tamborine Bulletin The Westsider New England Times Murray Bridge News The Post Sydney Times QNews Newsport 4EB Your Time Magazine Your Money & Your Life
Wimmera Mallee Sport Wimmera Farmer Warracknabeal Herald The Western Weekender The Western Plains App The West Vic Brolga The Weekend Edition The Southern Cross The Riverine Grazier The Point The North Shore Lorikeet The New Daily
The Mid North Coaster The Mandarin The Lake News The Hills Echo The Gippsland Monitor The Everton Echo The Eatons Echo The Coonamble Times The Blue Mountains Record Tamborine Mountain News Startup Daily SmartCompany
Salt SALIFE Region Canberra Region Riverina Region Property Guide Region Illawarra Region Chinese Premium Property News Of The Area Port Stephens News Of The Area Nambucca Valley News Of The Area Myall Coast News Of The Area Gloucester District
News Of The Area Dungog Shire News Of The Area Coffs Coast News Of The Area Camden Haven My Weekly Preview Murraylands Life Kochie’s Business Builders InReview SA InReview QLD InDaily Queensland InDaily Eastern Melburnian Crikey
Coast Lines CityMag Central Coast Daily Cape York Weekly Canungra Times Braidwood Bugle Bradfield Bulletin Beaudesert Bulletin Back Country Bulletin About Regional Coast Community News New Norfolk and Derwent Valley News
4RFM Western Echo Post Newspapers Eastside Radio Business News Australia Unmade 1661 Neos Kosmos Missing Perspectives Gympie Living Spark Shoalhaven Prom Coast News
6News Bass Coast Post Chifley Community Matters East Regional View One Earth Media Tasmanian Inquirer TwISK The Lismore App Wangki Yupurnanupurru The Jewish Independent Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association A Home in the Outback
The Klaxon Women’s Agenda Tasmanian Times Kendra News Australia Galah Press In the Cove The SE Voice The Illawarra Flame Fitzmedia Live Brunswick Voice Glen Innes News Manly Observer
Manningham Life The Conversation

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



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