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.

News of the Midlands The Bridgetown-Greenbushes Star The South Sydney Herald Indigenous Community Television Boiling Cold Hericom Media & Marketing Victorian Aboriginal News The Indian Sun North Coast Times About Time Media Ltd 2SER Thought Digest Media
Moree Online News Village Voice The Rotunda Hopetoun Courier Town and Country Journal 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 The Little Echo Niche Radio Il Globo 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 Gippsland Monitor 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 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 Unmade 1661 Neos Kosmos Missing Perspectives Gympie Living Prom Coast News Bass Coast Post Chifley Community Matters East Regional View
One Earth Media Tasmanian Inquirer TwISK – This Week in St Kilda The Lismore App The Jewish Independent The Klaxon Women’s Agenda Tasmanian Times Kendra News Australia In the Cove The SE Voice The Illawarra Flame
Fitzmedia Live Brunswick Voice Glen Innes News Manly Observer Manningham Life The Conversation

Want to join us?

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



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