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:
- 167 newsrooms
- Reaching 10,727,435 people a month
- Producing 2,521 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.
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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.
