A national movement of newsrooms calling on their communities to support local and independent news.
Sign up for the 2026 fundraising campaign
Join the movement of newsrooms calling for awareness and support from their local communities in our 2026 collective fundraising campaign.
Our News, Your Voice is a week-long, Australia-wide pledge drive for local and independent newsrooms, all members of LINA. Each publication receives donations directly from its community via its unique donation pages. In 2025, the campaign raised approximately $90,000 during the week, and helped members acquire over 500 new monthly donors, as well as new annual donors. Find out more, or complete the form below to sign up for the 2026 campaign running Sunday 3rd May (World Press Freedom Day) to Friday 8th May 2026.
2025 campaign
Why support local news
Mass content syndication, prolific AI-fuelled misinformation and disinformation, and rushed reporting lacking nuance and diverse representation… These are some of the challenges all of us in the Australian public must contend with when it comes to accessing important news.
But in the midst of this media crisis, local and independent media organisations are rising tall to provide quality, accessible, verified and locally relevant news.
The green shoots of an industry in transition, many of these publications emerged from news deserts to deliver critical information to their communities during the global pandemic, in times of environmental disaster, important elections, or in the context of rising cost-of-living, when accountability from leaders and big economic players is more important than ever.
The newsrooms
The LINA members participating in the collective fundraising campaign are local and independent newsrooms that are producing digital public interest journalism. This content must be meeting the Australian Press Council and LINA Editorial Standards.
