{"id":216845,"date":"2022-11-14T20:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T00:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/?page_id=216845"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:01:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T18:01:19","slug":"lionawards22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/lionawards22\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 LION Local Journalism Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t2022 LION Local Journalism Awards Dinner and Ceremony\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Group-1.jpg\" alt=\"2022 LION Journalism Awards winners holding trophies\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"799\" width=\"1200\" title=\"LION Awards winners\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\tPhoto by Sarah Bork Hamilton\n\t<p>For the first time in three years, we celebrated the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/awards\/\">LION Local Journalism Awards<\/a> together\u00a0<em>in person<\/em> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/inss22\/\">Independent News Sustainability Summit<\/a> in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>The event celebrated the work of LION members and the progress they&#8217;ve made toward business sustainability, and it featured a surprise announcement that <strong>the Knight Foundation would award $2,000 prizes to all the winners<\/strong>. Combined with the generous support of the Carol Oppenheim and Jerome Lamet Charitable Fund and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sustainabilitysummit.news\/awards-sponsors\">our event sponsors<\/a>, we gave away more than $68,000 in total prize money &#8211; a record for the LION Awards.<\/p>\n<p>All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/members\/\">LION members<\/a> are eligible to apply to the annual LION Local Journalism Awards competition. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/membership\/\">Apply to become a member<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lionpublishers.us8.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=31fb0ac82cb4a8d09fdeccf51&amp;id=c13072eb57\">sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to find out when next year&#8217;s entries open.<\/p>\n<h3>The finalists<\/h3>\n<p>We received more than 160 award nominations this year across a dozen categories designed to honor excellence in LION&#8217;s three pillars of sustainability: journalistic impact, financial health and operational resilience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/2022-lion-awards-finalists\/\"><strong>Learn more about the 2022 LION Local Journalism Awards finalists<\/strong><\/a>, as well as the incredible group of volunteer judges who reviewed and evaluated their work.<\/p>\n<h3>The winners<\/h3>\n<p>Congratulations to all the winners at the 2022 LION Local Journalism Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enlace Latino NC\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Montana Free Press\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" 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draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Sahan Journal\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Shasta Scout\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Sioux Falls Simplified\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Southerly\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The Food Section\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The Kansas City Defender\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Wausau Pilot &amp; Review\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f947.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd47\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/meet-the-winners-of-the-2022-lion-local-journalism-awards\/\">Learn more about the 2022 LION Local Journalism Awards winners<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>The speakers<\/h3>\n<p>The award ceremony featured a keynote by The 19th co-founders Amanda Zamora and Emily Ramshaw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Zamora<\/strong>\u00a0is co-founder and publisher of The 19th, an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics and policy. She has spent nearly two decades at the forefront of digital journalism, working as a reporter, digital producer and editor, product manager, audience strategist and fundraiser. As publisher of The 19th, Amanda leads editorial, product and business operations in pursuit of the nonprofit&#8217;s mission to empower women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community with the information, resources and community they need to be equal participants in our democracy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Ramshaw<\/strong>\u00a0is co-founder and CEO of The 19th and former editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune. She is the youngest person ever to be named to the board of the Pulitzer Prize, where she is serving a nine-year term. In 2020, Ramshaw was named to Fortune&#8217;s &#8220;40 Under 40&#8221; list. Ramshaw started her career at The Dallas Morning News, where she broke national stories about sexual abuse inside Texas&#8217; youth lock-ups, reported from inside a West Texas polygamist compound and uncovered &#8220;fight clubs&#8221; at state institutions for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/lion-awards-keynote-202\/\"><strong>Read our takeaways from the keynote conversation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What people are saying<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been to a lot of journalism awards ceremonies in my lifetime. But <strong>I can&#8217;t remember one where you could feel the passion in the room as much as the LION Local Journalism Awards<\/strong>.&#8221; -Jim Brady, Knight Foundation<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The dinner and awards ceremony <strong>felt like the Oscars<\/strong>.&#8221; -Deborah Haak-Frost, Watershed Voice<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The highlight of the Summit for me was the reception and the awards show. <strong>It was so fun to connect with my heroes in person<\/strong>.&#8221; -Kara Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz Local<\/p>\n<h3>Our sponsors<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022-LION-Awards-Sponsors-7-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Logos for the 2022 LION Journalism Awards sponsors: Google News Initiative, Democracy Fund, Ezoic, Indiegraf, News Catalyst, Spot-On Political Ads and Analytics, SmartNews, Ballotpedia, the Reynolds Journalism Institute, and Blue Lena\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the sponsors that made this event possible:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Platinum Sponsor\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinitiative.withgoogle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google News Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/democracyfund.org\/\">Democracy Fund\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver Sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezoic.com\/\">Ezoic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indiegraf.com\/\">Indiegraf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newscatalyst.org\/\">News Catalyst<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rjionline.org\/\">Reynolds Journalism Institute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartnews.com\/en\/\">Smart News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spot-on.com\/\">Spot-On Political Ads &amp; Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Main_Page\">Ballotpedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluelena.io\/\">BlueLena<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prize Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carol Oppenheim &amp; Jerome Lamet Charitable Fund<\/p>\n<h3>Photos<\/h3>\n<p>LION members are welcome to use these photos on their websites and in other marketing materials, with credit to Sarah Bork Photography. You can also find additional photos from the ceremony in <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1Qjh9T-vtOz1iLnZZaBY9GhJvRDMp1PBr?usp=share_link\">this Google Drive folder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<p><em><strong>Special thanks to this year&#8217;s volunteer judges:<\/strong> Alicia Ramirez, Andrew DeVigal, Andy Bechtel, Annemarie Dooling, Ariam Alula, Charles Stangor, Christine Schmidt, Damon Kiesow, Danya Henninger, David Grant, Doug Weber, Dylan Smith, Eden Fineday, Erica Perel, fahmida y rashid, Hanaa&#8217; Tameez, Izz LaMagdeleine, Jan Schaffer, John Reid, Joshua L. Cornfield, Katherine R. Fritz, Ken Romano, Lillian Ruiz, Mark Potts, Meghan Murphy, Mesq&#8217;al Kebra, Michelle Faust Raghavan, Nancy Thomas, Ole Morten Orset, Patricia E. Gaston, Rocio Hernandez, Sarah Stonbely, Stacey Peters, Stefanie Murray, Tom Davidson, and Zack Baddorf.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 LION Local Journalism Awards Dinner and Ceremony Photo by Sarah Bork Hamilton For the first time in three years, we celebrated the 2022 LION Local Journalism Awards together\u00a0in person at the Independent News Sustainability Summit in Austin. 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The event celebrated the work of LION members and the progress they&#8217;ve made toward business sustainability, and it featured a surprise announcement that the Knight Foundation would award $2,000 prizes to all the winners. 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