Local Media Association is dedicated to fostering the long-term sustainability of publishers of color through collaborative initiatives that drive revenue growth, audience engagement, and industry innovation. By providing strategic support, funding opportunities, and business model experimentation, we help ensure that diverse media organizations can continue to serve their communities with impactful journalism. Our work includes empowering publishers through key collaboratives like Word In Black, which amplifies Black-owned media; News is Out, a groundbreaking LGBTQ+ media collective; LatidoBeat, a new initiative that strengthens Hispanic media and strategic programs like the Knight x LMA BloomLab.
These collaboratives, along with other LMA-led programs, provide publishers with access to critical resources, training, and industry partnerships designed to accelerate their success. Through direct funding, technology integration, and knowledge-sharing, LMA is helping publishers of color navigate challenges, build sustainable business models, and expand their reach. By uniting diverse media organizations in a shared mission, we drive meaningful change and ensure that these vital voices remain a cornerstone of local journalism.
Here are recent articles highlighting our initiatives toward sustainability for publishers of color.
How the Amsterdam News got 20x ROI from BloomLab’s shared tech service
What happens when a 117-year-old Harlem newspaper meets lightning-fast change? For The Amsterdam News, the answer was to reinvent — and to find the right partner to make that reinvention possible. New York Amsterdam News President and Chief Revenue Officer Siobhan “Sam” Bennett had already rolled out six different software platforms on her own, spending…
Three proven strategies to strengthen your newsroom’s fundraising
Fundraising for local journalism is not an easy feat. It takes grit, determination, and an ability to tell your newsroom’s story of impact in your community. Those involved in this work know it’s a constant learning process, and one of the best ways to learn is from those who have been successful. At LMA Fest…
New report: BloomLab successes, lessons guide rollout of shared services
Starting in 2022, the Knight x LMA BloomLab set out to support more than two dozen Black-owned local news media with resources for digital technology and business transformation — helping them find paths to long-term sustainability and independence. Local Media Association and Local Media Foundation, backed by a $3.2 million grant from the John S.…
The ‘SaaS-ification’ of media
How adopting SaaS industry GTM principlescan transform local media revenue The new-and-improved Local Media Innovation Alliance (LMIA) is now called Local Media Innovation Insights (LMII). It has a new look, but with the same great content. These reports focus on promising trends/opportunities from local media companies of all kinds, including newspapers, digital news sites, TV/radio and…
AI insights report: Create editorial efficiency with the use of AI
Discover best tools, practices and policies we’ve seen work with actual media organizations The new-and-improved Local Media Innovation Alliance (LMIA) is now called Local Media Innovation Insights (LMII). It has a new look, but with the same great content. These reports focus on promising trends/opportunities from local media companies of all kinds, including newspapers, digital news…
AI insights report: Trends, challenges and opportunities
From newsroom to revenue: How local media is adopting AI The new-and-improved Local Media Innovation Alliance (LMIA) is now called Local Media Innovation Insights (LMII). It has a new look, but with the same great content. These reports focus on promising trends/opportunities from local media companies of all kinds, including newspapers, digital news sites, TV/radio and…
LMA/LMF 2024 Impact Report
We’re proud to share inspiring stories of news media organizations that have benefited from our programs Dear friends and colleagues in the local media industry, So much accomplished, so much more to do! That sentiment applies to all of us working to sustain and grow local journalism, whether we’re practitioners within media companies or support…
Word In Black to launch data platform, offering unique insights into Black America
Word In Black, a pioneering digital news collaborative of 10 iconic Black-owned media brands, aims to revolutionize data-driven insights from Black America with a new platform launching in 2025. The platform’s 10 founding publishers, as well as the national brand WordInBlack.com, have accumulated significant first-party data over the years. The new platform will organize that…
Ways local news organizations can improve operating efficiency
Local news organizations have long been the go-to sources for loyal readers when disseminating information on regional politics, weather, business, and human-interest stories. Although many local news organizations have perfected the ability to distribute information to the masses, many seek ways to improve how they communicate internally to run their operations more efficiently. With an…
Knight x LMA BloomLab Year 2: More growth, more impact for Black-owned local media
Since the Knight x LMA BloomLab launched in the Spring of 2022, 26 Black-owned media organizations have received consultation, training and guidance toward digital transformation and long-term sustainability. The lab, launched by Local Media Foundation as a three-year initiative thanks to a $3.2 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is…
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