INSS 2022

Christian Monterrosa helps foster an engaged community among LION’s members and those interested in news entrepreneurship by listening to and articulating their needs and designing engagement strategies that strengthen their relationships with one another. He comes from a background... Read More →

Ben Nishimoto is the Vice President of Operations and Philanthropy for Honolulu Civil Beat, responsible for executing revenue, engagement, and operating strategies for Hawaii's nonprofit small newsroom.Prior to Civil Beat, Ben was the Vice President of Advancement at PBS Hawaii, where... Read More →

Flavian DeLima is the founder and publisher of Spinning Forward, which provides news that levels the playing field for Black, Indigenous, and people of color content creators in Toronto and beyond. It helps overlooked communities get stronger by addressing the racial pay gap, discrimination... Read More →

Lela Savic is the founding editor of La Converse, a francophone community-powered media. She has worked at Journal Métro in Montreal, covering politics and human rights, CBC’s investigative show Enquête, La Presse and regularly presents lectures on biases and positionality in... Read More →

Megan Raposa is an award-winning journalist based in South Dakota. She started her career as a newspaper reporter at the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, where she worked for six years, most recently as an editor. Raposa left to start her own digital local news outlet, Sioux Falls Simplified... Read More →