- Anika Anand just stepped down after five years from her post as Deputy Director of LION Publishers, a membership organization that helps more than 500 local news entrepreneurs build and maintain sustainable businesses. Anika's been reflecting on some of the key insights she's learned during the nearly five years she's worked at LION including the The future of news is independently-owned journalism startups who identify as community-centered businesses. Not as catchy a headline as the more ...