CivicLex wins Business of the Year award from LION Publishers

Last week, CivicLex won the prestigious Business of the Year award from the Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers, a major industry organization for online news outlets in the US and Canada.

The awards recognize excellence by local independent online news businesses in award categories focused on LION's pillars of sustainability — journalistic impact, financial health, and operational resilience.

CivicLex was selected from a large pool of nominees. Here’s what the judges had to say about CivicLex:

“Some might question whether producing information guides, hosting civic expos for high school kids, and curating thoughtful public conversations counts as journalism. We believe that what CivicLex is doing should be the future of local journalism: meeting people where they are, delivering information in a fun and accessible way, and making it all actionable to achieve real results in their community.”

In addition to Business of the Year, CivicLex won the Operational Resilience award, recognizing work to establish processes, policies, and a people-centered company culture designed to support staff, manage growth, and promote sustainability. CivicLex was also a finalist for the Community Engagement and Financial Health awards.

We were honored to be celebrated alongside so many of our friends in the industry, including Block Club Chicago, who won Business of the Year for organizations over $500,000 in annual revenue, in addition to the folks at The Appeal, Planet Detroit, El Timpano, MLK50, and many others.

We want to thank LION for their recognition of our work, and congratulate all the other winners and finalists for these awards!