Lisa Heyamoto

Lift as you climb

@danielpetty Spot on, Dan! And even those with more leeway for missteps eventually run out of road. Strategy and operations: the bread and butter of news business success!

Nuanced perspective from @LisaHeyamoto showing how direct funding to news startups for a dedicated revenue hire isn’t always a silver bullet. You need a clear strategy and operational maturity to give it a chance to work: lionpublishers.com/direct-funding…

Check out our most popular stories of 2023! Thanks for sharing these absolutely bangers with us, @LisaHeyamoto, @davehoward99, @hallielieberman, @emmamaddenUK and Robert Kerbeck. narratively.com/p/the-most-pop…

@madbair @LIONPubs @el_timpano It was such a pleasure learning alongside you and the rest of the amazing cohort!

As a grantee of this @LIONPubs program, @el_timpano learned so much, and LION did as well. I can't say enough about how great @LisaHeyamoto & team were in supporting, pivoting, and learning alongside their grantee partners. This reflection is worth a read. lionpublishers.com/direct-funding…

@DavidZabinsky Bravo @DavidZabinsky! Thanks for telling this story in such a wonderful new way!

There is a whole lot more to this story that @LisaHeyamoto reveals in her piece below, such as the scheduled rematch that never was between the Badgers and Eagles and much, much more. It's a must-read. Lisa is an incredible storyteller: narratively.com/p/the-greatest…

It's 1945, and perhaps the most talented high school baseball team in all of Arizona isn't allowed to compete for the state championship. Why, you ask? Because all of the students are detained. Behind barbed wire. A story:

If you want to learn how this story came to life almost 80 years after the final pitch was thrown and 12 years after I began reporting it, Narratively has also published a short reflection I wrote. narratively.com/p/the-one-stor…

I’d like to thank @Narratively for believing in and publishing this story as the winner of the inaugural Profile Prize. I’m honored and humbled that it was selected by the incredible guest judges @rtraister, @likaluca and Gay Talese. narratively.com/p/meet-the-win…

“The Greatest Game” is a story about an epic baseball game played under devastating circumstances by extraordinary men. Writing this has been one of the most meaningful personal and professional experiences of my life. I’m thrilled to finally share it! narratively.com/p/the-greatest…

Three days left to apply to be @LIONPubs’ Marketing Manager! Come join our amazing team, set our editorial/marketing strategy and help us reach more independent news organizations! lionpublishers.com/lion-is-hiring…

@LIONPubs is hiring a Marketing Manager to refine our editorial and marketing strategy and help us reach more independent news orgs! Deadline is Sunday. We'd love to have you on our team! lionpublishers.com/lion-is-hiring…

@LIONPubs is hiring a Marketing Manager to build our editorial and marketing strategy and help us reach more independent news orgs. Deadline is Sunday! We'd love for you to join our wonderful team! lionpublishers.com/lion-is-hiring…

@kensands @terabithia4 @UOsojc @kensands I’ve been at @LIONPubs for two years and love it!

@terabithia4 @LisaHeyamoto Hey @LisaHeyamoto , not at @UOsojc any more?

@LisaHeyamoto Congrats on starting the MTC program! poynter.org/from-the-insti…

@ckrewson @LIONPubs Thrilled to be on the journey!

The great @LisaHeyamoto is a fellow Fellow for @LIONPubs - so glad to see her start down this path.

@terabithia4 Thanks Amy!

Absolutely thrilled to join @Poynter's Media Transformation Challenge program and to spend this year working alongside an amazing group of #MTCFellows and coaches to make meaningful change in this field I love. poynter.org/from-the-insti…

Delighted to share ⁦⁦@LIONPubs⁩’ growth model for independent news orgs in this ⁦@NiemanLab⁩ prediction! Supporting local news starts with recognizing the unique needs, context and goals of each org! niemanlab.org/2022/12/the-in…

@mattwynn Oops - missed this until now but the timing is still serendipitous @mattwynn, as I heard that Celine song in a Lyft today and it was all I could do to stop myself from singing loudly and passionately along! 🎶

@LisaHeyamoto I'm on day two of having Celine dion in my head how are you

@Cande313 @LIONPubs What a joy to host with you! I’ll be expecting our talk show deal any day now 🎤

@KatrinaPNW @LIONPubs It was such a delight seeing you under such inspiring circumstances!

.@LisaHeyamoto and the entire @LIONPubs team are remarkable 👏 Such a fun and moving night celebrating such innovative and truly democracy-saving work from local newsrooms #INSS22

@elainediaz2003 😍