Bahamas news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 4 major Bahamas news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Bahamas media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays the Bahamas' front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 4 titles tracked in the Bahamas sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 4 titles break down as 2 daily newspapers (The Nassau Guardian and The Tribune), 1 digital-native outlet (Eyewitness News) and 1 public broadcaster (ZNS Bahamas). The public-service broadcaster is ZNS Bahamas — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
The Bahamas sits in The Caribbean, on Crosswire's Americas hub. By outlets tracked it is 6th of the 13 countries in The Caribbean and 23rd of the 35 across the Americas, where the average is 4.7 outlets per country. Its neighbours in The Caribbean with hubs of their own are Dominican Republic (5), Jamaica (5), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Cuba (4), Haiti (4), Grenada (4), St. Kitts & Nevis (4), St. Vincent & the Grenadines (4), Barbados (3), Dominica (3), St. Lucia (3) and Antigua & Barbuda (2).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are the Bahamas' main news outlets?
Across the Bahamas' editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, The Nassau Guardian, The Tribune, Eyewitness News and ZNS Bahamas. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Founded in 1844, The Nassau Guardian is The Bahamas' oldest newspaper and one of its two leading dailies. Published in Nassau, it covers national politics, the economy, tourism and hurricane emergencies, with business reporting anchored by its Guardian Business section and a long-established role in Bahamian public life.
Nassau daily founded in 1903 and long associated with the Dupuch family, known for assertive political coverage and commentary. The Tribune competes with The Nassau Guardian as the country's principal daily, covering Bahamian politics, crime, business and tourism, and brands its website tribune242 after the islands' telephone area code.
Nassau-based news operation launched in the late 2010s that pairs a television newscast with one of the country's most-followed news websites. Eyewitness News covers Bahamian politics, the economy, weather emergencies and social issues, and built its audience through digital-first reporting and live coverage of major national events, including hurricanes.
The Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas, known as ZNS, is the state broadcaster, tracing its radio service to 1936 and operating ZNS TV 13 alongside national radio networks. From Nassau it produces national newscasts, parliamentary coverage and emergency hurricane broadcasting, and posts news reports and live streams on its website.
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