Solomon Islands news, front pages compared

Crosswire lays the Solomon Islands' 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 3 titles tracked in the Solomon Islands 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 3 titles break down as 1 news portal (Solomon Times), 1 daily newspaper (Island Sun) and 1 public broadcaster (SIBC). The public-service broadcaster is SIBC — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.

The Solomon Islands sits in Melanesia, on Crosswire's Oceania hub. By outlets tracked it is 3rd of the 4 countries in Melanesia and 6th of the 8 across Oceania, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Melanesia with hubs of their own are Papua New Guinea (4), Fiji (4) and Vanuatu (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 2026-09-28.