ION News

Mauritian digital-native news outlet producing text and video journalism in French. Established in the early 2010s, it has built a reputation for court reporting, political interviews and investigative stories, including coverage of high-profile scandals, and functions as one of the main independent online-only newsrooms in Mauritius.

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ION News at a glance

Country: Mauritius
Region: East Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups ION News

Crosswire groups ION News as Centrist for comparisons within Mauritius' directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where ION News sits in Mauritius' press

ION News is one of 3 outlets tracked in Mauritius and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. By outlets tracked, Mauritius ranks 39th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 64 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to ION News outside Mauritius, starting with East Africa, are KT Press (Rwanda), Hiiraan Online (Somalia), Radio Dabanga (Sudan) and Radio Tamazuj (South Sudan). Opening one of them beside ION News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.