Libya Herald

Libya Herald is an independent English-language online daily launched on 17 February 2012, the first anniversary of the Libyan revolution. Reporting from Libya and abroad, it focuses on politics, business and the economy, including oil and investment news, and has become a long-running English-language reference on Libyan affairs for diplomats, researchers and the Libyan diaspora.

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Libya Herald at a glance

Country: Libya
Region: North Africa · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Libya Herald

Crosswire groups Libya Herald as Centrist for comparisons within Libya's 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 Libya Herald sits in Libya's press

Libya Herald is one of 4 outlets tracked in Libya, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being The Libya Observer. By outlets tracked, Libya ranks 17th of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 16 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Libya Herald outside Libya, starting with North Africa, are Egypt Independent (Egypt), Enab Baladi (Syria), The961 (Lebanon) and Jordan News (Jordan). Opening one of them beside Libya Herald is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.