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Searchlight

Privately owned weekly newspaper published in Kingstown by Interactive Media Ltd since April 1995, one of the country's two main print titles. Searchlight covers Vincentian news, politics, business, sport and community affairs in print and online, and is among the few outlets in the country producing a full weekly print edition.

Searchlight at a glance

Kind of outlet
Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning
Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Searchlight

Crosswire groups Searchlight as Centrist for comparisons within St. Vincent & the Grenadines' 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 Searchlight sits in St. Vincent & the Grenadines' press

Searchlight is one of 4 outlets tracked in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being The Vincentian. By outlets tracked, St. Vincent & the Grenadines ranks 28th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.

Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Searchlight outside St. Vincent & the Grenadines, starting with The Caribbean, are Listín Diario (Dominican Republic), Le Nouvelliste (Haiti), The Gleaner (Jamaica) and Trinidad Guardian (Trinidad and Tobago). Opening one of them beside Searchlight is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.

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