Starnieuws
Paramaribo-based online news service that has become one of Suriname's most-read sources of daily news, publishing short, frequently updated reports in Dutch. Starnieuws covers national politics, the economy, and legal and social affairs, and serves as a primary reference for Surinamese readers at home and in the large diaspora in the Netherlands.
Starnieuws at a glance
- Country
- Suriname
- Region
- South America · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- starnieuws.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Starnieuws
Crosswire groups Starnieuws as Centrist for comparisons within Suriname'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 Starnieuws sits in Suriname's press
Starnieuws is one of 3 outlets tracked in Suriname and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. By outlets tracked, Suriname ranks 34th of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 35 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Starnieuws outside Suriname, starting with South America, are Infobae (Argentina), El Mostrador (Chile), El Nacional (Venezuela) and Primicias (Ecuador). Opening one of them beside Starnieuws is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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