Tatoli
Timor-Leste's official national news agency, created by government resolution in 2017. From Dili, Tatoli publishes wire-style coverage of government, parliament, the economy and the municipalities in Tetum and Portuguese, with an English edition, and its output is widely republished by other Timorese media and regional outlets.
Tatoli at a glance
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Region
- Southeast Asia · Asia
- Kind of outlet
- News agency
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- tatoli.tl ↗
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How Crosswire groups Tatoli
Crosswire groups Tatoli as Centrist for comparisons within Timor-Leste'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 Tatoli sits in Timor-Leste's press
Tatoli is one of 3 outlets tracked in Timor-Leste and the only news agency tracked there. By outlets tracked, Timor-Leste ranks 32nd of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.
Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 26 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Tatoli outside Timor-Leste, starting with Southeast Asia, are VietnamPlus (Vietnam), Burma News International (Myanmar), Agence Kampuchea Presse (Cambodia) and Khaosan Pathet Lao (KPL) (Laos). Opening one of them beside Tatoli is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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