Heimildin
Heimildin is an Icelandic investigative news outlet formed in 2023 from the merger of Stundin and Kjarninn. Based in Reykjavík and independent of major interest groups, it is known for investigative and analytical journalism with a left-of-centre outlook.
Heimildin at a glance
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Website
- heimildin.is ↗
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How Crosswire groups Heimildin
Crosswire groups Heimildin as Left-leaning for comparisons within Iceland's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Iceland, Morgunblaðið and Vísir are listed as Centrist — so you can open Heimildin beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Heimildin sits in Iceland's press
Heimildin is one of 5 outlets tracked in Iceland, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being DV. By outlets tracked, Iceland ranks 26th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 31 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Heimildin outside Iceland, starting with Northern Europe, are Mediapart (France), Monaco Tribune (Monaco), elDiario.es (Spain) and Observador (Portugal). Opening one of them beside Heimildin is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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