The New Dawn

The New Dawn is an independent daily newspaper published in Monrovia under the motto Truly Independent. Produced by Searchlight Communications, it covers Liberian politics, the legislature, business, health and county-level news, with an online edition updated daily, and is an established fixture of Liberia's post-war independent press.

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The New Dawn at a glance

Country: Liberia
Region: West Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups The New Dawn

Crosswire groups The New Dawn as Centrist for comparisons within Liberia'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 The New Dawn sits in Liberia's press

The New Dawn is one of 3 outlets tracked in Liberia, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Daily Observer and FrontPage Africa. By outlets tracked, Liberia ranks 36th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The New Dawn outside Liberia, starting with West Africa, are Le Soleil (Senegal), L'Essor (Mali), Sidwaya (Burkina Faso) and Le Sahel (Niger). Opening one of them beside The New Dawn is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.