Sierraloaded
Sierraloaded is a Freetown-based digital outlet covering Sierra Leone news, politics, business, entertainment and sport. Aimed at a broad online audience, it publishes breaking stories, features and trending content, and has grown into one of the most-visited Sierra Leonean websites, particularly among young readers at home and in the diaspora.
Sierraloaded at a glance
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Region
- West Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- sierraloaded.sl ↗
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How Crosswire groups Sierraloaded
Crosswire groups Sierraloaded as Centrist for comparisons within Sierra Leone'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 Sierraloaded sits in Sierra Leone's press
Sierraloaded is one of 3 outlets tracked in Sierra Leone, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being The Sierra Leone Telegraph. By outlets tracked, Sierra Leone ranks 35th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.
Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 64 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Sierraloaded outside Sierra Leone, starting with West Africa, are Pulse Ghana (Ghana), Dakaractu (Senegal), L'Avenir (Côte d'Ivoire) and Journal du Mali (Mali). Opening one of them beside Sierraloaded is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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