Talamua
Talamua Online News is the digital arm of Talamua Media, an Apia publishing house led by veteran journalist Apulu Lance Polu. One of Samoa's longest-running independent online news services, it reports in English on politics, business, sport and culture, drawing on decades of local magazine and radio journalism.
Talamua at a glance
- Country
- Samoa
- Region
- Polynesia · Oceania
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- talamua.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Talamua
Crosswire groups Talamua as Centrist for comparisons within Samoa'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 Talamua sits in Samoa's press
Talamua is one of 4 outlets tracked in Samoa, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Samoa Global News. By outlets tracked, Samoa ranks fifth of the 8 countries on Crosswire's Oceania hub, which lists 32 outlets in all.
Across Oceania, Crosswire tracks 6 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Talamua outside Samoa, starting with Polynesia, are Matangi Tonga (Tonga) and Newsroom (New Zealand). Opening one of them beside Talamua is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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