The Journal
The Journal (TheJournal.ie) is an Irish online-only news outlet launched in 2010 and based in Dublin. It is one of Ireland's most-visited news sites, an IFCN-accredited fact-checker, and holds a left-of-centre editorial orientation.
The Journal at a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 2010
- Owner
- Journal Media
- Published from
- Dublin
- Website
- thejournal.ie ↗
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How Crosswire groups The Journal
Crosswire groups The Journal as Left-leaning for comparisons within Ireland'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 Ireland, RTÉ News and BreakingNews.ie are listed as Centrist, while Irish Independent is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Journal beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where The Journal sits in Ireland's press
The Journal was founded in 2010, is published from Dublin and is owned by Journal Media. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Ireland and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. By outlets tracked, Ireland ranks ninth 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 The Journal outside Ireland, starting with Northern Europe, are Mediapart (France), Monaco Tribune (Monaco), elDiario.es (Spain) and Observador (Portugal). Opening one of them beside The Journal is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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