Libya Herald
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| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Michel Cousins[1] and Sami Zaptia[2] |
| Editor-in-chief | Michel Cousins[2] |
| Managing editor | Sami Zaptia[2] |
| Founded | February 17, 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Tripoli, Libya |
| Website | libyaherald |
The Libya Herald (
Arabic: ليبيا هيرلد) is an English-language newspaper based in Tripoli, Libya, launched on 17 February 2012.[3]
Creation
The Libya Herald was launched on 17 February 2012, the first anniversary of the outbreak of the
Editors
Until January 2013, the paper's deputy editor was George Grant, a British journalist who also worked as Libya correspondent for The Times newspaper.[5] Grant was subsequently forced to leave Libya following an abduction threat from suspected Islamists in Benghazi following an investigation he was conducting into a death list in the city.[6]
References
- ^ Cousins, Michel (21 August 2012). "Memories of not getting new clothes for Eid". Libya Herald. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Building Libya's new media 'from a void'". Al Jazeera English. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ a b "About us". Libya Herald. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Libyan media success in only four months". www.mediasupport.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Grant, George (23 November 2012). "Profile". Twitter. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ Grant, George (25 January 2013). "A transition, not a failed state". The Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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