The Libya Herald (Arabic: ليبيا هيرلد) is an English-language newspaper based in Tripoli, Libya, launched on 17 February 2012.[3]
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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 |
Creation
editThe Libya Herald was launched on 17 February 2012, the first anniversary of the outbreak of the Libyan Civil War, and currently publishes news through its website, though plans are in place to launch a print edition in the near future.[3] The Libya Herald was the initiative of Michel Cousins, a British journalist raised in Libya who has worked in the Arab world for much of his career.[4] Cousins co-founded the paper together with Sami Zaptia, a Libyan journalist who worked for the state-owned Tripoli Post for ten years but resigned upon the outbreak of the Libyan Civil War, frustrated at the Gaddafi regime's strict censorship.[2]
Editors
editUntil 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
edit- ^ 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.
