Liberty Times
The Liberty Times is a national newspaper published in Taiwan. Founded by Lin Rong-San, it is published by the Liberty Times Group, which also publishes Taipei Times, an English language newspaper . The newspaper was first published on 17 April 1980, as Liberty Daily, before adopting its current name in 1987.
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 The Liberty Times headquarters in Taipei | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Publisher | Liberty Times Group |
| Founded | April 17, 1980 |
| Political alignment | Pan-Green |
| Language | Chinese |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Circulation | 2,810,000 |
| Website | ltn.com.tw libertytimes.com.tw |
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| Traditional Chinese | 自由時報 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 自由时报 | ||||||||||
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It is one of the four most influential newspapers in Taiwan, the other three being the Apple Daily, the China Times, and the United Daily News.[1] While the United Daily News is regarded as taking an editorial line that supports a Pan-Blue political stance, the Liberty Times is thought to take a Pan Green pro-independence political stance.[2]
Awards
| Year | Awarded by | Category | Award type | Title | Journalists | References |
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| 2010 | The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) | Excellence in Reporting on the Environment | Award for Excellence | 煙囪裡的秘密—台灣六輕麥寮高罹癌率大追蹤 | 劉力仁、林國賢、謝文華、王昶閔 | [3][4] |
| 2010 | Taipei Journalists Association's Social Bright Side Reporting Awards (SBSRA) | Printed Newspapers (平面新聞報紙類獎項) | Award | 菜販捐圖書館、續攢千萬助貧 | 黃明堂 | [5][6] |
References
- "EastSouthWestNorth: Daily Brief Comments November 2006". www.zonaeuropa.com.
- "National Tsing Hua University Institutional Repository" (PDF). nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- "SOPA 2010 Award Winners". www.sopasia.com.
- "亞洲卓越新聞獎 本報獲環境類首獎". 自由時報. 2010-06-09.
- SBSRA 2010 Award Winners Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- "報導陳樹菊 本報獲光明面獎". 自由時報. 2010-08-06.
External links
- Official website (in Chinese)
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