Liberty Times Explained

The Liberty Times
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:April 17, 1980
Political:Pan-Green
Publisher:Liberty Times Group
Circulation:2,810,000
Headquarters:Taipei, Taiwan
Language:Chinese
Website:ltn.com.tw
libertytimes.com.tw

The Liberty Times is a national newspaper published in Taiwan. Founded by Lin Rong-San, it is published by the Liberty Times Group. The newspaper was first published on 17 April 1980, as Liberty Daily, before adopting its current name in 1987. In 1999, they launched their English language version, the Taipei Times.

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
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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newspaper Readership in Taiwan (11/05/2006). East South West North . November 5, 2006.
  2. Web site: National Tsing Hua University Institutional Repository. https://archive.today/20120712171100/http://nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw/bitstream/987654321/10698/1/912411H007023.pdf. dead. 12 July 2012. nthur.lib.nthu.edu.tw. 6 September 2013.
  3. Web site: SOPA 2010 Award Winners . www.sopasia.com.
  4. Web site: 亞洲卓越新聞獎 本報獲環境類首獎 . 2010-06-09 . 自由時報.
  5. http://www.taipei-journalists.org/page23.php SBSRA 2010 Award Winners
  6. Web site: 報導陳樹菊 本報獲光明面獎 . 2010-08-06 . 自由時報.