Tatoli

Tatoli
TypeNews agency
Country
East Timor
HeadquartersDili, East Timor
Launch date
27 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-27)
Former names
Timor-Leste News Agency
(2016-2017)
Official website
Tatoli (in English)
LanguagePortuguese, Tetum, English, Indonesian

Tatoli, formerly known as Timor-Leste News Agency (Portuguese: Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste (ANTIL)), is the official state run news agency of East Timor. It was launched on 27 July 2016.[1] The word "Tatoli" is Tetum in origin, and means "to entrust someone (something/a message) to be passed on; passing on (something/a message) for someone".[2]

In 2012, it was announced that Portuguese news agency Lusa would carry out a feasibility study into the creation of an East Timorese news agency.[3] In 2013, Lusa presented a proposal for a suitable Portuguese-Timorese operating partnership.[4] The establishment of an East Timorese news agency was flagged in the Government Program in March 2015, and approved by the Council of Ministers on 3 February 2016.[1][5]

Timor-Leste News Agency (ANTIL) logo used from 2016 to 2017

When the agency was launched, the then Secretary of State for Social Communication, Nélio Isaac Sarmento [de], said that its main objective is not to compete with other media representatives, but to complement information based on data and facts, and therefore to be a reference to media bodies and professionals.[1] Upon its establishment, the agency became a member of the Alliance of Portuguese Language Information Agencies [de; pt] (Portuguese: Aliança das Agências de Informação de Língua Portuguesa (ALP)).[5] In 2017, it became a public institute, and changed its name to Tatoli.[6]

The agency offers its news service in four languages – Portuguese, English, Indonesian and Tetum, the national language of Timor – and also text, photo and video streaming services, including by interface for viewing on mobile platforms.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Prime Minister presents Timor-Leste News Agency". Government of Timor-Leste. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ Tschanz, Maria (2020). Wörterbuch Tetum-Deutsch / Disionáriu Tetun-Alemaun. Berlin: regiospectra Verlag. ISBN 9783947729197.
  3. ^ "Lusa vai fazer estudo de viabilidade de agência de notícias de Timor-Leste" [Lusa to do feasibility study for news agency in Timor-Leste]. Público (in Portuguese). Lusa. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Agência Noticiosa de Timor-Leste (ANTIL) lançada hoje em Díli" [Timor-Leste News Agency (ANTIL) launched today in Dili]. dnoticias.pt (in Portuguese). Lusa. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Nasce mais uma agência em português: a ANTIL, do Timor-Leste" [Another agency is born in Portuguese: ANTIL, from East Timor]. Agências de Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Tatoli completes four years of existence « Government of Timor-Leste". Government of Timor-Leste. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.