There are presently five principal British Virgin Islands news websites publishing news focused upon current affairs in the Territory:
- BVI News[1]
- BVI Beacon[2]
- Virgin Islands Platinum News[3]
- Virgin Islands News Online[4]
- 284 Media[5]
The British Virgin Islands only has two newspapers (and those are both published weekly), and no full-time television station.
Of the two functioning newspapers in the Territory (the BVI Beacon and the Island Sun) both also have news websites that are updated regularly.[6] In the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands, the main daily, the Virgin Islands Daily News reports on some stories developing in the British islands.[7]
Some news sites in the Territory allow a great deal of latitude to the public to comment anonymously upon articles (referred to, slightly misleadingly, as "blogs" locally). In a community as small as the British Virgin Islands anonymous comments often indicate inside knowledge in relation to news items, or serve as a vox populi in relation to developing stories.
- ^ "BVI News homepage". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "BVI Beacon homepage". Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Virgin Islands Platinum News homepage". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Virgin Islands News Online homepage". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "284 Media - News from the BVI". Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "BVI Beacon homepage". Retrieved 29 March 2015.; "Island Sun homepage". Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Virgin Islands Daily News homepage". Retrieved 29 March 2015.