Why Latitude News?

Are you curious about how the rest of the world affects your everyday life? Then you’ve come to the right place.

Latitude News turns on its head the way the world is usually covered by listening first to what’s happening here, on the ground, in the U.S.

We do that because international isn’t “foreign” anymore. International is what you buy at the supermarket; it’s your neighbor’s hometown across the ocean and the country your friend went to for their (cheaper) dental work. It’s high time for a news service to stop segregating stories into “national” and “local” on the one hand and “foreign” on the other.

Scratch the surface of any American community and you find a host of compelling connections – business, professional, personal – with the rest of the world. Any debate around the office water cooler or in the blogosphere has its parallels and comparisons with debates around the globe.

Our mission

Here at Latitude Newswe want to:

  • mine the international dimension of our lives in the U.S.
  • tell stories about the world that are relevant and revelatory to Americans across the country
  • make headlines about faraway places tangible and understandable

We aim to do this with a crucial editorial collaborator – you.

What’s your connection?

We want you to jump into our stories and let us know your questions, your ideas and your comments. Stories are alive and dynamic at Latitude News. One story has the potential to become 100. Your input will determine our journalistic trajectory as we follow your leads and bring people together to build online communities around common interests.

A word about style and tone

As you might expect from a magazine that is hopping around the globe and promoting what we call conversational journalism, our style is informal and idiosyncratic. We have people writing for Latitude News whose first language isn’t English and many who have a background in radio journalism. We like their distinctive voices and want you to hear them too. Don’t be surprised to come across some unusual turns of phrase and a variety of “accents” in written form.

For more information, read our Founder’s message or contact us with your comments and questions!