Rationale: This newspaper exists because we believe the world's most influential nation is poorly served by U.S. media outlets that focus on domestic political and cultural issues to the exclusion of relevant news affecting the other 6.8 billion people in the world. The Internet is perhaps the most obvious facilitator of an increasingly global economy and culture. While the United States is the world's leading power, in the years since the U.S. retreat from Vietnam, and especially after the fall of the Berlin Wall, American media outlets have significantly decreased available resources for the coverage of international news.
Is there any evidence that Americans are interested in the world beyond their horizon? As a matter of fact there is. Editors and producers often seem to forget that Americans love to travel abroad and are most curious about cultures different from their own. Many have served in the military or belonged to military families. Others have lived abroad because their employers posted them there. The recent international mergers involving American companies are only one of the ways in which national boundaries are being rendered less relevant. And we at World Tribune.com are convinced there is a market for news of the world and not just news of the weird.
We are not alone in pointing out the shortage of international news in the American press. Many American news professionals take it as a given that their markets will not support the publication of world news. World Tribune.com seeks to prove this hypothesis wrong by its very success. We welcome your support and your comments.
