Distintas Latitudes

Distintas Latitudes is a digital platform for information and analysis about events in Latin America. It promotes regional and collaborative journalism through various projects, such as the LATAM Network of Young Journalists. Distintas Latitudes was born as a digital magazine in April 2009 and has had different stages. Since 2015, Distintas Latitudes is a digital media with a professional team, driven by a team of young journalists, political scientists and internationalists from across the continent. In addition to publishing information on politics, open data, transparency, entrepreneurship, sustainability, gender and feminism, it is dedicated to identifying and training new talent, with the support of an international network of mentors. Advocates journalism with a regional perspective. The sustainability of Distintas Latitudes is possible thanks to a hybrid model, of donations from individuals, grants from foundations, creation of content for third parties and the holding of events and workshops. Distintas Latitudes is a project of Factual, a Mexican NGO dedicated to creating networks of media and journalists and strengthening their technological capabilities. For example, Distintas Latitudes and Factual have promoted the Latin American Forum of Digital Media and Journalism since 2012, which is held annually in Mexico City.