WASHINGTON, D.C.—December 8, 2008—washingtonpost.com’s World Section today launches TimeSpace: World, an interactive map and timeline that transforms the presentation of world news.

TimeSpace: World compiles all world news content from The Washington Post, washingtonpost.com, PostGlobal, Foreign Policy magazine, and partner sites including The Associated Press and Reuters onto one customizable map.

World news coverage is collected into clusters around hot-spots on the map. By clicking a cluster, users can view articles, blog posts, photos, videos, and even reporter twitter feeds without leaving the page. The timeline illustrates peaks in coverage and allows users to customize news searches to a specific day all the way down to a particular hour.

“TimeSpace: World presents a new format for readers to track world events minute-by-minute,” said Jim Brady, Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com. “It reinvents the traditional pyramid-structured page layout, presenting all of the information available in the World Section on a single map and turning the reigns over to readers to dive deep into any area they choose.”

TimeSpace: World is also available in widget form for users to embed on their own sites. In addition, a share function creates a unique URL for an individual story within the map that users can link to or send to friends. This URL gives users a recommended launching point, from which they can begin exploring the map on their own.

TimeSpace: World is available at the following link: http://specials.washingtonpost.com/timespace/world/

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