I am a lover of long-form journalism-that is, articles that are longer than newspaper articles but shorter than books. Once thought endangered, it seems to be getting a renewed lease on the websites , in apps, and in short ebooks.
This is discussed in detail in this article, " The Long Form Resurection" .
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Brave new online publishing houses such as Byliner.com and Atavist.net are looking to plug that gap. While Byliner also offers a source to discover new writers and reads (it launched with an archive of 3,000 articles), half of the business is concentrated on commissioning original, in-depth reads from world-class writers. Atavist does similar but with the full gamut of multimedia elements embedded in its titles. Both are selling their grand, ambitious epics (averaging at 35,000 words) at between $0.99 to $2.99 a pop via their own sites, iTunes, and Kindle Singles. The latter is Amazon's newly launched US storefront, dedicated solely to new, original, long-form pieces – further proof, if it were needed, that the market is booming.
Established online outlets have also clambered on the bandwagon: New York blog Gothamist put a call out last month for long-form writers to pitch ideas; Slate, meanwhile, has entered the second year of its "Fresca" series: an initiative which offers editorial staff 4-6 week semi-sabbaticals to turn around original pieces of long-form. Last week even the Grey Lady herself, The New York Times, announced its own in-house long-form curation area for non-subscribers (see box).
The real surprise, of course, is that it's all working
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Another article reviewing LFJ sites can be found
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For me, the best site is the BYLINER site. I've found lots of really good articles there. I haven't tried their Originals yet , which they charge for, but I expect to try one soon.
I've tried (and liked) both Longreads.org and Longform.org . Are there other long-form journalism sites that anyone else can recommend?