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Longform was an American media company founded in Brooklyn, New York City, in April 2010 by journalists Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer.[1] It operated a longform article recommendation service until January 2022, and hosted an interview podcast with journalists talking about their craft until June 2024.[2]
Podcast
[edit]The Longform Podcast, hosted by Linsky and Lammer, along with Evan Ratliff, was launched in 2012 in a makeshift studio at the offices of The Atavist Magazine.[3] It consisted of interviews with journalists talking about their craft.[4] Its 585 episodes[5] were published weekly, with the hosts alternating.[3] Each episode interviewed one journalist, sometimes discussing a singular story they'd written and other times their entire oeuvre.[5] It joined the Vox Media Podcast Network in August 2021.[6] It published its last episode in June 2024, at which time The New York Times wrote that it had become "required listening for aspiring and early-career writers who were eager to learn about how the people they looked up to — from veterans of legacy publications to bloggers at new media start-ups — made it to where they were."[3] Owen Lewis, writing for Defector, praised Linsky's "knack for asking unflinching and unexpected questions in a style that comes off as more curious than intrusive".[7] Nicholas Quah wrote for Vulture, "What Longform has created is a historical record of American nonfiction that's so monumental it should really be housed at a university somewhere."[8] He asked various journalists for their favorite episodes, which included one where Linsky interviewed writer Sam Fragoso while accidentally high on edibles.[8]
Episodes
[edit]Article recommendation service
[edit]Longform operated a longform article recommendation service from its founding until January 2022.[2] Its referral sources included the dating website OkCupid, where people shared their love of the site.[10] From 2014 to 2017, it maintained an app for readers to browse its picks.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Bercovici, Jeff (September 17, 2014). "Longform's New App: More Great Journalism Without The Filter". Forbes. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Chakradhar, Shraddha (January 5, 2022). "Longform will no longer recommend nonfiction articles around the web. Readers are bummed". Nieman Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ a b c Brickner-Wood, Brady (June 20, 2024). "The Hosts of Journalism's Favorite Podcast Say Goodbye". The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
- ^ Freeman, Joe (August 18, 2016). "5 lessons on the craft of journalism from Longform podcast". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ a b Isaacs, Lily (August 1, 2024). "The end of the Longform podcast". The New Statesman. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
- ^ Tameez, Hanaa' (August 3, 2021). "Longform joins Vox and will expand its guests to include podcast hosts and documentary filmmakers". Nieman Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ Lewis, Owen (June 14, 2024). "The 'Longform' Podcast Told The Story Of An Industry". Defector. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
- ^ a b c Quah, Nicholas (June 26, 2024). "The Longform Episodes We Won't Forget". Vulture. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
- ^ "Longform Player". Longform.org. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ Thompson, Nicholas (January 12, 2016). "Short and shallow reading on the Internet? Not so fast". PBS News Hour. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
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