The best longform journalism of 2014

The best longform journalism of 2014

A roundup of “Best of” lists for longform journalism in 2014.   Longreads’ 10 most popular stories of 2014 Longform’s best of 2014 The World Post’s list of best longreads on world affairs from 2014 Eater’s 15 best longform food stories from 2014 SB Nation’s best...

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Serial: “Breaking Bad radio”

Serial: “Breaking Bad radio”

When a journalist sits down to create a long-form piece, he or she already knows how the story ends. Now, the job is to make it interesting and meaningful. Then along comes Sarah Koenig, a producer at the famed This American Life radio show, who has brought a whole...

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Tweets from space

Tweets from space

The spacecraft Rosetta and its lander Philae have twitter accounts! This is a good article from Mashable about how scientists are engaging people in the mission to the comet by giving personalities to inanimate objects. Reminds me of Xinhua's Weibo account for the...

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Which Deaths Matter?

Which Deaths Matter?

Interesting and thought-provoking article from The Atlantic about how the media covers victims of violence and disaster. What do you think about the idea of ‘worthy’ vs. ‘unworthy’ victims?

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