Category: Slow journalism

  • The raw and the cooked

    A book chapter that maps the publishing platforms and relationships that determine how nonfiction storytelling reaches an audience, and puts forward an argument about what makes a piece of writing ‘authentic’.

  • The night Havel became president

    On the death of Vaclav Havel, a flashback to the night he took office; and later, a press picnic at Lany Castle when he reflected on the mistakes made during the key transitional period.

  • Slow publishing

    A round-up of examples where people make the case for the luxury of time and reflection in a speedy world, and the importance of providing value in publishing: to offer something worth buying and keeping.

  • Personal experience, turned outwards

    Reporting – finding out about the external world – can be understand as a form of personal experience, which is deliberately turned outward and tested by verification. Authenticity exists not only in marginal practices, but also mainstream ones.

  • The luxury of thought: Slow Journalism Part 2

    A round-up of references across the English-speaking media, which suggest interest in finding ways to meet the desire for more time to think, and figure out what matters.

  • The ‘slow journalism’ meme

    A round-up of instances that show the history of the Slow Journalism meme, with thoughts on the alchemy of of ideas, and the difficulty of pinning down ownership in the digital realm.