Suddenly everyone wants New Yorker style content. Who is going to write it?
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Re: Suddenly everyone wants New Yorker style content. Who is going to write it?
#2I'm pretty sure the article author meant "New York style" journalism, not stories written as if they belonged in the New Yorker magazine.
Re: Suddenly everyone wants New Yorker style content. Who is going to write it?
#3I'm pretty sure the article author meant "New York style" journalism, not stories written as if they belonged in the New Yorker magazine.
They definitely meant journalism as written for the New Yorker magazine, it's generally considered to be one of the best publications out there for long form, investigative journalism.
Re: Suddenly everyone wants New Yorker style content. Who is going to write it?
#4I'm pretty sure the article author meant "New York style" journalism, not stories written as if they belonged in the New Yorker magazine.
Is "New York style journalism" a preexisting term? A quick google doesn't seem to turn up anything.
Re: Suddenly everyone wants New Yorker style content. Who is going to write it?
#5The question isn't really who is going to write it.
It's who is going to pay for it?
Re: Suddenly everyone wants New Yorker style content. Who is going to write it?
#6I'm pretty sure the article author meant "New York style" journalism, not stories written as if they belonged in the New Yorker magazine.
I think she meant New Yorker, so it was funny that she talked about newspapers for most of the article.
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#7All I really want from journalists is the information that most of us are too lazy or busy to collect. I want them to make phone calls, speak to insiders, cross reference public statements with available records, generally make a nuisance of themselves until they have some new insights to bring to light.
Most times though it seems they're barely doing any more research than what went into a well received HN comment. Except some articles are padded out with details of what the reporter is having for lunch during the interview... I've got no idea why that type of writing is in demand. I'd rather read a flat transcript in most cases.
Re: Suddenly everyone wants New Yorker style content. Who is going to write it?
#8I'm pretty sure the article author meant "New York style" journalism, not stories written as if they belonged in the New Yorker magazine.
I think she meant New Yorker , so it was funny that she talked about newspapers for most of the article.
In the first couple paragraphs..."Simply put: It was easy and cheap for a lot of other players on the Web to outdo daily newspaper journalism for cheap or free."
But her point is that investigative journalism like that seen in the New Yorker won't convert to free web content as easily.
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#9The question isn't really who is going to write it. It's who is going to pay for it?
Yeah, 4 cents/word (what Tumblr is paying) is a joke. Claiming there's a shortage of writers is ridiculous. There's lot of good writers out there.
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#10The Internet is still a leveling bitch on dysfunctional industries. This is hardly a free-for-all; readers will only read long form content, if it’s excellent.
I think the major change with the advent the internet is that since one can publish so easily, one cannot count on the presence of an editor to help with things like eliminating stray commas which alter the meaning of one's sentences.