#Longreads

Most startup entrepreneurs who become successful don't get there until they're over 40. Some of the best writers started after 40 too. It's nice to acknowledge potential but also there's

Pravesh Bhardwaj

#Fiction #Longreads thread of 2021... Kevin Barry's "That Old Country Music"#Fiction #Longreads via @ElectricLit https://electricliterature.com/that-old-country-music-by-kevin-barry/ Mieko Kawakami's "Shame"#Fict

Professor Fleming

I think it's important to understand that white supremacy thrives in the media and other industries as well precisely because employees (in this case, journalists) typically do not have the

This is the bookstore labor piece I was hoping for and I’m grateful for it. So many questions and thoughts.https://longreads.com/2018/10/25/the-state-of-the-bookstore-union/ I’m not going to go through the piece bit by

Today marks 3 years since the death of Denis Johnson, who wrote the best final page of a short story I’ve ever read. He also wrote one of the greatest

I'm starting a new project/protocol/company.It's called Mirror. We'll be sharing our journey in public, starting today.This week, we're working on the BRAND, among other things.A thread of our process and

When I read this @wweek story about officer #67 this AM, I knew the name Erik Kammerer rung a bell, but couldn't figure out why. Dug into my files from

Samantha Schuyler

Actually Automattic, the company that currently owns Longreads, cut our funding so much in January that they've laid off the entire research team, including myself. Plus a lot of others.

I wrote an article for @datajournalism with lots of tips on generating data-driven story ideas and identifying potential data sources for covering #coronavirus - read it here: https://datajournalism.com/read/longreads/reporting-beyond-the-case-number

Will be posting some favourite and random #longreads every day or so as a #lockdown distraction. #Corlongavireads, if you will.First, David Foster Wallace’s incredible 2006 essay on what it’s like

Surprising absolutely no one in the Inland Northwest, two of the Patriot Front members crammed into the U-Haul this weekend are connected to a church helmed by former Rep Matt

New article: 'How can we pay off the global coronavirus debts? Tackle the powerful.'https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/23/pay-off-global-covid-19-debts-tackle-powerful-tax-havens-pandemicI argue that 10 global propos

THREAD Since my op-ed, so many people have reached out to me asking for guidance on how to share their stories of workplace mistreatment. Here are a few things that

Lawrence Hurley

Sunday #longreads: check out the data-driven @Reuters investigation into the Supreme Court-embraced legal defense of “qualified immunity” that protects police from excessive force claimshttps://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-i

I’m still not over the loss of Pacific Standard and cannot begin to process the furloughs at Outside and layoffs at Longreads in addition to all other media cuts these

In the midst of the #COVID19 crisis, lawyers urge corporations to defend their profits & challenge governments’ emergency measures in #ISDS corporate courts. Our new report with @corporateeurope reveals their