Longform
Review
Longform started publishing “long-form” nonfiction in 2010, meaning any work over 2,000 words. In December of 2012, they added Longform Fiction to share some of the best fiction work published openly on the internet. The platform grew steadily in popularity and added a podcast and an app to offer their readership more. While the app had to be let go after Apple made a number of changes to their app requirements that Longform couldn’t meet, the podcast is still going strong today, sharing conversations with nonfiction writers weekly.
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Platform Details
Name: Longform
Date Founded: 2012
Website: www.longform.org
Longform was launched in December 2012 by Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer. Longform is an aggregator site of digital long-form journalism reliably curated by the University of Pittsburgh’s writing program. The site updates daily with links to long essays published around the Web. A concise capsule summary accompanying each link provides just enough context to know if a story is your bag of oats.
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What is Longform?
Longform started publishing “long-form” nonfiction in 2010, meaning any work over 2,000 words. In December of 2012, they added Longform Fiction to share some of the best fiction work published openly on the internet. The platform grew steadily in popularity and added a podcast and an app to offer their readership more. While the app had to be let go after Apple made a number of changes to their app requirements that Longform couldn’t meet, the podcast is still going strong today, sharing conversations with nonfiction writers weekly.
Longform was launched in December 2012 by Max Linsky and Aaron Lammer. Longform is an aggregator site of digital long-form journalism reliably curated by the University of Pittsburgh’s writing program. The site updates daily with links to long essays published around the Web. A concise capsule summary accompanying each link provides just enough context to know if a story is your bag of oats.
