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In the first article ever written for this blog, The Economist Group’s chief executive Andrew Rashbass laid out evidence for the rebirth of long-form reading, made possible by the advent of the tablet. “Data from all sorts of sources shows clearly that consumers read on tablets in a way much closer to print than to [...]

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Tags: desktop, journalism, longreads, mobile, news, tablets

Last week, John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of The Economist, spoke on NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show”, along with Stephen Shepard, dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism and former senior editor at Newsweek and BusinessWeek. Given the recent announcement by Newsweek and the difficulties most print publishers are going through, [...]

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Tags: advertising, content, ideas, journalism, magazines, publishing

In this clip from our digital disruptors video series, Shafqat Islam, chief executive of NewsCred, discusses why his mission is to help publishing thrive – not just survive – in the digital age.  

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Tags: digital, journalism, news, NewsCred, publishing

Once upon a time, training print journalists was fairly straightforward. Depending on where in the world you worked, there would be variations on a common core: law, ethics, public administration, reporting skills (newsgathering and writing) and maybe some production journalism. Obviously that’s a generalisation as other skills were taught too and isn’t meant to denigrate [...]

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Tags: computers, iPad, journalism, tablet, teaching

Earlier this week, we launched our digital disruptors video series featuring insights from the people shaking up the media industry. Today’s disruptor is Jonah Peretti, founder and chief executive of BuzzFeed, which labels itself a “social news organization”. Famous for addictive lists such as “21 pictures that will restore your faith in humanity” and “13 [...]

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Tags: BuzzFeed, Google, journalism, news, social media

Cast an eye over a website that most appeals to you in terms of lean-back reading and you’ll probably find a few common themes – minimal colour scheme, an absence of distracting clutter and clean design that incorporates a font that is comfortable on the eye, and not overly-expressive or extravagant. Readability, an online application [...]

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Tags: design, iPad, journalism, kindle, longreads, reading