Can Long-Form Journalism Thrive in the Age of the Mobile Device?

Can long-form journalism, a genre home for explanatory and literary forms, make a comeback in a digital age?The short answer: Yes, but some things need to change.

As we posted earlier, our RJI-funded project examines the sustainability and audience interest in long-form multimedia journalism similar to that of The New York Times’ Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek.

Building upon an article we published in Journalism about literary long-form multimedia projects, we are working in two U.S. regions to understand how audiences may interact with long-form multimedia projects, such as The Guardian’s Firestorm and NPR’s Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt.