What is Slow Journalism?

In an era of fast and instantaneous journalism and concerns about the deleterious effects of speed, it can be easy to lose sight of the other kinds of journalism being practiced, other temporalities for its production. There has been little scholarly work on slow journalism, so the first aim of this...

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Published in:Journalism practice 2015-03, Vol.9 (2), p.138-152
Main Author: Le Masurier, Megan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alternative journalism
fast journalism
magazine journalism
Slow
slow journalism
slow news journalism
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Summary:In an era of fast and instantaneous journalism and concerns about the deleterious effects of speed, it can be easy to lose sight of the other kinds of journalism being practiced, other temporalities for its production. There has been little scholarly work on slow journalism, so the first aim of this article is, if not to define, then at least to describe some key characteristics of what slow journalism might be. It will look at how the term has been used on blogs, websites, public forums, and in the minimal scholarly literature available. It will also explore some examples by producers who identify with the term to see what slow journalism looks like in practice. The proliferation of independent journalism using Slow as a way of thinking about production suggests that we are witnessing a new alternative emerging in the mediascape.
ISSN:1751-2786
1751-2794
DOI:10.1080/17512786.2014.916471