What Are Longreads?
Longreads are changing the way people read online.
They’re stories that are best enjoyed away from your desk — whether it’s on a daily commute, an airplane, a subway, or your couch. It’s in-depth stories, perfect for the iPad, iPhone or Kindle, and apps like Read It Later, Flipboard and Instapaper.
Longreads posts links to new stories every day — they include long-form journalism, magazine stories from your favorite publications (The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic), short stories, interview transcripts, and even historical documents. (For the record: Longreads are typically more than 1,500 words.)
Here’s the backstory on how Longreads started, and where it’s going.
Readers:
Share your favorites with the #longreads community by tagging your tweets with #longreads. Check the raw feed for most recent submissions, or search the Longreads archive for thousands of timeless stories curated by the editors.
Publishers:
Longreads is a company that brings together people who are passionate about reading and sharing great storytelling. Share your best stories by tagging them on Twitter (#longreads), or by using the “longreads” tag on your own site. Recent media outlets participating include:
Drop a note if you would like to collaborate: mark@longreads.com
About Longreads
Longreads was founded in April 2009 by Mark Armstrong. Comments, feedback? Get in touch: mark@longreads.com.
Longreads in the News
New York Times: Long-Form Journalism Finds an Online Friend
Lifehacker: “Longreads is chock full of good stuff”
AOL/Switched: “Armstrong has effectively managed to construct a massive tweet database, without sacrificing any of the streamlined brevity that makes his Twitter feed so ironically appealing.”
New York Observer: How Longreads Started
TechCrunch: The Perfect Content Companion for iPad + Instapaper, Longreads Get a Website
Longreads Featured in New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix
The Guardian Feature on the Revival of Long Stories
Poynter.org on How Technology Is Renewing Attention to Long-Form Journalism
Nieman Storyboard: Interview with Mark Armstrong
The Longreads Business Model
This service is powered, first and foremost, by our Longreads Members, who pay $3 a month or $30 a year to support this work. (A percentage of our Members' dues go directly to writers and publishers, whose stories are spotlighted as through our weekly Longreads Member Exclusives.) We also work with brands and advertisers, and we make a small amount of money from Amazon affiliate links.