“Our top editors had long felt that the discrete article format was insufficient for covering really big, unwieldy topics like the death of the file system , or the frustrating lack of women in software , or how to think like an engineer . When we launched Co.Labs, it was the natural proving grounds for the concept. We hoped the “slow live blog” approach would give us more flexibility and speed when it came to writing and producing news. Instead of starting with a fresh article every time we want to cover something inside a regular beat, which might require a long catch-up introduction, context, background and so forth, we could just put fresh news at the top and let the reader scroll down to read previous updates if they hadn’t been following this story.”
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This Is What Happens When Publishers Invest In Long Stories ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code community Spoiler: Good Things. — misterjt |
