long-form

How long is "long form"? Longer than you think… Members Public

Some interesting figures on the length of popular long articles saved into read later app Pocket [https://medium.com/@Pocket/surprise-our-attention-spans-aren-t-dead-154ce24e5aab] : > In the Top 500 most-saved articles from the first half of 2015, we found that the average article length is 3,190 words, which would take over 15 minutes

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
features

Medium is a long-form social message Members Public

[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/welcome-to-medium.jpg] Simon Owens has written a really nice piece exploring what Medium is trying to do [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/12/how-medium-is-trying-to-bring-back-the-web-we-lost/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pbs%2Fmediashift-blog+%28mediashift-blog%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner]

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

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Adam Tinworth

Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 25. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.