The 24/7 news cycle has made a race out of journalism. There are financial rewards for a publication breaking a major story and the difference can be a matter of minutes. What are the casualties of this mad dash for eyeballs? Some say quality. It’s not easy to do great writing – let alone great research and fact-checking – on a compressed deadline. Slow journalism still exists, but columns and opinion pages are usually dedicated to the conversations everyone’s already having. So where...
