The Values of Magazine Writing

“Magazine journalism requires space: you simply cannot build a convincing and provocative argument in 500 words,"  according to Richard Just, editor of The New Republic magazine.  The Yale Daily News reports on a recent speech by Just in which he states "We, you and I, have to make an affirmative decision that magazine journalism has to live on, even after physical magazines no longer exist." According to the article by Ariel Katz, magazine writers have a value system that prizes uncertainty in the writing and checking of the facts in a piece which makes for "a stronger argument, a truer story," very different than the "smugness and stridency" of Internet journalism. Also valued is artistry in writing and a willingness to passionately pursue arguments and ideas. Read the full account here.