Post Editors Weigh In On Word Counts
The Washington City Paper has a memo from Len Downie and Phil Bennett concerning story length, and Erik Wemple has some thoughts on the matter.
>UPDATE: You can also read the entire memo when you click below…
To: The Staff
From: Len and Phil
Our outstanding journalism comes in all sizes, including long pieces that deserve every inch. But for too long we’ve confused length with importance. Often the result has been stories that readers don’t want to finish and displays in the newspaper that don’t do our journalism justice.
We have decided to take a more disciplined approach to story lengths, with guidelines that are consistent with giving our readers quality journalism in a variety of appropriate lengths.
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