Jill Abramson, Steven Brill Back Long-Form Journalism Startup
A new startup venture spearheaded by former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson and award-winning journalist-Court TV founder Steven Brill focusing on long-form journalism says it will advance writers around $100,000 to produce substantial, longer-than-magazine length articles, according to Poynter.
Abramson, who fleshed-out plans for the as-yet unnamed venture at a Journalism and Women’s Symposium last weekend in California, said the venture will feature one story per month and will be available by subscription.
Although Abramson did not elaborate on potential investors, she said that she and Brill “were very close” to a possible deal with a funder. Poynter
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