Jonathan Shainin is a journalist and former editor of the Guardian long read. For several years, he was at The New Yorker as a staff writer and fact-checker.[1] Between 2010 and 2013, he acted as senior editor at The Caravan in Delhi before returning to The New Yorker to take up ta position as news editor.[2][3] Shainin was the editor of the Long Read from its inception in 2014.[4][5] As editor of the Long Read at The Guardian, Shainin expanded the section and helped to bring back the long form article into a large British newspaper.[6][7] Shainin has said that 'longform stories tend to defy the theory of short attention spans online.'[8]
Jonathan Shainin | |
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| Known for | Editor of The Long Read at The Guardian (2014-19) |
In 2002, Shainin co-authored The Other Israel: Voices of Refusal and Dissent, with Roane Carey and Tom Segev. It was published by The New Press.[9][10]
References
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- ^ Team, N. L. (17 August 2012). "Can You Take It Jonathan Shainin?". 📢 Newslaundry. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "The New Yorker Names Jonathan Shainin Online News Editor". www.adweek.com. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Shainin, Jonathan (7 April 2018). "How we make the Long Read: from the rise of the sandwich to the meaning of neoliberalism". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "A Print Dream Dies". Observer. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "The Pitch: At the Guardian's Long Read, no rigid formula or geographic limits". Nieman Foundation. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Writing India: Two Authors and an Editor | Featuring Jonathan Shainin, New Yorker News Editor, Rana Dasgupta, Novelist and Ashutosh Varshney, Political Scientist | Center for Contemporary South Asia". watson.brown.edu. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Jonathan Shainin on what makes a good long read". Well Told. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Jonathan Shainin". The New Press. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "The Other Israel". The New Press. Retrieved 29 March 2020.