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long-form
[lawng-fawrm, long‐]
adjective
noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by stories or essays that are several thousand words long, typically combining factual reporting with a narrative and empathetic style.
A long-form article can illuminate and humanize your subject.
noting or relating to other types of print or visual media content characterized by in-depth, lengthy narratives.
a long-form TV drama whose story unfolds over ten episodes; long-form comics and graphic novels.
noun
journalistic or other media content so characterized.
I've started writing more long-form on my blog.
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Example Sentences
Sophia Talley, 22 years old, decided during her freshman year of high school that she wanted to write long-form, magazine-style nonfiction pieces.
Moonshot, which has gained recognition for its long-form text analysis, has already attracted a number of prominent backers, including Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group and venture-capital firm HongShan Capital.
They also picked up best short-form and best long-form video, and pop song of the year for El Día Del Amigo.
Jack Califano: I showed up to a Democratic Socialists of America event in Brooklyn Heights, took some pictures, and reached out to an old friend who put me in touch with Andrew Epstein, who was his campaign’s comms director at the time, and told him I wanted to follow the campaign in a long-form, documentary way.
The baseless conspiracy theory became such a distraction that Obama released his long-form birth certificate in April 2011.
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