This is interesting. I have to say that I find "long form defeats profile" to be an oversimplification, though. It's not Rock Paper Scissors. I like the idea of making full interview transcripts available as an addendum to profiles for those who have the time and motivation to dig deeper. But we're drowning unedited podcasts, interviews …
This is interesting. I have to say that I find "long form defeats profile" to be an oversimplification, though. It's not Rock Paper Scissors. I like the idea of making full interview transcripts available as an addendum to profiles for those who have the time and motivation to dig deeper. But we're drowning unedited podcasts, interviews and conversations these days, and I often find myself wishing many of them had been summarized and contextualized by a skilled writer so I could get the main points and takeaways (a la your recent post on the RFK Jr interview) without having to spend 90 minutes of my life listening to or reading a lot of throat clearing and banal chatter. There's something to be said from getting messages directly from the source, but there's also something to be said for the art form of profiles and all the history, context, and editorializing they can provide.
This is interesting. I have to say that I find "long form defeats profile" to be an oversimplification, though. It's not Rock Paper Scissors. I like the idea of making full interview transcripts available as an addendum to profiles for those who have the time and motivation to dig deeper. But we're drowning unedited podcasts, interviews and conversations these days, and I often find myself wishing many of them had been summarized and contextualized by a skilled writer so I could get the main points and takeaways (a la your recent post on the RFK Jr interview) without having to spend 90 minutes of my life listening to or reading a lot of throat clearing and banal chatter. There's something to be said from getting messages directly from the source, but there's also something to be said for the art form of profiles and all the history, context, and editorializing they can provide.