Beyond the Swipe – Why Long-Form Journalism Still Matters

Long-form journalism gives space for truth to unfold. It lets you see the full picture: the interviews, the background, the human impact. It invites you to understand rather than just react. That’s what’s missing in today’s world of digital snippets: the room to think, question, and connect the dots.

Don’t get me wrong, short videos and social posts can do amazing things. They can bring attention to issues that would otherwise go unnoticed, and they make information accessible to people who might never read a full newspaper article. But if that’s all we consume, we lose something valuable.

Stories become simplified. People become stereotypes. And the “truth” becomes whatever fits into a caption.

That’s why I think balance matters. There’s nothing wrong with scrolling through your feed, but it’s worth slowing down once in a while, watching the full interview, reading the whole article, or sitting through that two-hour documentary. Because sometimes the most important stories can’t be told in sixty seconds.