But why should long-form journalism be regarded as novel? Current affairs and literary magazines such as this one, the Guardian, the Financial Times and the London Review of Books, and digital start-ups suffering staff cuts such as BuzzFeed and the Huffington Post, publish reportage in abundance. Tortoise’s recent launch means it’s too early to pass judgement on its prospects. Lavishly publicised by the BBC’s media editor, Amol Rajan (who was hired under Harding), last October, Tortoise revealed it was using three years’ of financial backing from eight private investors in the hope of funding itself through a membership model in future. It publishes a daily smartphone edition of five stories, allows readers into editorial meetings and will distribute a quarterly print magazine of “big reads”.
Tortoise is the next similar venture to be launched: a self-styled “slow news” operation established by the former Times editor and BBC News director James Harding, and staffed by experienced journalists. “A cow, who like our target readers, tends to avoid herds and behaves in unmissable ways as a result.” The post was later deleted. “Today I’m unveiling the icon,” Montgomerie wrote proudly in July 2017. According to its website, UnHerd employs seven staff.Īmong journalists, UnHerd is still known derisively as “the cow site” in reference to its esoteric logo. But three of its directors have resigned since 2017, including Montgomerie himself, who left the site last September without explanation. It aspired to hire 15 full-time journalists and pays writers well, at £1 a word. He is the chairman of one of Europe’s biggest hedge-fund groups, Marshall Wace, and chair of the Ark chain of academy schools. The site is funded by Paul Marshall, a pro-Brexit investor. Science and Technical Research and Development.Infrastructure Management - Transport, Utilities.Information Services, Statistics, Records, Archives.Information and Communications Technology.HR, Training and Organisational Development.Health - Medical and Nursing Management.Facility / Grounds Management and Maintenance.
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