Towards the Typology of Digital Longform

What Is Online Literary Journalism About, and How It’s Different From

Print

Aleksandr Gorbachev

J8028 — Literature of Journalism

Final Paper
 Introduction*
For literary journalism, the Internet was supposed to be a killer. Then it turned

out to be a savior. Maybe.

The digital era changed the media entirely and forever. With the economy of

the industry rapidly shrinking, the traditional newspapers suffering from all kinds of

challenges and competitors, and viral, easily consumed content proliferating in the

new disruptive digital media, literary journalism, once the most honorable (and,

accordingly, the most expensive) genre in the profession, seemed to be on the road to

extinction. “That kind of journalism is just unsustainable now,” lamented David

Whitford, of Fortune Magazine, while talking about James Agee’s The Cotton

Tenants to the New York Times (Haughney, 2013). In 2009, Candy Cooper, provoked

by the cancellation of Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference, wrote a mournful

piece bluntly titled The Death of Slow Journalism (Cooper, 2009). In a less emotional

and more data-driven analysis for Columbia Journalism Review, Dean Starkman

(2013) established that the amount of longform content published the major national

newspapers declined dramatically in the last decade. “It’s pretty to shocking to see

what’s become of the time-honored form since the newspaper industry’s great

unraveling started a decade ago,” he concluded.

That grim mood persisted for a number of years among the media

professionals: nobody, many believed, would bother to read 7,000-words-long stories

when presented with an alternative of watching a video of yawning cat or browsing

through photos of an ex-boyfriend’s birthday party on Facebook. Gradually, however,

it has become evident that people, in fact, were able and even eager to read literary

journalism online. As a publishing tool, the Internet didn’t turn out to be the opposite

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of the print. It just turned out to be different. The important question, which nobody

seems to have explored yet, is how different.

The headline of Arnold’s (2014) insightful paper that looked into the digital

longform practices of several American publications, The Cautiously Hopeful

Renaissance of Longform Journalism, reflects the sentiment that has been growing in

the industry in recent years. One of the most convincing reasons for such sentiment is

the new wave of digital-only publications that specialize in creating, promoting and

distributing literary journalism. From aggregators like Longform, Longreads and The

Browser to organizations that practice and publish actual longform reporting, such as

The Atavist, The Big Roundtable, Narratively and many more, this has been a growing

media trend in 2010’s. If nothing else, these entities provide a perfect opportunity for

an analysis. Indeed, it’s a consolation to know that there is an audience for the genre

on the Internet, but what exactly does this audience need — or, at the very least, what

exactly is offered to it? In order to better understand how journalism works in the

digital environment, it seems valuable to look at the Internet profile of one of its most

praised and established genres. In order to get this profile correctly, it seems use to

come up with a proper typology for it that will helpful to establish the specific

characteristics of digital longform content. This is what this study is about.

Literature*Review*
One might notice that the terms longform, narrative and literary journalism

has been used interchangeably in this paper. Indeed, that is how they are usually used

both by media scholars and professionals these days, as witnessed by multiple

examples (see Harrington & Sager (2012), Lassila-Merisalo (2014), Tenore (2013),

Ulin (2011) and many more), albeit longform may also include other types of content

than the ones related to in-depth immersive reporting. In fact, the definition of what

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literary journalism is appears to be problematic. Scholars have been discussing the

term for decades, which ultimately lead Lounsberry (1990) to admit that the works of

the genre can be studied “without a [properly defined] term for this discourse” (p.

XIII). One of the most notable scholars of literary journalism, Hartsock (1999), in his

turn, suggested that a certain “epistemological fluidity,” which shapes the genre’s

ever-changing nature and makes it hard to pinpoint it, should be understood as its

defining quality. As Hartsock put it, “like the chameleon, the form changes color

according to the questioning brought to bear on it” (p. 446).

This suggestion provides a legitimate ground for this study, even though, for

the sake of a proper understanding of what content should be included in it, it is also

helpful to consider Kramer’s (1995) list of “breakable rules” that define the work of

literary journalism, such as in-depth reporting, immersive techniques, emphasis on

style, and others. However, it also seems fair to assume that not all Kramer’s “rules”

might be applicable to digital longform: for example, there’s no guarantee that, in

digital longform, reporters tend to write “mostly about routine events” (p. 27) or

“from a disengaged and mobile stance” (p. 31). These aspects are addressed in my

analysis.

The most efficient way to understand what kind of content digital longform

publications tend to run would be to create a proper typology of such content, and

then to compare it to the contents of legacy longform media. However, this typology

has to be created empirically, from the scratch, since the scholars have developed no

proper framework applicable to this study so far. Eason (1990) introduced a

distinction between “realist” and “modernist” literary journalism, based on the way

the reality is represented and treated in a story. This theory was further elaborated by

Roberts & Giles (2014), who suggested that two types of stories (in short, the ones

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that treat reality as something to be properly captured, explained and resolved and the

ones that embrace its contradictory and elusive nature) should be defined as

“ethnographic realism” and “cultural phenomenology.” While deep and insightful,

this classification doesn’t seem to be sufficient for my study which has to consider

themes and genres of the stories on a less abstract level.

Kerran & Yagoda (1997) in their anthology present a more pragmatic

approach, dividing the stories into categories that include objective reporting,

reporting driven by personal experience and reporting driven by style. However, this

framework is suitable for the collection of journalistic narratives, but not for a full-

scale survey of longform stories published by several publication; for such, it is

simply too vague and inconsistent. Therefore, I have to devise my own typology,

looking for patterns and coming up with proper codes for the material I analyze.

Some studies have been done in the area of digital longform; however, almost

all of them concentrated upon singular stories, putting emphasis not on the content

itself, but on the way it is presented digitally. As Berning (2011), Chibana (2014) and

Lassila-Merisalo (2014) showed in their respective studies, while publishing longform

stories online, the news organizations tend to use multimedia elements to create a

more immersive experience of the articles and to reinforce their authenticity. In other

words, the assumption arises that the biggest difference between digital and print

longform is that the former has opportunities to enrich the narrative with additional

elements that aren’t reproducible in print. This assumption seems self-evident, but

still needs to be proved on a representative sample of stories. My study addresses this

assumption.

Intriguingly, while talking about how different their projects are from legacy

media, the founders and editors of digital longform publications also talk more about

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presentation than about the content itself (see, for example, Williams (2012)). When

they do talk about content, they either refer to the flaws of print media, which are too

“formulaic” and “predictable” (Williams (2013)), or describe digital longform as

“participatory” and “novel in form and content” (Lotto (2015)). That underscores the

gap in knowledge that exists right now in terms of the specific characteristics of

digital longform content; the gap that it is especially important to fill, considering the

value that longform journalism brings to the media and its importance for the future

journalism, as argued by Neveu (2014).

Establishing*the*Sources*
To make the goal of my study achievable, I analyze the stories that four

different digital longform publications ran in 2014; to put proper limitations to it and

adhere to a general understanding of what longform is, I analyze only the articles that

are 2,500 words long or more. None of these publications has a specific theme or

subject (unlike some other digital longform entities, such as Compass Cultura, which

is a travelogue), which gives me a representative sample of stories. Every publication

has a different background and different editorial procedures. The Atavist Magazine

(https://magazine.atavist.com/) was created by Evan Ratliff, a former Wired editor, as

a digital harbor for the content that he started to miss in the print press (see Williams

(2012)). Michael Shapiro, a Columbia Journalism school professor, launched The Big

Roundtable (http://www.thebigroundtable.com/) with the same kind of sentiment, but

decided to give the power to the audience: each story pitched to the editors is

evaluated by a huge sample of readers who then make a verdict if the publication

should run it (see Shapiro (2013)). Matter (https://medium.com/matter), a website

based on and owned by the publishing platform Medium, positions itself as “a

magazine for a generation who grew up not caring about magazines” and emphasizes

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the importance of “novel” and “participatory” content (see Lotto (2015)); considering

that, in its current form, Matter was re-launched by a new editorial team in June of

2014, in this study I consider only the longform articles published by it from the date

of the re-launch until the end of 2014. Narratively (http://narrative.ly/) also calls itself

a digital magazine and organize its contents into issues, each of which has a certain

subject and include five stories that relate to that subject. Thus, all these publications

deal or build their reputation on primarily longform content, while approaching it in

different ways. It seems important to uncover what similarities and differences the

content they publish bears.

Since I am also interested in how the content produced by digital longform

publications relate to the content produced by legacy media, I use the stories that two

established print magazines that are generally associated with quality longform

journalism, The Atlantic and GQ, published in 2014 to make the comparison.

Designing*the*Typology:*Data*Coding*
Since, as I mentioned earlier, no proper typology has been yet devised for

longform / literary journalism by the scholar, I had to come up with my own. For this

purpose, I came up with two-step coding system, using the guidelines provided by

Strauss & Corbin (1990), specifically the procedures of open coding and axial coding.

First, after studying the contents and the style of a story, I would ascribe to it

several tags relevant to its contents. On this first stage of coding, I didn’t need these

tags to be applicable to other stories, they might as well have been unique and

individual. That said, I also kept in mind that I should constantly compare different

bits of similar data to each other and that I will need more general categories that will

be applicable to all of the stories on the second stage of the research, so I was

constantly looking for such patterns in order to be able to create a proper list of

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common categories later. Along with analyzing themes and genres of a story, I also

designed two special categories that pertained more to the style and the language than

to the subjects covered; that two categories being the tense primarily used in the story

and the point of view from which it is written.

To be more transparent about the coding process, here are several examples:

1. Miss American Dream, a story by Taffy Brodesser-Akner published by

Matter (https://medium.com/matter/miss-american-dream-31c823ad0e5a). A profile

of Britney Spears in advance of her Las Vegas residence, it analyzed the current

image of a pop star from a feminist standpoint. The primary tags for this story were

celebrity, music, feminism, entertainment, Las Vegas, Britney Spears, profile. The

tense of the article was present; the point of view third.

2. Love and Ruin, a story by James Verini published by the Atavist Magazine

(https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/love-and-ruin/). The focus of the article is a

family of American archeologists who spent several decades in Afghanistan helping

to preserve the history of the country and built a museum in Kabul, while also

sometimes working with American intelligence; the family also witnessed the country

sliding into the nightmare of several decades of civil war. The primary tags for the

story were love, Cold War, family, Afghanistan, exoticism, foreign policy, CIA,

archeology, war, past. The tense of the article was past, the point of view third.

3. The Empire Strikes Back, a story by Noah Schneider published by The Big

Roundtable (http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/empire-strikes-back/). It

described a recent trip to Russia and Ukraine that the author undertook in order to try

to understand how the history of a complicated relationship between two countries

and nations played into the recent military conflict. The primary tags for the story

were travelogue, Russia, Eastern Europe, exoticism, history, personal account,

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politics. The tense, since the story dealt mostly with historical events, but connected

them to the present day and the reporter’s personal experience, was past + present.

The point of view was first.

4. New Orleans' Original Gangsta Rappers Want One More Verse, a story by

Michael Patrick Welch published by Narratively (http://narrative.ly/lost-legends/new-

orleans-original-gangsta-rappers-want-one-more-verse/). The article tells the story of

the group of hip hop musicians from New Orleans that were the pioneers of the

renowned gangsta rap genre, but are not recognized by the industry or the audience.

The primary tags for the story were music, arts, legacy, business. The tense, since the

story described the current life of the rappers, but also delved deep into their artistic

history, was present + past. The point of view, since the author wrote it from a

personal perspective, heavily using “I” and related pronouns, was first.

5. The Case for Reparations, a story by Ta-Nehisi Coates published by The

Atlantic (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-

reparations/361631/). The article deals with the history of housing segregation in

Chicago and a broader history of racial inequality in the U.S., using the historical data

to make an argument that the American government should pay reparations to the

black population to compensate it for dozens and hundreds of years of systematic

oppression. The primary tags ascribed to the story were race, equality, urban life,

social affairs, policies, history, politics. The tense, since the article was making an

argument about contemporary situation using the vast amount of historical evidence,

was present + past. The point of view, since Coates, while mostly concentrating of

the experiences of the characters, still made powerful personal statements, was third

+ first.

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 6. Adam Levine Doesn’t Care If You Like Him, a story by Jessica Pressler

published by GQ (http://www.gq.com/story/adam-levine). The article is a

straightforward profile of a musician Adam Levine. Thus, the primary tags for it were

celebrity, music, profile. The tense was present. The point of view, since all GQ

profiles heavily involve the reporter, was first.

In this fashion, I analyzed 295 stories in total, with 199 published by digital

longform publications and 96 published in print. In order to make the study more

consistent, I analyzed only the stories that used reporting as a primary narrative

device, leaving aside borderline genres such as oral history or extensive Q&A’s.

Designing*the*Typology:*Categories*
After performing primary coding, I compared the results and came up with 32

common categories that describe the contents of the publications this paper is focused

on. I will now list all of them, explaining what each category implies; starting with

subcategories that were used to code the tense and the point of view of the stories.

Tense*
Category Definition
Present Story describes present or recent events; is written mostly in present
tense
Past Story describes events of the past; is written mostly in past tense
Present + Story describes present or recent events, but also includes the events
Past of the past that provide a broader context; however, the primary
narrative is about the present
Past + Story focuses on the events of the past, but also mentions their
Present repercussions or consequences in the present

Point*of*View*
Category Definition
First Story is written from the authorial perspective and involves the
reporter’s personality in one or another way
Third The reporter isn’t a character and isn’t personally involved in the
narrative; the narrative built as a description / observation of events

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 Third + First Story combines both first- and third-person narrative

Contents*
Category Definition
abroad The events of the story happen outside of the U. S.
activism Story describes events or actions that relate to civil rights activism,
social activism etc.
arts Everything related to arts and culture: music, literature, cinema etc.
celebrity Everything related to celebrity culture and pop stars (in a broader
definition of the term).
community Story describes issues of a certain socially structured group of
life people (neighborhood, town, village, church etc.), or the events that
happened within the group.
crime Story describes criminal activities of any kind: murder, fraud, heist,
etc.
curiosities Story describes events or phenomena that are framed to be
perceived as weird, strange, outstanding, and unique.
education The events of the story have something to do with the school
system.
environment Everything related to the environmental issues: natural disasters,
animals, organic production, climate change, etc.
family Everything related to family issues and relationships between
relatives.
food Subjects related to food, such as restaurant culture, farming,
cooking, etc.
government Stories that, in a prominent way, involve government or government
officials, on any level; usually relate to reforms, policies, power
abuse, corruption, etc.
health Everything related to health issues: diseases, epidemics, public
health system, medical research, fitness etc.
history Events of the story happened in the past and contribute to a larger
narrative about significant historical events of phenomena.
law Stories that, in a prominent way, involve the law enforcement
enforcement system: police and government agencies; courts and legal issues;
prison system etc.
media Stories that talk about certain media organizations, devices and
institutions, be it journalism or social media.
migration Everything related to stories of people migrating from one country
to another for whatever reason.
minorities Stories related to sexual, national and racial minorities.
money Stories that touch upon and delve into the economic side of certain
events, situations and phenomena: big and small business, financial
institutions etc.
personal The story is written from the perspective of someone who has
experience actually experienced the events it describes.
policies The story discusses, criticizes or introduces certain systemic
measures that relate to broad social or political situations.
politics The story features, in a prominent and relevant way, politicians, or
their actions, or the life and work of political institutions .

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 profile The story revolves around one character, usually focusing on their
life, career and occupation.
psychology Everything related to how people mentally process certain events or
phenomena, be it relationships, incidents, world in general etc.
religion Everything related to religious lives and identities of individuals, be
it certain churches or cults, or religious institutions, or personal
beliefs.
science The story mentions, in a prominent way, discusses or describe
scientifically verified processes, phenomena and/or findings.
sex Story features, in a prominent way, discusses and/or describes
sexual intercourse and/or relationships between individuals
social issues Stories related to broader societal problems, such as poverty,
corruption, power abuse, etc.
sports Everything related to the sports industry, lives of sportsmen and
women, or professional sportsmanship.
tech Stories that deal with technological developments: new devices and
technology, their potential implications, people and institutions that
create technology etc.
war The events of the story happen in a war zone, or have a distinctive
and essential connection to the events that happened in a war zone.
women Gender issues and/or women rights are essential to the story.

During the second round of coding, each story was assigned to several

categories in order to take into account all the relevant aspects of each story,. To

illustrate how the categories were assigned to each story, I will use the same articles I

cited above to show how the primary coding worked. Secondary tags for each of these

stories went as such:

— Miss American Dream: arts, celebrity, profile, women.

— Love and Ruin: arts, family, history, Middle East, science, war.

— The Empire Strikes Back: abroad, history, personal experience, politics, war.

— New Orleans' Original Gangsta Rappers Want One More Verse: arts, community

life, money

— The Case for Reparations: activism, community life, government, history, money,

policies, politics, race, social issues

— Adam Levine Doesn’t Care If You Like Him: arts, celebrity, profile.

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 The full spreadsheet showing both primary and secondary tags for each story,

as well as the categories for Tense and Point of View, can be found in the Appendix.

Of course, this typology is far from perfect. First and foremost, it pertains

primarily to a specific sample of longform stories that is obviously too small to create

any kind of definitive classification for the whole genre. If applied to a larger sample

of stories, the typology might show certain discrepancies or omissions. Second, a

critique can be made that the typology is superfluous, and need another round of

coding to create a more accessible and general list of categories. Third, the typology

is only relatively homogenous, because it includes both themes and genres.

However, for the purposes of this particular study, I believe, I can work with

this typology to establish certain patterns and compare the contents of digital

longform publications to those of print magazines. The abundance of categories, in

this particular case, might actually provide not only for confusion, but also for more

accuracy.

Findings:*Individual*Publications’*Profiles*
After analyzing the data, the most obvious conclusion is that, whereas there

indeed are some distinctive differences and telling similarities between digital

longform publications in general and print magazines (I will address them later in the

paper), maybe the most striking are the differences between individual publications

and their individual profiles that have emerge during the research research. Therefore,

in this part of the study I will provide a short overview of each publication,

accompanied with infographics showing what kind of stories they cover the most and,

for the purposes of adding some entertainment to this study, a hypothetical perfect

story pitch for each publication.

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 The*Atavist*Magazine*

The Atavist Magazine, which publishes roughly a story a month, offered the

smallest sample for the study, with only thirteen longform stories published in 2014.

However, some trends seem to be apparent even with this amount of content. In terms

of tense, the publication doesn’t seem to have any preference, with stories written in

present and past found in equal numbers in the sample. The third-person point of view

is featured in two-thirds of the articles. As for the themes, The Atavist Magazine tends

to run stories that happen outside of the U.S., in more exotic places, and involve

narratively and emotionally compelling events, such as criminal activities and human

relationships, as well as vast amounts of historical context. It is remarkable that the

types of content that are prominent in most of the other publications, such as, for

example, profile and celebrity are non-existent in The Atavist Magazine. The lack of

profiles can be possibly explained by the fact that the stories published here tend to

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run as long as 10,000 words and longer, and therefore are likely to include more

complicated subjects than the life of just one prominent person.

Perfect Pitch: In the 1970’s, a Pakistani man steals the most valuable work in

the national art gallery. Thirty years later, he decides to return it because of the

woman he fell in love with.

The*Big*Roundtable**

The fact that, in terms of the point of view, the articles published in the Big

Roundtable, which in 2014 ran eighteen stories, tend to be equally split between first

person and third person (with two-thirds of articles written in present tense), probably

correlates with the findings that two of the most recurrent themes / genres in the

publications are stories based on personal experience of writers (usually written in

first person) and profiles (usually written in third person). Just as The Atavist

Magazine, and, as we will see, most of the digital longform publications, The Big

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Roundtable favors stories from abroad; however, unlike The Atavist, its articles more

often revolve around social subjects in a broader sense of the word, such as

environmental issues, health concerns, family problems etc.

Perfect Pitch: A former Nigerian journalist writes about how he quit his job

and became a climate change activist because of a rare disease that struck his

estranged son.

Matter*

With Matter, which published 37 stories since its re-launch in the summer of

2014, the first thing that comes to mind while looking at its thematic specter is its

diversity: as many as fourteen different secondary tags emerged as prominent. Almost

all the stories published in Matter are dealing with contemporary events (97 per cent

of present tense); in terms of the point of the point of view, slightly more than half of

the stories are written in third-person, while a notable amount of articles combine two

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points of views (eleven per cent). In terms of subjects covered, Matter maintained its

legacy of a publication about modern science and technology, but clearly broadened

its focus, following the same pattern of covering a lot of foreign stories that I

mentioned above. The prominence of such subjects as crime and curiosities might be

explained by the publication’s attempt to reinforce its mass appeal and publish stories

that will bring a larger audience to it (which would make sense, considering that, in a

sense, Matter is a promotional tool for Medium as a publishing platform); of course,

stories about criminal activities and weird phenomena are easier to sell on social

media.

Perfect Pitch: A Ukrainian IT engineer and her fiancée steal a database of

HIV-positive patients from the National Institutes of Health and start to blackmail

celebrities on Twitter. When a former swamp soccer world champion becomes

involved, it all gets completely weird.

Narratively*
Narratively publishes an “issue” a week, each issue consisting of up to five

stories, most of which fall under the aforementioned criteria of longform. As a

consequence, it offers by far a much bigger sample than any other publication in this

study, digital or print. However, it is interesting to note that certain subjects and

genres here recur even more frequently than the most prominently featured secondary

tags in other publications. In terms of tense and point of view, the stories in

Narratively are distributed pretty evenly, with 57 per cent of the articles talking about

contemporary events and using primarily present tense, and 56 percent of the articles

written in third person perspective. In terms of the thematic and genre focus of its

coverage, the fact that the most frequent secondary tags here turned out to be

curiosities and personal experience can be explained by different work routines of the

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publication that the ones that are more likely to exist in, say, The Atavist Magazine.

Considering the amount of stories it runs, Narratively might not be capable of more

in-depth coverage that tends to require more time and resources, and that’s why its

writers usually focus on weird and appealing singular incidents or biographies,

different aspects of lives of small communities, and on their personal experiences,

instead of delving into broader context of national policies, politics or social

developments. The abundance of Narratively articles with headlines like “The Secret

Life of…” provides a curious support for this statement.

Perfect Pitch: I turned the life of my neighborhood around using the legacy of

my father, who was a famous burglar, to create an art project. It got me rich, and also

sick.

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 The*Atlantic*

First of the two print magazine analyzed in the study, The Atlantic offers the

most striking difference with digital longform publications, with only a couple of

secondary tags overlapping with the four websites I overviewed above. With most of

the stories relating to current events (86 per cent of present tense) and written from

the third-person point of view (62 per cent), The Atlantic is way more eager to address

broader economical and political problems, going as far as discussing possible

solutions and policies. More common subjects and genres such as profile and arts

occur in the publication, too, but the biggest focus seems to be on issues pertaining to

the American society; stories about foreign affairs occur pretty rarely, and even when

they do, they usually connect to the U.S. foreign policy or law enforcement.

Perfect Pitch: Because of greedy politicians who aren’t willing to give

subsidies, patients with a recently found psychological condition aren’t offer special

education, which affects their further performance in life. Here’s what we have to do.

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 GQ*

As the research shows, GQ, which is historically associated with creating and

promoting certain social male role models, is still very much doing that, using

celebrities as poster men (and, well, women). Almost the majority of GQ stories are

the profiles of celebrities— actors, musicians, fashion designers, etc., —written in a

playful and personal voice, which seems to be quite similar even with different

writers; hence the dominance of present tense (94 per cent) and first-person point of

view (70 per cent). Indeed, just as some of the covers of the magazine may seem

almost identical, the cover stories are, in a way, too. Apart from that huge part of the

content, GQ is more likely to pursue stories that have a certain sensational appeal to

them (hence the prominence of curiosities as a secondary tag) and deal with subjects

like crime, money and entertainment industry in general.

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 Perfect Pitch: A former Hollywood actress pulls of an insane Ponzi scheme

using her favorite football team, gets caught, goes to jail, tells it all to an ebullient GQ

reporter.

Findings:*Digital*Longform*v.*Print*Longform:*Differences,*Similarities*
and*Patterns*
It is obvious that, from a purely statistical point of view, the sample chosen in

this study doesn’t provide a researcher with enough data to make any proper

conclusions. For one, the sizes of the samples in case of different publications differ

too dramatically. Also, the amount of categories used to create the typology is too

abundant for an across the board comparison to reach any telling results. However,

this paper is not a quantitative study. Future research may arrive to a more coherent

and better scaled typology that will allow to use quantitative methods to compare

different longform (or not necessarily longform) publications, but even with this

sample certain patterns arise that can be described, even if not scientifically measured.

Here are some of them.

1. Longform in print tends to address broader issues and include bigger

social context. Print magazines seem more likely to run stories that connect singular

or recurring incidents to the general political, economical and social situations in the

country, as well as consider different solutions of larger problems. Even though I

don’t have any evidence to support the following statement, I am sure that if the

sample included The New Yorker instead of (or along with) GQ, this difference would

be even more striking. This phenomenon might be explained by different life cycles

of print and digital publications, as well as by their different economic situations;

presumably, staff writers employed by legacy media can spend more time and money

on a story and, therefore, include enough sources to make it comprehensive. Of

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course, this assumption requires more evidence, and can be either proved or disproved

by further research.

2. Digital longform is more likely to be adventurous. Surely, I use the world

“adventurous” here in a metaphorical way. What it implies is that digital longform

publications tend to publish more stories where narrative is build upon some strange

incidents, unique phenomena, outstanding life stories, etc. One might go as far as

calling digital longform generally more sensational, even though this term is usually

used with negative connotations, which doesn’t seem to be appropriate in this case. It

is interesting to note, though, that this characteristic contradicts Kramer’s (1995)

statement that literary journalism covers mostly “routine events;” the only publication

analyzed that more or less adheres to this rule (no stories had secondary tag

curiosities) is The Big Roundtable.

3. Digital longform tends to be more exotic. This trend is the easiest to

show: each of four analyzed digital longform publications had “abroad” as one of the

most frequently used tags; none of print magazines did. On one hand, this is puzzling:

considering that covering international stories is usually considered to be expensive, it

seemed logical to assume that digital publications, which usually have smaller

budgets, wouldn’t feature this kind stories so frequently. On the other hand, content-

wise, this makes perfect sense, because there are more gaps in international coverage

than there are in national or local; and many editors of digital longform publications

proclaim finding and filling such gaps as their goal (see, for example, Williams

(20130)). Also, in the digital era, it should be easier to find freelancers abroad who

can pitch stories and write in English.

4. Digital longform is more likely to get personal; i.e., digital longform

publications in general feature more stories written by someone who actually

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experienced the event they describe than print magazines which tend to adhere to a

point of view of an independent observer (again, this argument would have looked

even more substantial if The New Yorker had been included in the analysis). This

aspect of digital longform might also connect to its adventurous tendencies mentioned

earlier; it might be suggested that, when the stories are promoted digitally, it is easier

for the audience to emotionally connect to the write who had an actual experience

they describe. From a narrative standpoint, that might also explain why digital

longform publication usually have more diverse and complex point of views, with

combined perspective such as using both third and first person simultaneously being

more widespread (in print, such practices are almost non-existent). This is another

distinctive characteristic of digital longform that doesn’t go along with the genre rules

introduced by Kramer (1995), who wrote that literary journalism tends to be written

“from a disengaged and mobile stance” (p. 31).

5. It takes a long time for longform, both print and digital, to react to an

event. The biggest stories of 2014 were, arguably, the outbreak of Ebola epidemic in

Africa, the events in Ferguson, Missouri, and the terror of the Islamic State in Syria

and Iraq. Starting the research, I expected to find many article about these matters or

the issues connected to them. I have found almost none. At first, I even created

special tags Africa and Middle East in order to better categorize such stories;

eventually, they didn’t appear prominent enough to stand on their own and were

included in the abroad category. The fact that none of the longform publications

reacted to these events in a noticeable way might be explained by the longer

production cycle of longform journalism: it simply takes more time to produce a

comprehensive story, especially when it is that big.

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 6. Even though they were prominent in daily news, minorities still weren’t

covered by longform publications. Again, when I started creating categories, I

initially devised separate categories race and LGBTQ, expecting to find a relevant

number of stories on these matters at least in some publications. Eventually, I had to

combine them in a single minorities category, and even this wasn’t recurrent enough

to be considered prominent for any of the publications. Some stories, such as Ta-

Nehisi Coates’ The Case for Reparations in The Atlantic, were widely popular and

provoked many discussions, but the amount of longform articles covering race or

LGBTQ issues still wasn’t remarkable by any measure. One of the reasons for this, at

least in terms of racial relations, might be the same generally slow reaction of the

genre I mentioned above. However, this explanation doesn’t seem to be sufficient,

and the issue might be worth looking into.

7. Multimedia component isn’t mandatory; narrative still rules. As I

already mentioned, one of the aspects of digital longform journalism that has been

underscored both by the scholars and by those who create such publications is that

they put emphasis on multimedia elements that enhance the articles and help to create

new ways of storytelling. As convincing as there arguments are, with the publications

analyzed in the study, this doesn’t appear to be the case. Only The Atavist Magazine

had multiple story with multimedia elements (such as videos, soundtracks etc.); pretty

much all the others consisted pretty much of same old elements such as text and

pictures. However, this finding shouldn’t be perceived as discouraging. Quite the

opposite: first, it should mean that the narrative still stands on its own; second, that

there are still plenty opportunities for enhancing longform journalism with

multimedia elements.

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 Conclusion*
In an attempt to understand the specific characteristics of digital longform

content, this study, using the procedures of qualitative coding based on a sample of

295 longform articles published by four digital and two print publications in 2014,

created a tentative typology which consists of thirty-two categories and also takes into

account the tense and the point of view used in a story. This typology helped me to

create a telling thematic profile of each publication analyzed, as well as to see some

patterns that emerge when digital longform publications are compared to print.

Of course, when it comes to creating a proper typology for longform

journalism, this is just a mere beginning. As I already said, this particular

classification has a lot of limitations, starting from the size of the sample and ending

with the abundance of categories devised; these limitations need to be addressed if a

more widely applicable typology is to be devised. However, even these categories

yielded some valuable results, and further research in this area definitely might help

us understand how longform journalism changes and works in the digital

environment. Some of the questions that emerge in this study I hope to address in my

future thesis that will look into the business models of digital longform publications,

trying to understand how such publications sustain themselves, and how their

business considerations relate to the editorial procedures.

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Appendix*
On the following pages, the spreadsheet that was used to code the data used in

the research is included. The same spreadsheet was used to assign the primary tags

and the secondary tags. Frankly, it is way more convenient to look at it on a computer

as an Excel file, but just in case.

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 THE$ATAVIST
## Story Author Link Primary0Tags Tense POV
1 Queen$of$the$Tokyo$Ballroom Jennifer$Sky https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/queenFofFtheFtokyoFballroom/
Japan,$personal$experience,$travel,$fashion$industry,$exoticism,$PTSD,$puberty,$rape,$sexuality past first
2 Love$and$Ruin James$Verini https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/loveFandFruin/
love,$Cold$War,$Afghanistan,$exoticism,$foreign$policy,$CIA,$archeology,$war,$past,$family past third
3 The$Dead$Zoo$Gang Charles$Homans https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/theFdeadFzooFgang/
curiosities,$animals,$museums,$crime,$black$market,$environment,$Europe,$science,$rhino$horns present third
4 The$Copenhagen$Job Line$Holm$Nielsen https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/theFcopenhagenFjob/
crime,$armed$robbery,$heist,$Scandinavia,$action present third
5 Twice$Upon$a$Time:$Listening$to$New$York Hari$Kunzru https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/twiceFuponFaFtime/
multimedia,$music,$personal$experience,$New$York,$urban present first
6 Cloud$Racers Adam$L.$Penenberg https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/cloudFracers/
aviation,$history,$travel,$profile,$technology,$Hollywood,$past past third
7 Love$for$My$Enemies Lukas$Augustin$and$Niklas$Schenck
https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/loveFforFmyFenemies/
Rwanda,$war,$exoticism,$Africa,$postFtrauma,$video,$multimedia present third
8 A$Thousand$Pounds$of$Dynamite Adam$Higginbotham https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/aFthousandFpoundsFofFdynamite/
crime,$curiosities,$extortion,$investigation,$ past third
9 52$Blue Leslie$Jamison https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/52Fblue/
nature,$environment,$animals,$science,$personal$stories,$whales present third$+$first
10 The$Trials$of$White$Boy$Rick Evan$Hughes https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/theFtrialsFofFwhiteFboyFrick/
crime,$drugs,$FBI,$law$enforcement,$corruption,$investigation past third
11 The$Devil$Underground Nadja$Drost https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/theFdevilFunderground/
Colombia,$crime,$drug$lord,$murder,$drugs,$gangs,$investigation,$mining$industry present third$+$first
12 The$Fort$of$Young$Saplings Vanessa$Veselka https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/theFfortFofFyoungFsaplings/
personal$account,$Alaska,$history,$exoticism,$tribe,$Russia past$+$present first
13 Company$Eight Matthew$Pearl https://magazine.atavist.com/stories/companyFeight/
history,$firefighters,$policies,$government,$civic$activism past third
Total:'13 past'='6'='46% first'='3'='23%
present'='6'='46% third'='8'='61%
past'+'present'='1'='8% third'+'first'='2'='16%
## abroad activism arts celebrity community2life crime curiosities education environment family food
1 1
2 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 1
4 1 1
5 1 1
6 1
7 1
8 1 1
9 1
10 1
11 1 1
12 1
13 1
6 1 3 2 5 2 2 1
46% 23% 38%
## government health history law1enforcement media migration minorities money personal1experience policies politics
1 1
2 1
3
4
5
6 1
7
8
9
10 1
11 1
12 1 1
13 1 1
4 1 1 2 1
31%
## profile psychology religion science sex social1issues sports tech war women
1 1 1 1
2 1 1
3
4
5
6 1
7 1 1 1
8
9 1 1
10 1
11
12
13
3 2 1 2 1 2 1
23%
 THE$BIG$ROUNDTABLE
## Story Author Link Primary1Tags Tense POV
1 The$Man$Who$Hid$in$an$Airplane$Bathroom
Rahul$Jayaram http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/manIhidIairplaneIbathroom/
exoticism,$personal$stories,$Middle$East,$Asia,$migrancy,$economy,$working$class, present third$+$first
2 After$the$Tsunami John$Sheeny http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/tsunami/
personal$account,$tsunamis,$Japan,$natural$disaster,$environment present first
3 Pedestrian$Struck Pierrette$Rouleau$Stukeshttp://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/pedestrianIstruck/
personal$account,$car$accident,$essay,$family,$medical$issues,$ past first
4 Driving$Mr.$Murray Tony$Scherman http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/drivingImrImurray/
music,$profile,$personal$account,$jazz,$obituary past third$+$first
5 The$Light$in$Beirut Stephen$Franklin http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/theIlightIinIbeirut/
personal$account,$Syria,$arrest,$exoticism,$death past first
6 The$Man$Who$Would$Save$Jazz Dean$Bl.$Myers http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/manIsaveIjazz/
jazz,$profile,$music,$culture,$education past$+$present third
7 Paralyzed Jamie$Lisanti http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/paralyzed/
profile,$sports,$health,$transformation,$personal$struggle,$bravery present third
8 Consider$the$Can Robert$W.$Fieseler http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/considerIcan/
environment,$aluminium,$story$of$an$object,$economics,$recycle,$science present third
9 The$Boy$Who$Lived Douglas$Grant$Mine http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/theIboyIwhoIlived/
personal$account,$health$care,$science,$child$birth,$family present first
10 LatterIDay$Saint Daniel$A.$Gross http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/latterIdayIsaint/
LGBT,$religion,$profile,$life$story present third
11 A$Strange$Knocks Jonathan$Fink http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/aIstrangerIknocks/
crime,$personal$story,$sexual$assault,$race,$legal present first
12 The$Robots$of$Resistance Luke$Yoquinto http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/theIrobotsIofIresistance/
technology,$profile,$economy,$class,$liberalism,$robots present third
13 In$the$Clearing$Stands$a$Boxer Charles$Euchner http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/clearingIstandsIboxer/
sports,$profile,$boxing,$family,$crime,$abuse past$+$present third
14 The$Battle$for$Bunny$Land Miriam$Wasser http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/theIbattleIforIbunnyIland/
rabbits,$animals,$environment,$food,$breeders,$animal$rights present third
15 The$Bridge$to$Sodom$and$Gomorrah
Yepoka$Yeebo http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/theIbridgeItoIsodomIandIgomorrah/
Africa,$environment,$exoticism,$lowlife,$slum$life,$poverty,$ present third
16 My$Journey$to$the$New$JerusalemSonja$Sharp http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/myIjourneyItoItheInewIjerusalem/
Jewish,$religion,$personal$account,$identity$issues,$Millennials present first
17 The$Empire$Strikes$Back Noah$Sneider http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/empireIstrikesIback/
travelogue,$Russia,$exoticism,$history,$personal$account,$politics,$Eastern$Europe past$+$present first
18 Last$Trip$to$Quetico Jim$Doherty http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/lastItripIquetico/
travelogue,$environment,$nature,$family,$personal$account present first
TOTAL%=%18 past%=%3%=%17% first%=%8%=%44%
present%=%12%=%66% third%=%8%=%44%
past%+%present%=%3%=%17% third%+%first%=%2%=%12%
## abroad activism arts celebrity community2life crime curiosities education environment family food
1 1
2 1 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1 1
7
8 1
9 1
10
11 1
12
13 1 1
14 1 1
15 1
16 1
17 1
18 1 1
6 1 2 1 2 1 4 3
33% 22% 17%
## government health history law1enforcement media migration minorities money personal1experience
1 1
2 1
3 1 1
4
5 1
6
7 1
8 1
9 1 1
10 1
11 1 1
12
13
14 1
15
16 1
17 1 1
18 1
3 1 1 1 2 2 7
17% 39%
## policies politics profile psychology religion science sex social2issues sports tech war women
1 1
2
3
4 1
5 1 1
6 1
7 1 1
8 1
9
10 1
11
12 1 1 1
13 1 1
14
15 1
16 1
17 1 1
18
1 5 1 2 1 3 2 1 2
28% 17%
 MATTER
## Story Author Link Primary1Tags Tense POV
1 Miss)American)Dream Taffy)Brodesser6Akner https://medium.com/matter/miss6american6dream631c823ad0e5a
celebrity,)music,)feminism,)Britney)Spears,)entertainment,)Las)Vegas,)profile present third
2 The)Secret)to)Getting)Top6Secret)Secrets Jason)Fagone https://medium.com/matter/the6secret6to6getting6top6secret6secrets61f693eaf609a
media,)government,)corruption,)freedom)of)speech,)power)abuse,)profile present third
3 Francis's)Holy)War Alma)Guillermoprieto https://medium.com/matter/franciss6holy6war670a382606c0d
religion,)Vatican,)politics,)profile present third
4 The)$124,421)Man Chadwick)Matlin https://medium.com/matter/the612464216man656e3b84a321
student)debt,)economy,)personal)account,)education present first
5 “Speaking)up)every.)Fucking.)Time” Elizabeth)Spiers https://medium.com/matter/speaking6up6every6fucking6time6a61a24aa7629
feminism,)media,)tech)industry,)women)rights present first
6 My)Life)with)Piper:)From)Big)House)to)Small)Screen Larry)Smith https://medium.com/matter/my6life6with6piper6from6big6house6to6small6screen6592b35f5af94
personal)account,)celebrity,)entertainment,)TV,)relationships,)LGBT present first
7 We)All)Got)Trolled David)Kushner https://medium.com/matter/the6martyrdom6of6weev69e72da8a133d
Internet,)freedom,)crime,)profile,)freedom)of)speech present third
8 The)Best6Selling,)Billion6Dollar)Pills)Tested)on)Homeless)People
Carl)Elliott https://medium.com/matter/did6big6pharma6test6your6meds6on6homeless6people6a6d8d3fc7dfe
healthcare,)class,)corruption,)medical)issues,)science,)pharmacy present first
9 Why)Are)Dope6Addicted,)Disgraced)Doctors)Running)Our)Drug)Trials?
Peter)Aldhous https://medium.com/matter/why6are6dope6addicted6disgraced6doctors6running6our6drug6trials6aff6d20843bf
healthcare,)corruption,)crime,)legal present third)+)first
10 The)Untold)and)Insanely)Weird)Story)of)A6Rod’s)Doping)Habits
Tim)Elfrink)and)Gus)Garcia6Roberts
https://medium.com/matter/the6untold6and6insanely6weird6story6of6a6rods6doping6habits6e888f08e012a
sports,)drugs,)doping,)healthcare,)crime present third
11 Everybody)Smiley)Poops Mary)Mann https://medium.com/matter/everybody6smiley6poops6d8490a4b6bec
media,)psychology,)emoji,)communication,)science present first
12 You’re)16.)You’re)a)Pedophile.)You)Don’t)Want)to)Hurt)Anyone.)What)Do)You)Do)Now?
Luke)Malone https://medium.com/matter/youre6166youre6a6pedophile6you6dont6want6to6hurt6anyone6what6do6you6do6now6e11ce4b88bdb
psychology,)healthcare,)pedophilia,)mental)health,)science present third
13 The)terrifying)true)story)of)the)garbage)that)could)kill)the)whole)human)race
Bucky)McMahon https://medium.com/matter/the6terrifying6true6story6of6the6garbage6that6could6kill6the6whole6human6race6b17eebd6d54
environment,)healthcare,)ocean,)activism present third
14 The)Aftershocks David)Wolman https://medium.com/matter/the6aftershocks67966d0cdec66
science,)crime,)curiosities,)Europe,)policies,)government,)environment present third
15 Welcome)Back)to)School)(Shootings) Rachael)Maddux https://medium.com/matter/welcome6back6to6school6shootings611e14773a4c4
education,)crime,)personal)account,)policies present first
16 Louisiana)Loses)Its)Boot Brett)Anderson https://medium.com/matter/louisiana6loses6its6boot6b55b3bd52d1e
environment,)ocean,)science,)government,)policies present first
17 Whoever)Saves)A)Life Matthieu)Aikins https://medium.com/matter/whoever6saves6a6life61aaea20b782
war,)Syria,)Middle)East,)exoticism,)civil)activism present third
18 Faith6Based)Diplomacy Nathan)Thrall https://medium.com/matter/americas6quest6for6israeli6palestinian6peace6db27f99ad9f0
politics,)Middle)East,)diplomacy,)government,)foreign)policy present third
19 Zero)Percent)Water Alan)Heathcock https://medium.com/matter/why6the6california6drought6is6all6your6fault655f81a947ce2
draught,)environment,)science,)public)ignorance,)farming present first
20 The)Leftovers Taffy)Brodesser6Akner https://medium.com/matter/strike6paula6deen6down6and6she6shall6become6more6powerful6than6you6can6possibly6imagine66c6fbda4bde4
profile,)celebrity,)food,)healthcare,)media,)race present third)+)first
21 The)Balld)of)Marine)Todd David)Roth https://medium.com/matter/the6ballad6of6marine6todd67886a0f200bd
Internet,)media,)memes,)virality present third
22 Etsy’s)Trying)to)Fix)Tech’s)Women)Problem.)Why)Aren’t)You?
Ann)Friedman https://medium.com/matter/this6is6the6last6thing6youll6ever6need6to6read6about6sexism6in6tech656b9a3a77af0
tech,)feminism,)civil)activism,)sexism,)sociology present third
23 The)Best)Monster Vanessa)Veselka https://medium.com/matter/the6best6monster638461c5cbbf1
porn,)curiosity,)RPG,)nerds,)geeks,)games,)entertainment present third)+)first
24 Sex)Is)Sex,)But)Money)Is)Money Svetlana)Z https://medium.com/matter/sex6is6sex6but6money6is6money6e7c10091713f
personal)account,)escort,)sex)industry,)economy present first
25 “Some)True)Information)is)Impossible)to)Censor” Mara)Hvistendahl https://medium.com/matter/heres6what6mainland6tourists6learned6in6hong6kong6this6past6week6ec7b38966621
Hong)Kong,)protests,)civil)activsim,)class,)politics present third
26 Queens)of)the)West Kelly)Williams)Brown https://medium.com/matter/rodeo6queens6of6the6west69bcfb7fa8911
women,)sports,)curiosities,)feminism,)rodeo present third)
27 "If)We)Run)and)They)Kill)Us,)So)Be)it" Sarah)A.)Topol https://medium.com/matter/if6we6run6and6they6kill6us6so6be6it6but6we6have6to6run6now6ad48d0b28994
Boko)Haram,)women,)war,)poverty,)Africa,)exoticism,)terror present third
28 The)Making)of)the)World's)Scariest)Terrorist)Brand Marshall)Sella https://medium.com/matter/the6making6of6the6worlds6most6effective6terrorist6brand692620f91bc9d
ISIS,)Middle)East,)terror,)media,)social)media,)war present third
29 The)Uber)for)Gentleman)Companions Julieanne)Smolinski https://medium.com/matter/the6uber6of6gentleman6companions64416b25f6491
tech,)feminism,)startups,)curiosities present first
30 On)Kindness Cord)Jefferson https://medium.com/matter/on6kindness6819ce388f976
psychology,)personal)account,)family,)health present first
31 All)Dressed)Up)for)Mars)and)Nowhere)to)Go Elmo)Keep https://medium.com/matter/all6dressed6up6for6mars6and6nowhere6to6go67e76df527ca0
curiosity,)space)travel,)fraud,)science present third
32 What)It)Takes)To)Be)The)French)Jennifer)Lawrence Mac)McClelland https://medium.com/matter/what6it6takes6to6be6the6french6jennifer6lawrence69177abe68534
curiosity,)celebrity,)entertainment,)TV,)culture present third
33 Lost)In)Space)City James)Greene,)Jr. https://medium.com/matter/is6there6life6after6nasa62b991faac4f1
space)travel,)industry,)economy present third
34 Blood)on)the)Corn Charles)Bowden)and)Molly)Molloy
https://medium.com/matter/blood6on6the6corn652ac13f7e643
drugs,)corruption,)crime,)murder,)history,)police,)government,)Mexico past third
35 How)to)Get)Away)with)Uber Bobbie)Johnson https://medium.com/the6wtf6economy/how6to6get6away6with6uber675b406043733
personal)essay,)tech,)transportation,)social)criticism,)economy present first
36 Death)Becomes)Him Eric)Puchner https://medium.com/matter/confessions6of6a6mortician67a8c061bbda3
curiosity,)profile,)death present first
37 Girls)Fight)Out Taffy)Brodesser6Akner https://medium.com/matter/theres6a6woman6who6can6kick6a6mans6ass6and6everybody6around6the6world6knows6it640e76270273b
women,)entertainment,)sports,)curiosity present third)+)first
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present%=%36%=%97% third%=%20%=%54%
third%+%fist%=%4%=%11%
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 !NARRATIVELY
## Story Author Link Primary1Tags Tense POV
1 The!American!Dream!Is!Huge!In!Asia Rachana!Rathi http://narrative.ly/americanAdreamless/theAamericanAdreamAisAhugeAinAasia/
exoticism,!Asia,!migrancy,!economy,!thirld!world present third
2 Daisy!Jambawo's!Sad,!Strange!Trip Florence!Madenga http://narrative.ly/americanAdreamless/daisyAjambawosAsadAstrangeAtrip/#
death,!family,!bureaucracy,!Africa,!migrancy present third
3 The!Unbearable!Loneliness!of!a!Cubana!in!MiamiVanessa!Garcia http://narrative.ly/americanAdreamless/unbearableAlonelinessAcubanaAinAmiami/
arts,!profile,!migrancy,!Cuba,!personal!story present third
4 The!Soldier!Who!Needed!'Nam Nissa!Rhee http://narrative.ly/americanAdreamless/unbearableAlonelinessAcubanaAinAmiami/
military,!war,!history,!personal!story,!PTSD,!psychology past!+!present third
5 Allergic!to!America Sheela!Raman http://narrative.ly/americanAdreamless/allergicAtoAamerica/
identity!issues,!migrancy,!family!legacy,!personal!account present first
6 Growing!Up!Clown Brandon!Ambrosino http://narrative.ly/soAfunnyAitAhurts/growingAupAclown/
family,!personal!account,!arts,!circus present!+!past first
7 How!to!Raise!A!Comedian!Without!Really!Trying David!Wood http://narrative.ly/soAfunnyAitAhurts/howAraiseAcomedianAwithoutAreallyAtrying/
personal!account,!family,!arts,!poverty present!+!past first
8 Hace!You!Heard!the!One!About!the!Sober!StandAUp?
Kyria!Abrahams http://narrative.ly/soAfunnyAitAhurts/haveAyouAheardAoneAaboutAsoberAstandAup/
comedy,!alcoholism,!arts,!personal!stories present third
9 Halal!in!the!Heartland Sahar!Jahani http://narrative.ly/muslimAinAamerica/halalAinAtheAheartland/
teenager,!Islam,!religion,!personal!stories present third
10 The!Adventures!of!Pakistani!in!Texas Mariya!Karimjee http://narrative.ly/muslimAinAamerica/theAadventuresAofAaApakistaniAinAtexas/
Migrancy,!religion,!intolerance,!personal!account past first
11 That's!My!Hijab Marisa!L.!Berman http://narrative.ly/muslimAinAamerica/thatsAmyAhijab/
religion,!fashion,!profile,!identity!issues present third
12 Confessions!of!A!Freshman!in!a!Foreign!LandPrabhat!Bharat http://narrative.ly/campusAchronicles/confessionsAfreshmanAinAforeignAland/
personal!account,!identity!issues,!education,!migrancy present first
13 Secrets!of!Ivy!League!Tour!Guides Liz!Rian http://narrative.ly/campusAchronicles/secretsAofAivyAleagueAtourAguides/
education,!public!image,!job!description,!curiosities present third!+!first
14 The!Misplace!Wallet!and!the!Year!of!Delightful!Deception
Rick!Andrews http://narrative.ly/unsolvedAmysteries/misplacedAwalletAandAyearAdelightfulAdeception/
personal!account,!curiosity, past first
15 Grief!Has!No!Deadline Jocelyn!Y.!Stewart http://narrative.ly/unsolvedAmysteries/griefAhasAnoAdeadline/
media,!crime,!personal!account present first
16 Who!Killed!Heather!Broadus? Bojana!Sandic http://narrative.ly/unsolvedAmysteries/whoAkilledAheatherAbroadus/
crime,!family,! present third
17 The!Russian!Spy!Who!Painted!Brooklyn!Red Robert!Silverman http://narrative.ly/unsolvedAmysteries/theArussianAspyAwhoApaintedAbrooklynAred/
history,!spies,!personal!account,!crime,!Russia,!curiosity past third
18 The!Nuyorican!Revolution Frederick!Bernas http://narrative.ly/voicesAofAtheAcity/theAnuyoricanArevolution/
arts,!media,!Puerto!Rico,!migrancy,!New!York present third
19 Master!of!the!Macabre Maria!Smillos http://narrative.ly/theAmovieAlife/masterAofAtheAmacabre/
arts,!cinema,!profile,!curiosity present third
20 I!Am!Rocky!Balboa Dena!Levitz http://narrative.ly/theAmovieAlife/iAamArockyAbalboa/
arts,!profile,!curiosity present third
21 Murder!at!the!Tuxedo W.!M.!Akers http://narrative.ly/beyondAbourbonAstreet/murderAatAtheAtuxedo/
history,!crime past third
22 I!Left!My!Leg!In!St.!Roch!Cemetery Eve!Troeh http://narrative.ly/beyondAbourbonAstreet/iAleftAmyAlegAinAstArochAcemetery/
curiosity,!religion,!history past third
23 Looking!for!Love!in!GutABomb!City Gwendolyn!Keep http://narrative.ly/beyondAbourbonAstreet/lookingAforAloveAinAgutAbombAcity/
personal!account,!curiosity,!health,!relationships past first
24 Queen!for!a!Day Alison!Fenterstock http://narrative.ly/beyondAbourbonAstreet/queenAforAaAday/
culture,!customs,!carnival,!women,!traditions present third
25 A!Fine!Set!of!Pipes Kate!Baggaley http://narrative.ly/artAinAstrangeAplaces/aAfineAsetAofApipes/
profile,!arts,!New!York,! present third
26 Live!from!the!Graffiti!Underground Jamie!Maleszka http://narrative.ly/artAinAstrangeAplaces/liveAfromAtheAgraffitiAunderground/
graffiti,!arts,!diy!culture,!New!York,!history past third
27 A!Strange!Sport's!Deadest!Season Alden!Wicker http://narrative.ly/lifeAgoesAon/aAstrangeAsportsAsaddestAseason/
sports,!curiosity,!New!York present third
28 Intern!Steve!Conquers!Rap!World Steve!McPherson http://narrative.ly/cantAstopAhipAhop/internAsteveAconquersAtheArapAworld/
personal!account,!music,!tour,!hip!hop past first
29 Rappers!Take!Back!the!Streets John!Surico http://narrative.ly/cantAstopAhipAhop/rappersAtakeAbackAtheAstreets/
New!York,!music,!social!issues,!curiosity,!arts,!identity!issues present third
30 Please!Punch!Me Daryl!Khan http://narrative.ly/redemption/pleaseApunchAme/
boxing,!sports,!curiosity,!midlife!crisis,!personal!stories present third
31 Friday!Night!Darkness Paul!McDonald http://narrative.ly/redemption/fridayAnightAdarkness/
college!football,!local!sports,!local!community present third
32 Broke!Luu's!Stormy!Journey!Home Michael!Perrota http://narrative.ly/desperatelyAseekingAsomething/brookeAluusAstormyAjourneyAhome/
Vietnam,!migrancy,!personal!stories,!history,!adventure,!curiosity,!family past third
33 My!Childhood!in!an!Apocalyptic!Cult Flor!Edwards http://narrative.ly/desperatelyAseekingAsomething/myAchildhoodAinAanAapocalypticAcult/
personal!account,!religion,!curiosity,!psychology,!family past!+!present first
34 Sweaty!as!Hell,!and!Staring!Down!Dearh Erika!Hayasaki http://narrative.ly/desperatelyAseekingAsomething/sweatyAasAhellAandAstaringAdownAdeath/
religion,!cult,!death,!curiosity,!identity!issues,!Native!American present first
35 Grit!and!Glory!at!14,000!Feet Jill!Rothenberg http://narrative.ly/lifeAonAtheArun/gritAandAgloryAatA14000Afeet/
sports,!running,!environment,!nature,!curiosity,!athletism,!extreme!sports present first
36 Digging!Up!Dirt!in!NYC Garrett!McGrath http://narrative.ly/howAtoAmakeAitAinAnewAyork/diggingAupAdirtAinAnyc/
urban!archeology,!science,!curiosity present third
37 The!Mama!of!"Marry!Your!Daddy!Day"!Gets!Cold!Feet
Maryann!Reid http://narrative.ly/faceAofAaAnation/mamaAmarryAyourAbabyAdaddyAdayAgetsAcoldAfeet/
parenthood,!family,!celebrity!culture,!TV,!media,!personal!account,!race present first
38 Raiding!Brothels!and!Taking!Names Laurie!Lico!Albanese http://narrative.ly/faceAofAaAnation/raidingAbrothelsAandAtakingAnames/
Cambodia,!exoticism,!sex!trafficking,!civil!activism,!social!issues,!profile,!history
present third
39 Jesus!Walks!in!Jackson!Heights Corrie!Mitchell http://narrative.ly/faceAofAaAnation/jesusAwalksAinAjacksonAheights/
religion,!New!York,!urban!life,!profile present third
40 The!Greatest!Canadian!Hoops!Hope Sam!Riches http://narrative.ly/faceAofAaAnation/theAgreatAcanadianAhoopsAhope/
sports,!poverty,!social!issues,!Canada,!profile,!civil!activism present third
41 Birdette's!Black!and!White!World Mary!Clare!Fischer http://narrative.ly/teachersAvsAstudents/birdettesAblackAandAwhiteAworld/
education,!school,!race,!profile, present third
42 Smile!You're!on!Webcam Hannah!McBride http://narrative.ly/theAspiesAamongAus/smileAyoureAonAworldwideAwebcam/
technology,!webcams,!privacy,!curosity,!startups present third
43 Journeys!of!a!Psychic!Army!Spy Maria!Smillos http://narrative.ly/theAspiesAamongAus/journeysAofAaApsychicAarmyAspy/
intelligence,!technology,!government,!profile present third
44 Abe!Lincoln's!Loveliest!Spy Christina!Drill http://narrative.ly/theAspiesAamongAus/abeAlincolnsAloveliestAspy/
arts,!culture,!history,!profile,!intelligence past third
45 The!Secret!Life!of!an!Obsessive!Airbnb!Host George!Tzortzis http://narrative.ly/couchAsurfingAcapers/secretAlifeAobsessiveAairbnbAhost/
bureaucracy,!job,!government,!airbnb,!technology,!curiosity,!personal!account past first
46 Creeped!Out!By!Couchsurfing Jennifer!Katanyoutanant http://narrative.ly/couchAsurfingAcapers/creepedAoutAbyAcouchsurfing/
personal!account,!travelling,!relationships,!technology present first
47 We!Are!not!Inbred Kenneth!Rosen http://narrative.ly/invisibleApeople/weAareAnotAinbred/
Native!American,!race,!community,!curiosity,!social!affairs present third
48 The!Lookout's!Last!Stand Kyria!Abrahams http://narrative.ly/behindAbars/theAlookoutsAlastAstand/
civil!activism,!crime,!legal,!race,!prison present!+!past third
49 A!Tiny!Kingdom's!Worldwide!Warrior Eric!Reidy http://narrative.ly/behindAbars/aAtinyAkingdomsAworldwideAwarrior/
migrancy,!women,!international,!Bahrain,!exoticism,!civil!activism,!profile present third
50 Mom's!Night!in!the!Slammer Leslie!Schwarz http://narrative.ly/behindAbars/momsAnightAinAtheAslammer/
personal!account,!alcoholism,!prison,!psychology present first
51 How!A!Fabled!Soccer!Club!Reclaimed!Its!Sacred!Ground
Matthew!Bremner http://narrative.ly/theAbeautifulAgame/howAfabledAsoccerAclubAreclaimedAitsAsacredAground/
sports,!Argentina,!history,!government,!reformation present third
52 The!Greatest!Fans!on!Earth Matt!Negrin http://narrative.ly/theAbeautifulAgame/theAgreatestAfansAonAearth/
Germany,!fans,!sports!culture,!urban!culture present third
53 Saying!I!Do,!and!Saying!Farewell Niva!Dorell!Smith http://narrative.ly/secondAacts/sayingAiAdoAandAsayingAfarewell/
personal!account,!death,!relationships,!marriage past first
54 Crashing!into!Fate!on!Insterstate!80 Jennifer!Y!Lee http://narrative.ly/secondAacts/crashingAintoAfateAonAinterstateA80/
accident,!religion,!curiosity present third
55 Saving!An!Amputee!Pony!Named!Faith Koren!Helbig http://narrative.ly/secondAacts/savingAanAamputeeAponyAnamedAfaith/
animals,!healthcare,!Spain,!profile,!charity present third
56 When!Gay!Kids!Come!In!Threes Grant!Gordon http://narrative.ly/popAupApride/whenAgayAkidsAcomeAinAthrees/
family,!LGBT,!personal!account,!identity!issues present first
57 The!OldASchool!Saint!of!Nouveau!Bushwick Kate!Deimling http://narrative.ly/howAtoAmakeAitAasAanAartist/theAoldAschoolAsaintAofAnouveauAbushwick/
profile,!gentrification,!class,!urban!culture,!millenials,!New!York,!arts present third
58 Andy!Mines!Raps!About!Christ Corrie!Mitchell http://narrative.ly/howAtoAmakeAitAasAanAartist/andyAmineoArapsAaboutAchristAjustAdontAcallAhimAchristianArapper/
arts,!profile,!religion present third
59 The!Nightmare!Audit!of!Indie!Artist Alison!Gerber http://narrative.ly/howAtoAmakeAitAasAanAartist/theAnightmareAauditAofAanAindieAartist/
arts,!economy,!LGBT,!power!abuse present third
60 Batman!of!Brazil Tracy!Lee http://narrative.ly/extraAtimeAinAbrazil/batmanAofAbrazil/
Brazil,!social!issues,!power!abuse,!civil!activism,!curiosity,!superheroes present third
61 Brazil's!Secret!History!of!Southern!Hospitality
Stephen!G.!Bloom http://narrative.ly/extraAtimeAinAbrazil/brazilsAsecretAhistoryAsouthernAhospitality/
history,!migration,!travel,!Brazil,!Civil!war present first
62 Is!Bob!Dylan!My!Dad? James!Sullivan http://narrative.ly/modernAfamilies/isAbobAdylanAmyAdad/
family,!celebrity,!culture,!curiosity,! present!+!past third
63 My!ThirtyASomething!Teenage!Pregnancy Rachel!B.!Levin http://narrative.ly/modernAfamilies/myAthirtyAsomethingAteenageApregnancy/
family,!pregnancy,!women,!personal!account present first
64 I!Can't!Die!Before!My!Son Lorenza!Munoz http://narrative.ly/modernAfamilies/iAcantAdieAbeforeAmyAson/
health!care,!mental!health,!family present third
65 My!Runaway!Childhood Melissa!Chadburn http://narrative.ly/modernAfamilies/myArunawayAchildhood/
child!experience,!personal!account,!family,!psychology,!adventure, past first
66 The!Magic!Poop!Potion Lina!Zeldovich http://narrative.ly/weirdAscience/theAmagicApoopApotion/
health!care,!science,!biology,!curiosity,!policies present third
67 The!Dapper!Doctor's!Vaporized!Sushi!and!Clouds!of!Cognac
Dusica!Sue!Malesevic http://narrative.ly/weirdAscience/dapperAdoctorsAvaporizedAsushiAandAcloudsAcognac/
science,!food,!restaurants,!technology,!business present!+!past third
68 My!Wife!with!Goats Michael!Patrick!Welch http://narrative.ly/animalAbehavior/myAwifeAwithAgoats/
farming,!animals,!urban!issues,!personal!account,!curiosity present first
69 The!Ice!Cream!Man!in!the!Summer!of!Sam Maria!Smillos http://narrative.ly/iceAcream/theAiceAcreamAmanAinAtheAsummerAofAsam/
curiosity,!crime,!New!York,!personal!account,!urban!experience past first
70 A!Child!Screams!for!Ice!Scream Eliza!Factor http://narrative.ly/iceAcream/aAchildAscreamsAforAiceAcream/
child,!autism,!mental!health,!personal!account,!food past first
71 The!Bounty!Hunter!In!My!Basement Ted!Campbell http://narrative.ly/sharkAweek/theAbountyAhunterAinAmyAbasement/
curiosity,!personal!account,!strange!jobs,!nature,!animals,!sharks past first
72 The!Shark!Attack!that!Shook!the!1700s Jon!Wolper http://narrative.ly/sharkAweek/theAsharkAattackAthatAshookAtheA1700s/
history,!art,!culture,!curiosity,!animals past third
73 The!Secret!Life!of!a!Con!Man Dustin!Grinnell http://narrative.ly/sharkAweek/theAsecretAlifeAofAaAconAman/
crime,!curiosity,!profile,!family present first
74 How!I!Learned!to!Stop!Worrying!and!Love!the!Great!White!Shark
Kea!Krause http://narrative.ly/sharkAweek/howAiAlearnedAstopAworryingAandAloveAgreatAwhiteAshark/
personal!account,!psychology,!animals,!nature,!science past first
75 The!Curious!Case!of!the!Prison!Publishers Jessica!Pishko http://narrative.ly/serendipity/curiousAcaseAprisonApublishers/
media,!crime,!prison!system,!journalism,!race,!government past third
76 The!Ex!Next!Door E.!G.!Funke http://narrative.ly/serendipity/theAexAnextAdoor/
personal!account,!relationships present first
77 Did!I!Drop!A!Bomb!on!My!Buddy? Will!Ford http://narrative.ly/serendipity/didAiAdropAaAbombAonAmyAbuddy/
war,!history,!WWII,!personal!stories,!relationships past first
78 Reviving!the!Beat!of!the!Barrio Marilyn!Friedman http://narrative.ly/allAthatAjazz/revivingAtheAbeatAofAtheAbarrio/
migration,!culture,!arts,!urban!culture,!community!life present!+!past third
79 Death!of!a!Sidewinder W.!M.!Akers http://narrative.ly/allAthatAjazz/deathAofAaAsidewinder/
profile,!jazz,!music,!arts,!celebrity past third
80 The!Sax!Man!Who!Took!the!Hollywood!Bowl!TunnelMarjorie!Hernandez http://narrative.ly/allAthatAjazz/saxAmanAwhoAtookAhollywoodAbowlAtunnel/
poverty,!culture,!music,!urbam!life,!profiles present third
81 Jazz's!Great!White!Hype Michael!Patrick!Welch http://narrative.ly/allAthatAjazz/jazzsAgreatAwhiteAhype/
race,!culture,!legacy,!history,!arts past!+!present third
82 The!Secret!Lives!of!America's!Migrant!Farmers Michael!Durbin http://narrative.ly/dangerousAjobs/secretAlivesAamericasAmigrantAfarmers/
migration,!eductation,!policies,!social!issues,!civil!activism present first
83 One!Woman's!Impossible!Mission!to!Save!New!York's!Garment!District
Madeleine!Cummings http://narrative.ly/theAunderbellyAofAfashion/oneAwomansAimpossibleAmissionAsaveAnewAyorksAgarmentAdistrict/
urban!issues,!fashion,!industry,!legacy,!business present third
84 The!Discreet!Charms!of!L.A.'s!Discount!Wonderland
Marjorie!Hernandez http://narrative.ly/theAunderbellyAofAfashion/discreetAcharmsAlasAdiscountAwonderland/
business,!personal!account,!small!business,!upbringing,!urban!culture present!+!past! first
85 Facing!Fashion!Week!with!a!Frozen!Face David!Yi http://narrative.ly/theAunderbellyAofAfashion/facingAfashionAweekAwithAaAfrozenAface/
health!care,!curiosity,!illness,!personal!account,!fashion past first
86 The!Secret!Life!of!a!Fashion!Week!Peon Lacy!Warner http://narrative.ly/theAunderbellyAofAfashion/theAsecretAlifeAofAaAfashionAweekApeon/
personal!account,!fashion,!business,!culture past first
87 Inside!the!War!of!Fashion!Bloggers Mariana!Leung http://narrative.ly/theAunderbellyAofAfashion/insideAtheAwarAofAtheAfashionAbloggers/
fashion,!media,!technology,!celebrity!culture,!personal!account present first
 88 To!Be!Read!in!the!Event!of!My!Death Carol!Burke http://narrative.ly/cheatingAdeath/toAbeAreadAinAtheAeventAofAmyAdeath/
Afghanistan,!war,!death,!personal!account,!writing past first
89 Luck!and!Death!on!the!Snowiest!Night George!Tzortzis http://narrative.ly/cheatingAdeath/luckAandAdeathAonAtheAsnowiestAnight/
Romania,!communism,!exoticism,!public!health,!abortions past third
90 A!RoughedAUp!Rider's!Race!to!the!Altar Mary!Topping http://narrative.ly/cheatingAdeath/aAroughedAupAridersAraceAtoAtheAaltar/
health,!personal!stories,!struggle,!sports,!relationships,!famoly present!+!past third
91 Taiwan's!Incredible!Edible!Revolution Karen!Bender http://narrative.ly/foodieAfablesAandAfoibles/taiwansAincredibleAedibleArevolution/
Asia,!exoticism,!food,!organic,!nature,!environment,!policies,!government present third
92 Is!It!Something!in!the!Water? Chris!Opfer http://narrative.ly/foodieAfablesAandAfoibles/isAitAsomethingAinAtheAwater/
urban!experience,!food,!New!York,!science,!environment present first
93 Twilight!of!the!Adventurers Zach!Urbina http://narrative.ly/epicAadventurers/twilightAofAtheAadventurers/
community!life,!curiosity,!travel,!adventure,!seniority present third
94 Bricklayer!Bill's!UltraAMarathon!of!a!Life Patrick!Kennedy http://narrative.ly/epicAadventurers/bricklayerAbillsAultraAmarathonAlife/
history,!curiosity,!sports,!profile past third
95 Life!and!Death!on!the!Avocado!Trail Chris!Crowley http://narrative.ly/epicAadventurers/lifeAandAdeathAonAtheAavocadoAtrail/
food,!curiosity,!Mexico,!exoticism,!crime,!travel,!business present third
96 Spitting!Words!and!Slamming!Barriers Caroline!Rothstein http://narrative.ly/literaryAfootsteps/spittingAverseAandAslammingAbarriers/
poetry,!culture,!arts,!women,!race present third
97 The!Little!Prince!with!a!Bronx!Twang Aditi!Sriram http://narrative.ly/literaryAfootsteps/theAlittleAprinceAwithAaAbronxAtwang/
literature,!culture,!curiosity,!obsession,!science,!profile present third
98 The!Superhero!Saga!of!Brooklyn's!Weirdest!Burger!Joint
Robert!W.!Fiesler http://narrative.ly/literaryAfootsteps/superheroAsagaAbrooklynsAweirdestAburgerAjoint/
comic!books,!culture,!nerds,!restaurants,!small!business,!urban!culture,!curiosity
present!+!past third
99 The!Home!for!Hollywood!Dreamers!and!Dropouts
Shawna!Kenney http://narrative.ly/hiddenAhollywood/homeAforAhollywoodAdreamersAandAdropouts/
curiosity,!arts,!celebrity!culture,!personal!account present first
100 The!Underpaid!Grunts!of!TV!Talk!Show!LandAitana!Vargas http://narrative.ly/hiddenAhollywood/underpaidAgruntsAtvAtalkAshowAland/
TV,!curiosity,!personal!account present first
101 China's!Lost!and!Found!Hero Brendon!Hong http://narrative.ly/lostAlegends/chinasAlostAandAfoundAhero/
China,!exoticism,!history,!government,!war,!censorship,!civil!activism present!+!past third
102 New!Orleans'!Original!Gangsta!Rappers!Want!One!More!Verse
Michael!Patrick!Welch http://narrative.ly/lostAlegends/newAorleansAoriginalAgangstaArappersAwantAoneAmoreAverse/
music,!arts,!legacy,!business present!+!past first
103 The!Original!San!Francisco!Eccentric Jeff!Campagna http://narrative.ly/lostAlegends/theAoriginalAsanAfranciscoAeccentric/
history,!curiosity,!profile,! past third
104 The!Forgotten!Photographe!of!America's!Great!Plains
Shannon!Geis http://narrative.ly/lostAlegends/forgottenAphotographerAamericasAgreatAplains/
photography,!arts,!history,!profile,!social!issues! past third
105 How!Grumpy!Cat!Changed!My!Life Tabitha!Blankenbiller http://narrative.ly/cats/howAgrumpyAcatAchangedAmyAlife/
curiosity,!animals,!celebrity!culture,!media present!+!past third!+!first
106 The!Queen!of!Street!Cats Miriam!Wasser http://narrative.ly/cats/theAqueenAofAstreetAcats/
animals,!policies,!urban!life,!activism, present third
107 Falling!For!A!Hells!Angel Jill!Rothenberg http://narrative.ly/gangsters/fallingAforAaAhellsAangel/
crime,!violence,!personal!account,!subcultures,! past first
108 The!Man!Who!Got!America!High Jeff!Maysh http://narrative.ly/gangsters/theAmanAwhoAgotAamericaAhigh/
culture,!crime,!adventure,!profile present!+!past third!+!first
109 The!Bloodiest!Gangster!in!Beirut Spencer!Osberg http://narrative.ly/gangsters/theAbloodiestAgangsterAinAbeirut/
crime,!Middle!East,!exoticism,!war,! present first
110 When!Bushwick!Was!Bonanno Kevin!Sullivan http://narrative.ly/gangsters/whenAbushwickAwasAbonanno/
history,!crime,!urban!life past third
111 Walking!Portland's!Great!Divide Peter!Korchnak http://narrative.ly/portlandA1/walkingAportlandsAgreatAdivide/
personal!account,!urban!life,!suburban!life,!essay present first
112 The!Original!Portland!Eccentric Heather!Arndt!Anderson http://narrative.ly/portlandA1/theAoriginalAportlandAeccentric/
history,!curiosity,!women,!urban!life,!mysticism past third
113 The!View!from!Vista!Bridge! Christen!McCurdy http://narrative.ly/portlandA1/theAviewAfromAvistaAbridge/
suicide,!psychology,!relationship,!personal!account present first
114 My!Urban!Farming!Epic!Fail Isaac!Eger http://narrative.ly/portlandA1/myAurbanAfarmingAepicAfail/
urban!life,!environment,!farming,!science,! present!+!past first
115 Tracking!the!San!Francisco!Twin Stephanie!Porcell http://narrative.ly/twins/trackingAtheAsanAfranciscoAtwin/
curiosity,!celebrity,!personal!account,!family present first
116 The!Secret!Life!of!a!Crime!Scene!Cleaner Sarah!Krasnostein http://narrative.ly/copsArobbers/theAsecretAlifeAofAaAcrimeAsceneAcleaner/
LGBT,!strange!jobs,!curiosity,! present first
117 Campus!Security!vs.!The!MillionADollar!Map!Thief
Michael!Blanding http://narrative.ly/copsArobbers/campusAsecurityAvsAmillionAdollarAmapAthief/
crimes,!curiosity past third
118 When!Eagles!Attack Brett!Rawson http://narrative.ly/copsArobbers/whenAeaglesAattack/
crime,!curiosity,!personal!account,!Alaska,!nature,!animals past first
119 Ringmaster!of!the!Nerd!Circus Michelle!Woo http://narrative.ly/toyAstoriesA1/ringmasterAofAtheAnerdAcircus/
profile,!technology,!entertainment,!attractions,!curiosity,!inventions present third
120 The!Stuffed!Animal!that!Saved!My!Life Chloe!Elizabeth http://narrative.ly/toyAstoriesA1/theAstuffedAanimalAthatAsavedAmyAlife/
personal!account,!mental!health,!addictions,!therapy,! present first
121 When!Mommy!and!Daddy!Took!the!Toys!Away Gina!Ciliberto http://narrative.ly/toyAstoriesA1/whenAmommyAandAdaddyAtookAtheAtoysAaway/
parenting,!children,!toys,!upbringing,!science,!millennials present third
122 How!to!Succeed!in!a!Most!Puzzling!BusinessMichael!Stahl http://narrative.ly/toyAstoriesA1/howAsucceedAinAmostApuzzlingAbusiness/
children,!small!business,!curiosity,!business present third
123 The!Brotherhood!of!Recovering!Addicts Em!DeMarco http://narrative.ly/warAofAaddiction/theAbrotherhoodAofArecoveringAaddicts/
addiction,!health!care,!community!life,!policies present third
124 The!Night!My!Parents!Had!Me!Kidnapped Kenneth!Rosen http://narrative.ly/warAofAaddiction/theAnightAmyAparentsAhadAmeAkidnapped/
parenting,!teenagers,!children,!personal!account,!therapy past first
125 Angel!Dust!and!Elephant!Shoes Nick!Brooks http://narrative.ly/warAofAaddiction/angelAdustAandAelephantAshoes/
prison,!personal!account,!crime,!New!York,!drugs,!addiction past first
126 The!Supreme!Shoedog!of!North!Jersey Stephen!G.!Bloom http://narrative.ly/shoesA2/theAsupremeAshoedogAofAnorthAjersey/
curiosity,!small!business,!community!life,!personal!account past first
127 My!Curious!and!Chaotic!Life!with!America's!Wounded!Warriors
Adele!Levine http://narrative.ly/insiders/myAcuriousAandAchaoticAlifeAwithAamericasAwoundedAwarriors/
personal!account,!war,!PTSD,!therapy,!mental!health past first
128 Secret!Life!of!a!Telemarket!Peon Claire!GordonAWebster http://narrative.ly/insiders/secretAlifeAofAaAtelemarketingApeon/
personal!account,!mental!health,!activism,!culture present first
129 My!Mother!the!Ganja!Dealer Alia!Volz http://narrative.ly/outsiders/myAmotherAtheAganjaAdealer/
personal!account,!crime,!curiosity,!parenting past first
130 Can!This!Viral!Video!Star!Conquer!the!Arab!World?
Meris!Lutz http://narrative.ly/outsiders/canAthisAviralAvideoAstarAconquerAarabAworld/
exoticism,!Middle!East,!media,!virality,!culture,!exoticism present third
131 The!Unsung!Heroes!of!the!Gay!Marriage!Movement
Daniel!Krieger http://narrative.ly/outsiders/unsungAheroesAgayAmarriageAmovement/
Scandinavia,!LGBT,!civil!activism,!politics past third
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## politics profile psychology minorities religion science sex social3issues sports tech war women
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 THE$ATLANTIC
## Story Author Link Primary1Tags Tense POV
1 Surviving$Anxiety Scott$Stossel http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/surviving_anxiety/355741/
anxiety,$psychology,$science,$mental$health,$personal$account present first
2 Eastport,$Maine James$Fallows http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/theOlittleOtownOthatOmight/355744/
local$communities,$reinvention,$economy,$American$life present first
3 The$War$on$Reason Paul$Bloom http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/theOwarOonOreason/357561/
health,$psychology,$science,$essay present first
4 Why$Is$It$So$Hard$for$Women$to$Write$About$Sex?
Claire$Dederer http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/whyOisOitOsoOhardOforOwomenOtoOwriteOaboutOsex/357574/
women,$sex,$culture,$language,$writing,$personal$account present first
5 The$Confidence$Gap Katty$Kay$and$Claire$Shipman
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/theOconfidenceOgap/359815/
women,$psychology,$business,$personal$account,$essay present first
6 Africa's$Tech$Edge Dayo$Olopade http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/africasOtechOedge/359808/
Africa,$business,$startups,$poverty,$tech,$exoticism present first
7 How$the$Novel$Made$the$Modern$World
William$Deresiewicz http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/howOtheOnovelOmadeOtheOmodernOworld/361611/
culture,$history,$arts,$essay present first
8 After$Karzai Mujib$Mashal http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/07/afterOkarzai/372294/
Afghanistan,$foreign$policy,$profile,$politics present first
9 Why$Are$All$the$Cartoon$Mothers$Dead?
Sarah$Boxer http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/07/whyOareOallOtheOcartoonOmothersOdead/372270/
family,$culture,$curiosity,$arts,$women present first
10 Secrets$of$the$Creative$BrainNancy$Andreasen http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/07/secretsOofOtheOcreativeObrain/372299/
psychology,$science,$mental$health,$creativity present$+$past first
11 Why$I$Hope$to$Die$at$75 Ezekiel$J.$Emanuel http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/whyOiOhopeOtoOdieOatO75/379329/
health,$death,$essay,$personal$account,$family,$society present$ first
12 Doctors$Tell$All$—$and$It's$Bad
Meghan$O'Rourke http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/doctorsOtellOallOandOitsObad/380785/
healthcare,$doctors,$professional$affairs,$relationships$ present first
13 The$Real$Roots$of$Midlife$Crisis
Jonathan$Rauch http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/theOrealOrootsOofOmidlifeOcrisis/382235/
biology,$psychology,$middle$age,$science,$personal$account present first
14 Why$God$Will$Not$Die Jack$Miles http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/whyOgodOwillOnotOdie/382231/
science,$religion,$philosophy,$personal$account,$ present first
15 Jesse$Willms,$the$Dark$Lord$of$the$Internet
Taylor$Clark http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/theOdarkOlordOofOtheOinternet/355726/
technology,$crime,$Internet,$profile,$con$artist,$business present$+$past third
16 How$to$Escape$the$Community$College$Trap
Ann$Hulbert http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/howOtoOescapeOtheOcommunityOcollegeOtrap/355745/
education,$policies,$social$affairs,$class,$essay present third
17 The$Jewish$Mark$Twain William$Deresiewicz http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/theOjewishOmarkOtwain/355735/
arts,$profile,$history,$Jewish$culture past third
18 The$Dark$Power$of$Fraternities
Caitlin$Flanagan http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/theOdarkOpowerOofOfraternities/357580/
education,$social$affairs,$youth$culture,$policies,$ present third
19 The$Oracle$of$Ice$Hockey Chris$Koentges http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/theOpuckOstopsOhere/357579/
sports,$profile,$curiosity,$Finland,$profile present third
20 The$Overprotected$Kid Hanna$Rosin http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/heyOparentsOleaveOthoseOkidsOalone/358631/
education,$upbringing,$essay,$family$children,$psychology,$curiosity present third
21 Is$StopOandOFrisk$Worth$It? Daniel$Bergner http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/isOstopOandOfriskOworthOit/358644/
law$enforcement,$policies,$government,$police,$politics,$urban$culture,$civil$activism
present third
22 Fighting$Over$the$Field$of$Dreams
Adam$Doster http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/fieldOofOschemes/358624/
curiosity,$sports,$culture,$community present third
23 Why$Cities$Work$Even$When$Washington$Doesn't
James$Fallows http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/theOcaseOforOstrongOmayors/358642/
politics,$mayor,$community$life,$government,$urban$culture,$economy present third
24 How$LBJ$Saved$the$Civil$Rights$Act
Michael$O'Donnell http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/whatOtheOhellsOtheOpresidencyOfor/358630/
policies,$politics,$civil$rights,$government,$history past third
25 Segregation$Now Nikole$HannahOJones http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/segregationOnow/359813/
race,$education,$segregation,$civil$rights present third
26 The$Pope$in$the$Attic:$Benedict$in$the$Times$of$Francis
Paul$Elie http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/theOpopeOinOtheOattic/359816/
profile,$religion,$politics present third
27 Where$the$Card$Sharks$FeedDavid$Samuels http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/whereOtheOcardOsharksOfeed/359807/
business,$gambling,$crime,$cons,$poker,$sports present third
28 Fire$on$the$Mountain Brian$Mockenhaupt http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/fireOonOtheOmountain/361613/
fire,$environment,$policies,$wildfire,$nature,$natural$disaster,$ present third
29 The$Power$of$Two Joshua$Wolf$Shenk http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/07/theOpowerOofOtwo/372289/
culture,$celebrity,$psychology,$creativity past third
30 The$Future$of$College? Graeme$Wood http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/theOfutureOofOcollege/375071/
education,$technology,$future,$entrepreneurship,$startups,$policies present third
31 The$LawOSchool$Scam Paul$Campos http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/theOlawOschoolOscam/375069/
education,$business,$policies present third
32 The$Escape$Artist John$Wolfson http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/theOescapeOartist/375057/
curiosity,$crime,$profile,$exoticism,$adventures present third
33 How$to$Talk$About$Climate$Change$So$People$Will$Listen
Charles$C.$Mann http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/09/howOtoOtalkOaboutOclimateOchangeOsoOpeopleOwillOlisten/375067/
environment,$society,$civil$activism,$dialogue,$economy,$policies present third
34 What$Happens$When$We$All$Live$to$100?
Gregg$Easterbrook http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/whatOhappensOwhenOweOallOliveOtoO100/379338/
futurism,$social$affairs,$health,$death present third
35 Why$Kids$Sext Hanna$Rosin http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/whyOkidsOsext/380798/
technology,$communication,$Millennials,$privacy,$sex,$psychology present$ third
36 The$Adultery$Arms$Race Michelle$Cottle http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/theOadulteryOarmsOrace/380794/
family,$technology,$sex,$morality present third
37 China's$Dangerous$Game Howard$French http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/chinasOdangerousOgame/380789/
foreign$policy,$Asia,$politics,$global$affairs,$ present third
38 The$Shazam$Effect Derek$Thompson http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/theOshazamOeffect/382237/
technology,$culture,$music,$business,$arts,$ present third
39 The$Curious$Case$of$Jesus's$Wife
Joel$Baden$and$Candida$Moss
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/theOcuriousOcaseOofOjesussOwife/382227/
history,$arts,$culture,$religion,$science present third
40 How$Strict$Is$Too$Strict? Sarah$Carr http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/howOstrictOisOtooOstrict/382228/
education,$policies,$children,$psychology,$race,$science present third
41 The$Case$for$Reparations TaONehisi$Coates http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/theOcaseOforOreparations/361631/
race,$equality,$urban$life$,$history,$social$affairs,$policies,$politics present$+$past third$+$first
42 How$Gangs$Took$Over$Prisons Graeme$Wood http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/howOgangsOtookOoverOprisons/379330/
crime,$prison$system,$law$enforcement,$ present third$+$first
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present%=%36%=%86% third%=%26%=%62%
present%+%past%=3%=%7% third%+%first%=%2%=%5%
## abroad activism arts celebrity community2life crime curiosities education environment family food
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 GQ
## Story Author Link Primary1Tags Tense POV
1 Bradley+Cooper+Is+An+A3List+Now,+Bro
Zach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/bradley3cooper3cover3story3january32014
celebrity,+profile present third
2 America's+Next+Great+City+Is+Downtown+LA
Brett+Martin http://www.gq.com/story/downtown3los3angeles3restaurants3food3art
urban+culture,+restaurants,+food,+coolness present third
3 What+the+Duck? Drew+Magary http://www.gq.com/story/duck3dynasty3phil3robertson
television,+hunting,+curiosity,+celebrity present third
4 Inside+a+Cartel's+Underground+Drug3Tunnel+for+Weed
Jason+Kersten http://www.gq.com/story/marijuana3railroad3mexican3drug3cartel3tunnels
drugs,+crime,+Mexico,+exoticism present third
5 The+Toughest+Woman+In+SportsNancy+Hass http://www.gq.com/story/fallon3fox3transgender3mma3fighter
LGBT,+identity+issues,+sports,+curiosity,+profile present third
6 Super+Gurl Amy+Wallace http://www.gq.com/story/katy3perry3cover3story3february32014
celebrity,+profile present first
7 Love+Me+Tinder Emily+Witt http://www.gq.com/story/tinder3online3dating3sex3app
technology,+sex,+relationships present third
8 Inside+the+Iron+Closet Jeff+Sharlet http://www.gq.com/story/being3gay3in3russia
LGBT,+civil+rights,+Russia,+global+affairs,+oppression present first
9 The+NFL's+Biggest+Bomb+Thrower Drew+Magary http://www.gq.com/story/jay3glazer3nfl3fox3sports
sports,+celebrity,+media,+profile present first
10 The+Secret+Double+Life+of+Hip3Hop's+Most+Beloved+DJ
Zach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/mister3cee3calvin3lebrun3hot3973dj
profile,+celebrity,+music,+arts,+culture,+identity+issues,+LGBT present third
11 LeBronopolis Jeanne+Marie+Laskas
http://www.gq.com/story/lebron3james3cover3story3march32014
profile,+celebrity,+sports present third
12 Where+The+Wild+Things+Go+ViralZach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/buzzfeed3beastmaster3profile3march32014
media,+animals,+curiosity,+technology present first
13 The+Mountains+Where+Women+Live+As+Men
Michael+Paternitihttp://www.gq.com/story/burrnesha3albanian3women3living3as3men
identity+issues,+women,+communities,+curiosity,+Albania,+exoticism
present first
14 Uber+Cab+Confessions Mickey+Rapkin http://www.gq.com/story/uber3cab3confessions
technology,+transportation,+personal+account,+role3playing,+business
present first
15 Learn+to+Kill+In+Seven+Days+or+LessRosecrans+Baldwinhttp://www.gq.com/story/deer3hunting3camp3rosecrans3baldwin
nature,+personal+account,+animals,+hunting,+environment present first
16 Will+Male+Makeup+Ever+Catch+On Drew+Magary http://www.gq.com/story/makeup3for3men3drew3magary
personal+account,+fashion,+beauty,+gender+issues present first
17 The+Most+Adventurous+Restaurant+In+the+World
Michael+Paternitihttp://www.gq.com/long3form/mugaritz
restaurants,+food,+profile,+community,+foreign, present third
18 Naked+and+Famous Alice+Gregory http://www.gq.com/story/ryan3mcginley3photographer
profile,+arts,+culture,+photography,+celebrity present first
19 This+Is+Not+a+Barbie+Doll.+This+Is+an+Actual+Human+Being
Michael+Idov curiosity,+profile,+identity+issues,+gender present first
20 The+Undefeated+Champions+of+Defeat+City
Kathy+Doole http://www.gq.com/story/camden3new3jersey3little3league3baseball?printable=true
sports,+communty+life,+poverty,+crime present third
21 50+Cent+Is+My+Life+Coach Zach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/503cent?currentPage=1
celebrity,+profile present first
22 Louie+C.+K. Andrew+Corsellohttp://www.gq.com/story/louis3ck3cover3story3may32014
celebrity,+profile,+comedy present first
23 The+Horrible+Bosses+of+Hollywood Jim+Nelson http://www.gq.com/story/horrible3bosses3hollywood
personal+account,+workplace+culture,+celebrity present first
24 The+Real+Butlers+of+the+.001+percent
David+Katz http://www.gq.com/story/rich3billionaires3butlers3servants
curiosity,+capitalism,+home,+education present first
25 American+Hustler Chris+Heath http://www.gq.com/story/channing3tatum
celebrity,+profile present first
26 This+Is+Your+Body+on+SuperfoodsBen+Martin http://www.gq.com/story/superfoods
diet,+health,+science,+personal+account,+futurism present first
27 Who+Wants+to+Shoot+an+Elephant Wells+Tower http://www.gq.com/long3form/who3wants3to3shoot3an3elephant
hunting,+animals,+Africa,+curiosity,+policies present first
28 My+Life+on+Bitcoin Marshall+Sella http://www.gq.com/story/bitcoin
personal+account,+technology,+business,+money,+crime present first
29 The+Bombshell+of+Summer Daniel+Riley celebrity,+profile present first
30 The+Craigslist+Killers David+Friedman http://www.gq.com/story/craigslist3killers
crime,+business,+curiosity present third
31 Adam+Levine+Doesn’t+Care+If+You+Like+Him
Jessica+Pressler http://www.gq.com/story/adam3levine
celebrity,+profile,+music present first
32 Welcome+to+the+Second(ish)+Revolutionary+War
Zach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/cliven3bundy
curiosity,+internal+affairs,+war,+communities,+government present first
33 Brooklyn's+Baddest Sean+Flynn http://www.gq.com/story/brooklyns3baddest
corruption,+police,+crime,+power+abuse past third
34 How+the+Vikings+Conquered+Dinner Brett+Martin http://www.gq.com/story/best3nordic3scandinavian3restaurants3noma
food,+restaurants,+travel,+culture,+Scandinavia present first
35 The+New+Face+of+Richard+NorrisJeanne+Marie+Laskas http://www.gq.com/story/richard3norris
healthcare,+curiosity,+identity+issues,+crime present first
36 Millenial+Man Jessica+Pressler celebrity,+profile present first
37 The+Strange+and+Curious+Tale+of+the+Last+True+Hermit
Michael+Finkel crime,+curiosity,+communication,+psychology present first
38 Am+I+Too+Old+to+Win+US+Open? Rosecrans+Baldwin http://www.gq.com/story/tennis3too3old3for3the3us3open
sports,+health,+sports+culture,+personal+account present first
39 The+Orthodox+Hit+Squad Matthew+Shaer http://www.gq.com/story/epstein3orthodox3hit3squad
crime,+curiosity,+identity+issues,+ present+++past third
40 How+to+Cheat+Age+in+the+Age+of+Bro3tox
Josh+Dean http://www.gq.com/story/botox3how3to3cheat3age
health,+look,+biology,+technology,+personal+account present first
41 Julian+Casablancas+Is+Done+Trying+to+Save+You
Zach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/julian3casablancas
culture,+music,+celebrity,+profile,+arts present first
42 How+to+Smell+Like+a+God Michael+Paternitihttp://www.gq.com/story/roja3dove3custom3perfume
perfume,+culture,+celebrity,+profile,+curiosity present first
43 Nicholas+Sparks+Has+Been+to+Bed+with+97+Million+Women
Andrew+Corsellohttp://www.gq.com/story/nicholas3sparks3what3women3want
profile,+culture,+literature,+arts,+celebrity,+curiosity,+women present first
44 Zimmerman+Family+Values Amanda+Robb http://www.gq.com/story/george3zimmerman3family3values
family,+race,+law+enforcement,+legal present third
45 Cheeky+Genius Taffy+Brodesser3Anker
http://www.gq.com/story/nicki3minaj
profile,+celebrity,+arts,+music,+women present first
46 Last+Chance+U. Drew+Jubera http://www.gq.com/story/last3chance3university
football,+sports,+curiosity,+business,+education present first
47 The+Great+Paper+Caper Wells+Tower http://www.gq.com/long3form/the3great3paper3caper
crime,+international+conspiracy,+profile,+curiosity,+legal present third
48 William+Gibson+Writes+The+Future Zach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/william3gibson
profile,+celebrity,+literature,+culture present first
49 The+Ghosts+of+Afghanistan+Will+Show+Up+Everywhere
Will+Mackin http://www.gq.com/story/afghanistan3special3ops3vet3on3breaking3bad
personal+account,+military,+war,+Afghanistan,+psychology,+traumapast first
50 Everything+(Chris+Pratt+Does)+Is+Awesome
Drew+Magary http://www.gq.com/story/chris3pratt3men3of3the3year
celebrity,+profile,+cinema,+arts present first
51 Ansel+Elgort Daniel+Riley http://www.gq.com/story/ansel3elgort3men3of3the3year
profile,+celebrity,+fashion present first
52 Crush+of+the+Year:+Shailene+WoodleyDevin+Friedman http://www.gq.com/story/shailene3woodley3men3of3the3year3crush
profile,+celebrity,+arts,+cinema present first
53 Tilda+Swinton+Is+in+a+World+of+her+Own
Zach+Baron http://www.gq.com/story/tilda3swinton3woman3of3the3year
profile,+celebrity,+arts,+cinema present first
54 And+the+Most+Powerful+Internet+Mogul+of+2014+Is...+Will+Ferrell
Amy+Wallace http://www.gq.com/story/will3ferrell3funny3or3die
media,+viral,+comedy,+culture,+celebrity,+internet present third
TOTAL%=%54 past%=%2%=%4% third%=%16%=%30%
present%+%past%=%1%=2% first%=%38%=%70%
present%=%51%=%94%
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