We have a tangible need for beautiful feature stories that craft compelling narratives about our world out of statistics. And, given the sheer quantity of data out there, it makes sense that ...

However, when you're focused on meeting deadlines and targets, you can lose track of the essential story behind your content marketing. You might find yourself storytelling without a purpose, ...

Investigative journalism puts the spotlight on abuses of power, finding stories that are flying under the radar and sharing them in the public interest. Yet cutting-edge twenty-first-century ...

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But the second dominant trend — forgive the contradiction — is that content outside of social media is actually getting longer. As we explain in our guide to longform content, media and marketing ...

Unlikely as this might seem from social media platforms, we’re living in a golden age of science communication. As newspapers and magazines struggle to fund specialist science reporters, it might seem ...

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And yet, PDFs are everywhere. They’re a zombie format, dead but still somehow shuffling around the internet. But if PDFs are dead, then what mutant virus is keeping their zombies walking around? In ...

Aperture is one of three camera settings — along with ISO and shutter speed — that impact how well (or not) your photo is exposed. These three settings are often called the ‘exposure triangle.’ So ...

The results have been... mixed. Many teams are still embedding Adobe PDF files or using those difficult to read yet strangely omnipresent flipbooks. If you’re on a mobile device for either of these ...

Over half of Esquire magazine’s greatest stories ever published are profiles. Being profiled in Vogue or The New Yorker can make or break celebrity careers. When someone has a brand to hype up, a ...