Port Magazine heralded the "New Golden Age" of print publishing by featuring six male editors on its cover. Lots of folks took issue, including Alyssa Rosenberg, who wrote: "The choice of those particular six white men, most of whom represent legacy publications (GQ, the New York Times Magazine), suggests that Port has an amazingly conservative understanding of what constitutes the new golden age."
Proof? Mark Armstrong at Longreads compiled a list of 21 Examples of 'Serious Journalism' from Women's Magazines and Websites that includes some great stories.
But Amanda Hess fires back on Slate this morning, with an attempt to measure story investment (and risk?) as a means of measuring import.…
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