Long-form articles often take the form of creative nonfiction or narrative journalism.
The distribution of tracts pre-dates the development of the printing press, with the term being applied by scholars to religious and political works at least as early as the 13th century.
Books were considered expensive and tracts did not necessarily address contemporary issues so pamphlets were widely produced and circulated.
Literary and cultural-commentary publications such as Reader's Digest, The Atlantic, and Harper's pioneered long-form journalism in the new medium of magazines.[when?]
with blogs and media organizations including Medium, The Caravan,[4] BuzzFeed[5] and The New York Times[6] creating or expanding long-form coverage and new companies such as The Atavist, Longreads.com, Longform.org, and Longformarticles.net being founded to capitalize on the new interest.