"It specialises in stories that allow the writer to be present in them, acknowledge their own subjectivities and doubts, and in so doing establish a relationship of trust with the reader. Holding the 162-page winter issue in my hands, I feel the effort that went into reporting and drafting these stories."
"There is something to this in an age when we're all suffering from screen fatigue, when the rise of generative AI is removing the last guardrails from our ability to tell what's real and what's not, and when legacy media everywhere is falling into an autophagic trap of shortening, simplifying and chasing ever-receding, social media-addled attention spans."
XXI, rebranded as Revue21, is an 18-year-old French quarterly publication that has become a major reference point for narrative long-form journalism in France. The magazine specializes in stories where writers establish trust with readers by acknowledging their own subjectivity and presence within narratives. Editor Guillaume Gendron emphasizes this approach as central to the publication's identity. The thick, physical quarterly format offers readers an alternative to screen fatigue and digital distraction. In an era of generative AI, declining media attention spans, and legacy media's struggle to remain relevant, Revue21 represents a meaningful counterpoint to the fragmentation of contemporary information consumption and the erosion of journalistic standards.
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