Slatest

Slatest, also known as The Slatest, is a news blog that has been published by Slate since 2009, when it was launched to replace their 12-years-old "Today's Papers" feature.^[1] It also replaced Slate's magazine aggregator feature "In Other Magazines".^[2] In 2011, the website was redesigned; the effects included making its homepage more closely resemble the Huffington Post and creating a home for Slate's "Trending News Channel" video project.^[3] In 2012, it was redesigned again, this time to focus more on the writing and editorial decisions of Josh Voorhees, who was then the blog's editor. This redesign also gave the blog a new slogan: "Your news companion."^[4] After this redesign was announced, Voorhees said, “The average Slate writer takes a little bit longer to craft a really definitive or provocative piece. The Slatest will always be that kind of ‘first responder’ for the site."^[5]

References

1. Stelter, Brian (2009-08-23). "Slate Replaces Newspaper Roundup With News Updates". The New York Times.
2. Turner, Zeke (2009-08-24). "Sign of the Times: Slate Kills "Today's Papers"". Mediaite.
3. Phelps, Andrew (2011-04-25). "Slate rethinks aggregation (again) with a Slatest redesign". NeimanLab.
4. Sonderman, Jeff (2012-08-20). "Slatest news blog shifts from 'comprehensive aggregation' to 'news companion'". Poynter Institute.
5. Morrison, Sara (2012-08-21). "The latest on Slatest". Columbia Journalism Review.