In the age of the 140 characters, it's imperative for news to be breaking, fast and short. Or is it? Narratively is ready to bet that's not the case.

A new online platform devoted to in-depth storytelling, Narratively explores a weekly theme, publishing one story a day - in long-form writing, videos, photo essays. Fresh from its success on Kickstarter, the platform launched last week and is currently focused only on stories about New York, but plans to expand to more cities soon.

From the expertise of piano movers to the stories of female taxi drivers to mass graves outside the Bronx, Narratively covers underreported local stories instead of big headlines and talks about real people, not celebrities: a recipe that's refreshing in its simplicity and shows that people can still give space, and time, to storytelling.

We already noted that there is a trend moving towards slow media, and it's interesting to note that it has reached news on the Internet too - looks like the fastest needs to get a little slower too.