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Tortoise Media
Tortoise Media's wordmark
Type of site
News website
Available inEnglish
URLwww.tortoisemedia.com

Tortoise Media is a British news website co-founded by former BBC News director and The Times editor James Harding.[1][2][3]

A funding campaign for the site launched on Kickstarter in October 2018 raised £539,035. The site went live in April 2019.[4] The site's slogan is "Slow down, wise up."[5]

References

  1. ^ Bell, Emily (22 October 2018). "Can James Harding's Tortoise be more than a rich person's club?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ Southern, Lucinda (3 January 2019). "Tortoise wants members to inform its 'slow-news' coverage via live events". Digiday. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (22 October 2018). "Tortoise editor James Harding says move to 'slow news' follows 'lesson' at Times and BBC that journalism that took longer had 'real impact'". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (28 June 2019). "'Slow news' venture Tortoise creates 'inclusive' members' model with potential to partner with local publishers". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
  5. ^ Brown, Mariella. "'Slow down, wise up': a motto for the future of media?". Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.