Slatest

{{Short description|News blog}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/business/media/24slate.html |title=Slate Replaces Newspaper Roundup With News Updates |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=2009-08-23 |website=The New York Times}} It also replaced Slate's magazine aggregator feature "In Other Magazines".{{Cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/sign-of-the-times-slate-kills-todays-papers/ |title=Sign of the Times: Slate Kills "Today's Papers" |last=Turner |first=Zeke |website=Mediaite |publication-date=2009-08-24}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/slate-rethinks-aggregation-again-with-a-slatest-redesign/ |title=Slate rethinks aggregation (again) with a Slatest redesign |last=Phelps |first=Andrew |website=NeimanLab |publication-date=2011-04-25}} 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."{{Cite web |url=http://www.poynter.org/2012/slatest-news-blog-shifts-from-comprehensive-aggregation-to-news-companion/185625/ |title=Slatest news blog shifts from 'comprehensive aggregation' to 'news companion' |last=Sonderman |first=Jeff |date=2012-08-20 |website=Poynter Institute}} 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."{{Cite web |url=https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/new_slatest.php |title=The latest on Slatest |last=Morrison |first=Sara |date=2012-08-21 |website=Columbia Journalism Review}}