It won't end

Long-form journalism will still have a place in the news in 30 years - it has to.

Think about it. Watergate unfolded through long-form investigation. How else would we keep checks and balances? Journalism is the fourth estate. Reporting must go into detail. How else would we keep track of who in the government is pulling wrong doing?

And if long-form journalism doesn't exist in this same form, it must morph into something that keeps up with technology. This is easy - the web is updated immediately.