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Slow Journalism
Last updated 2026-07-29 · benchmark measured 2026-08-11 — deterministic & reproducible
Delayed Gratification is a print magazine focused on slow, reflective news journalism.
Is Slow Journalism production-ready?
Legit.Show scores Slow Journalism 63 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Slow Journalism (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Reliability; its weakest is Security. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 46/100
- Accessibility — 63/100
- Security — 10/100
- Privacy — 75/100
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 76/100
- Discoverability — 70/100
What we measured
- No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 941 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
- Discoverable: sitemap, OpenGraph image.
Who built it
product account @dgquarterly
Who it's for
News readers · Quality journalism enthusiasts · People seeking alternatives to 24-hour news cycles · Thoughtful audiences · Magazine subscribers
Pricing
Up to 25% savings off single issue price for subscribers; 50% discounts on classes and events
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