The press has its ways of looking forwards to advance a story day-by-day.

NPR: Week In News: A Rough Week For The White House

Members of the media here wish they weren t so busy every night: The scramble to find a story, some story, any story, during the day -- and then cover the three-and-a-half hours of the convention session at night -- means most are forced to grab what they can on deadline, no matter how long it may have been sitting out and congealing.

CNN: The politics of food: A convention digest

Starring John Simm, Life On Mars tells the story of a modern-day policeman who finds himself transported to the 1970s.

BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Almost 6m experience Life on Mars

If a news story continues to develop throughout an entire day, the live-blog can become the one-stop shop for breaking developments alongside a digest of what has happened so far.

CNN: The global appeal of 'sticky' live blogs

CNN, with exclusive video, went wall-to-wall for a day with the disabled Carnival cruise ship limping to port, a legitimate story affecting more than 4, 000 people but dismissed by some critics as overplayed.

CNN: When a sip of water gets more attention than a president

Layered over the historical fiction is a sci-fi element: The main character is a modern-day barman, Desmond Miles, who is forced to travel through time to relive the story of his ancestors and collect artefacts.

BBC: Michael Fassbender

As opposed to the 100-plus stories a day published by media outlets like the New York Times, Narratively publishes one multimedia story each weekday.

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