Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
لارا ستراکیان: سه راهحل برای اصلاح رسانههای خبری
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in the Middle East
right around the end of 2007,
it was already nearly impossible
تقریبا غیر ممکن بود که
رو در اخبار پیدا کنید.
of them were about us.
خودمان (در عراق) بود.
under the weight of the war.
زیر فشار جنگ برای آن ها می افتد.
fallen off the agenda.
of all news stories in 2008
اون طولانی ترین جنگ تاریخ آمریکا بود،
باهاشون صحبت میکردیم
explaining to their students
ما در آنجا چکار میکنیم
مشکل داشتند
and sometimes dying overseas.
در جنگ بودند و گاهاً کشته میشدند.
around crises in public health,
بحران در سلامت عمومی،
the species-level issues,
ان موضوعات را در حد گونه، طبقه بندی میکنم،
they could actually sink us.
میتوانند مارا به نابودی بکشند.
the complex issues of our time,
موضوعات پیچیده زمانمان،
practical implications.
حال کار بر روی موضوع هستند،
نامشخص هستند.
were missing the story,
was falling apart,
(و ظرفیتش رو از دست داد)،
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
ظهور داعش به وجود خواهد آورد بودیم،
to the rest of the world.
where I was making that observation,
عراق داشتم،
story we were missing:
از دست می دادیم:
you knew that Syria was that important
میدانید که سوریه چقدر
of the Arab Spring.
to regional security,
گره خورده است،
از آن غافل می شویم.
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
کنارگذاشتم تا وبسایتی به اسم "سوریه به صورت عمیق" را راه بندازم.
and information source
و اطلاعات بودن طراحی شده بود
a complex issue,
it's been a resource
آن یک منبعی بود
working on the conflict in Syria.
در درگیری های سوریه کار میکردند.
high-quality information,
اطلاعات با کیفیت،
تعمیمش داد.
to do other things "Deeply."
انجام کارهای مشابهی بصورت عمیق را داشتیم.
down the list.
آغاز کردیم.
اشتباهات اخبارها را برطرف کند.
with the news industry.
has hit an all-time low.
is from September --
مربوط به سپتامبر ۲۰۱۶ میشود --
I call myself an industrious optimist.
من خودم را یک سخت کوش خوشبین میدانم.
a lot of us out there.
زیادی وجود دارند.
to make things better,
دنیا را بهتر بکنیم،
that we've picked up in our own work.
از میان کار خودمان برداشته ایم، با شما به اشتراک بگذارم.
on deep-domain knowledge.
نیازمندیم.
at newsrooms across the country,
در کشور ها،
is by working with more local journalists,
خبرنگار محلی کار بکنیم،
and collaborators,
تلقی کنیم،
phone numbers and sound bites.
و گزارش های صوتی میفرستند.
and across Africa and across Asia
سراسر آفریقا و آسیا
would not have found on our own.
به تنهایی قادر به یافتن آنها نبودیم.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
در مورد مسابقه ویلچر سواران
to those wounded in the war.
التیامی است.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
ویروس اِبولا را گرفت
a quarantine in his district.
منطقه خودش.
to return home before they are ready,
به وطنشان بدون آمادگی قبلی
مشاوران زبده ما هستند.
را به ما یاد میدهند.
that are important for all of us to know.
بسیار حیاتی است، فراهم میکنند.
for the news industry,
صنعت خبر نیازمندیم،
ایدهآل هایمان انجام بدهیم.
could potentially harm society,
خطربالقوه در جامعه هستند،
as a public service.
برای خدمت به جامعه است.
در بحران اِبولا نگاه کردم.
ما بهترینمان را انجام دادیم.
and sensational coverage,
sometimes completely wrong.
بعضی اوقات کاملاً اشتباه.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
هزینه زیادی در زندگی انسان ها دارد،
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
با دادن اطلاعات غلط،
رویدادن است را درک کنند.
to make the right decisions.
باعث سخت شدن تصمیمات درست میشود.
صنعت بهتر عمل کنیم،
how we got it wrong last time,
اشتباهاتی کردیم
از آن روشها استفاده نکنیم.
to use fear for ratings.
تا از ترس برای ارزشها استفاده کنیم.
in the individual newsroom
گرفته شود
that comes around
and the consequences much higher,
عظیمی داشته باشد،
باز انجام بدهیم؛
and it isn't right.
این درست نیست.
of a complex world.
پیچیده داشته باشیم.
because simple isn't accurate.
ساده دقیق نمیباشد.
to get elbow deep in complexity
در پیچیدگی ها دست ببریم تا
for everyone else to understand.
پیدا کنیم.
just simple answers,
پاسخ های سادهای دردسترس هست،
is the only way to know the real threats
تهدیدات واقعی است که
to translate those threats
ترجمه کنیم،
what it takes to be ready
چهچیزی برای آماده شدن در قبال
out there doing great work --
که کارهای بزرگی میکنند.
this is a time of reawakening,
که الان زمان بیداری دوباره است،
که میتوانیم انجام بدهیم.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lara Setrakian - JournalistLara Setrakian is building innovative news platforms that stand ready to engage and explain the complexity of our world.
Why you should listen
Lara Setrakian is the co-founder and CEO of News Deeply, a startup that creates news platforms and builds passionate communities centered on the most pressing issues of our time. Her team's inaugural site, Syria Deeply, launched in 2012 and won the 2013 Excellence in Online Journalism Award from the National Press Foundation. The team went on to launch Ebola Deeply, Water Deeply, Arctic Deeply, Refugees Deeply and the Women & Girls Hub; the model is expanding to cover new topics in environment, public health, geopolitics and social impact. Each site is staffed by beat reporters and editors with substantial experience of the subjects they cover and augmented by a network of contributors, commentators and area experts who share their perspectives.
A hard-edged optimist, Lara believes in building innovative news platforms that are rooted in public service, that stand ready to engage and explain the complexity of our world. She also believes that there are successful media business models to be built -- ones that capturing the value of specialized information and the power of targeted reader communities. By fusing news and community, journalism and product design, she is developing a way to sustain in-depth and continuous coverage of vital issues. In light of that work Inc Magazine called her one of "8 Women Who Could Own the Future," while Fast Company named her one of the "Most Creative People in Business."
Before starting News Deeply, Setrakian was Middle East correspondent for ABC News and Bloomberg Television. She grew up in New Jersey, the daughter of hard-working Armenian-Americans who raised her to value grit, resilience, and resolve. To document News Deeply's journey and lessons from other great startups in the trenche she coauthored a study of single-subject news models as part of a fellowship at Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism. Her work at News Deeply has been featured in Fast Company, Mashable, Inc, TechCrunch, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, NPR and CNN.
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