Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Lara Setrakian: Trzy sposoby, by naprawić rynek informacji
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in the Middle East
pojawiła się rysa.
right around the end of 2007,
tuż przed końcem 2007 roku,
it was already nearly impossible
prawie nie dało się znaleźć
of them were about us.
under the weight of the war.
fallen off the agenda.
of all news stories in 2008
wszystkich wiadomości
explaining to their students
jak wytłumaczyć uczniom,
and sometimes dying overseas.
przez zmianę klimatu
around crises in public health,
z kryzysem w służbie zdrowia,
the species-level issues,
sprawami wagi gatunkowej,
they could actually sink us.
możemy wyginąć jako gatunek.
the complex issues of our time,
złożonych problemów naszych czasów,
practical implications.
realnych konsekwencji.
nad ich rozwiązaniem
were missing the story,
nie śledziliśmy jego historii,
was falling apart,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
pod późniejsze powstanie ISIS,
to the rest of the world.
where I was making that observation,
story we were missing:
kolejną historię:
you knew that Syria was that important
of the Arab Spring.
to regional security,
z bezpieczeństwem w regionie,
przemilczaną historią.
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
i założyłam stronę "Syria Deeply".
and information source
jako źródło informacji,
a complex issue,
złożony problem
it's been a resource
dostarczała materiałów
working on the conflict in Syria.
pracującym nad konfliktem w Syrii.
high-quality information,
wysokiej jakości,
uwagę największych umysłów.
to do other things "Deeply."
by dogłębnie zbadać inne sprawy.
down the list.
po kolei nad nimi pracować.
with the news industry.
has hit an all-time low.
jest najniższe w historii.
is from September --
pochodzą z września,
I call myself an industrious optimist.
ja mówię o sobie "pracowita optymistka".
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
that we've picked up in our own work.
które sami wypracowaliśmy.
on deep-domain knowledge.
na gruntownej wiedzy przedmiotowej.
at newsrooms across the country,
w redakcjach w całym kraju,
to zagrożony gatunek.
is by working with more local journalists,
z miejscowymi dziennikarzami,
and collaborators,
i współpracowników,
phone numbers and sound bites.
i chwytliwych haseł.
and across Africa and across Asia
z Syrii, Afryki i Azji
would not have found on our own.
których sami na pewno byśmy nie znaleźli.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
na przedmieściach Damaszku,
to those wounded in the war.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
który powstrzymał rozszerzanie Eboli
a quarantine in his district.
to return home before they are ready,
afgańskich uchodźcach,
do powrotu do domów.
that are important for all of us to know.
ważne dla nas wszystkich.
for the news industry,
przysięgi Hipokratesa:
could potentially harm society,
as a public service.
jako służba społeczna.
epidemię Eboli.
dając z siebie wszystko.
i sensacyjnymi doniesieniami,
and sensational coverage,
sometimes completely wrong.
czasem zupełnie błędne.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
że ceną jest ludzkie życie,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
to make the right decisions.
podejmowanie właściwych decyzji.
how we got it wrong last time,
co ostatnio zrobiliśmy źle,
po raz kolejny.
to use fear for ratings.
do zdobywania popularności.
in the individual newsroom
that comes around
śmiercionośny wirus,
and the consequences much higher,
znacznie poważniejsze,
and it isn't right.
odpowiedzialne i zgodne z prawdą.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
bo proste nie jest dokładne.
to get elbow deep in complexity
jest pokazać tę złożoność
for everyone else to understand.
by pomóc odbiorcy ją zrozumieć.
just simple answers,
że odpowiedzi na wszystko są proste,
is the only way to know the real threats
poznania rzeczywistych zagrożeń,
to translate those threats
tłumaczenie tych zagrożeń
what it takes to be ready
i nauczyć się przygotowywania
out there doing great work --
robiących dobrą robotę.
this is a time of reawakening,
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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