Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Лара Сетракян: Три способа «наладить» новости
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работа моей мечты.
in the Middle East
на Среднем Востоке,
right around the end of 2007,
где-то в конце 2007 года,
найти репортаж об Ираке в новостях
it was already nearly impossible
of them were about us.
under the weight of the war.
с ними во время войны.
fallen off the agenda.
of all news stories in 2008
всех новостных репортажей в 2008 году
в истории США,
explaining to their students
объяснить школьникам,
and sometimes dying overseas.
умиравшие за границей.
Ирака и Афганистана.
и изменениями климата,
around crises in public health,
о кризисе в здравоохранении
the species-level issues,
проблемами на уровне вида,
they could actually sink us.
уничтожить нас как вид.
the complex issues of our time,
сложных проблем нашего времени
practical implications.
с реальными последствиями.
were missing the story,
was falling apart,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
условия для появления ИГИЛа,
to the rest of the world.
во весь остальной мир.
where I was making that observation,
story we were missing:
ещё одна упущенная тема:
you knew that Syria was that important
вы бы знали, что Сирия была важна
of the Arab Spring.
to regional security,
с региональной безопасностью
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
ради сайта «Глубоко о Сирии».
and information source
новостей и информации,
a complex issue,
эту сложную проблему.
it's been a resource
working on the conflict in Syria.
работающих над конфликтом в Сирии.
high-quality information,
что это был нужный формат.
to do other things "Deeply."
осветить и другие темы «глубоко».
down the list.
в таком же формате по списку.
with the news industry.
has hit an all-time low.
упал до минимума.
is from September --
здесь, — сентябрьская.
I call myself an industrious optimist.
я бы назвала себя заядлым оптимистом.
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
that we've picked up in our own work.
on deep-domain knowledge.
at newsrooms across the country,
в новостных компаниях по всей стране,
это исчезающий вид.
is by working with more local journalists,
с местными журналистами,
and collaborators,
как к партнерам и сотрудникам,
phone numbers and sound bites.
телефонные номера и эффектные реплики.
and across Africa and across Asia
по всей Африке и Азии
would not have found on our own.
которые самим нам не найти.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
о гонках на инвалидных колясках.
to those wounded in the war.
кто был ранен в войне.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
распространение вируса Эболы
a quarantine in his district.
to return home before they are ready,
вынужденных вернуться назад
that are important for all of us to know.
которые все должны знать.
for the news industry,
клятвы Гиппократа для индустрии новостей,
could potentially harm society,
может навредить обществу,
as a public service.
служить на благо обществу.
Мы делали всё возможное.
and sensational coverage,
даже и вовсе неверным.
sometimes completely wrong.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
это стоило нам жизней людей,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
и иногда допуская ошибки в фактах,
to make the right decisions.
принятие правильных решений.
how we got it wrong last time,
что мы сделали не так в прошлый раз,
не делать этого в следующий.
to use fear for ratings.
использовать страх для рейтингов.
in the individual newsroom
и каждым журналистом в отдельности,
that comes around
смертельный вирус
and the consequences much higher,
могут оказаться гораздо хуже,
and it isn't right.
не будет ответственным и правдивым.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
не значит достоверно.
to get elbow deep in complexity
с головой окунуться в сложное
for everyone else to understand.
помочь людям его понять.
just simple answers,
что есть только простые ответы,
is the only way to know the real threats
единственный способ узнать
рассказать об этих угрозах
to translate those threats
какие из них реальны,
what it takes to be ready
и знали, что нужно,
что не работает.
out there doing great work --
делающие великую работу —
this is a time of reawakening,
время пробудиться
что не работает.
можно решить.
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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