Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Lara Setrakianová: 3 spôsoby ako dať do poriadku nefungujúce spravodajstvo
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vysnívanú prácu.
in the Middle East
pre Stredný východ,
right around the end of 2007,
okolo konca roku 2007,
it was already nearly impossible
bolo už priam nemožné
of them were about us.
under the weight of the war.
fallen off the agenda.
vypadol z mediálnej agendy.
of all news stories in 2008
1 percento reportáží
v histórií Ameriky,
explaining to their students
vysvetliť svojim študentom,
and sometimes dying overseas.
a občas aj umierali.
around crises in public health,
okolo krízy vo verejnom zdravotníctve,
the species-level issues,
problémy na druhovej úrovni,
they could actually sink us.
mohli naozaj potopiť.
the complex issues of our time,
zložitým problémom našej doby,
practical implications.
were missing the story,
nám unikal celý ten príbeh,
was falling apart,
postupne rozpadala,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
pre niečo, z čoho vzišiel ISIS
to the rest of the world.
where I was making that observation,
zhromažďovala tieto postrehy,
story we were missing:
ktorý nám unikal:
you knew that Syria was that important
viete, že Sýria bola veľmi dôležitá
of the Arab Spring.
príbehov Arabskej jari.
to regional security,
s regionálnou bezpečnosťou
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
založila webovú stránku Syria Deeply.
and information source
správ a informácií,
a complex issue,
it's been a resource
bola zdrojom
working on the conflict in Syria.
ktorí pracujú na konflikte v Sýrii.
high-quality information,
vysokokvalitných informácií
pre daný problém.
čo zavážilo, bol model.
to do other things "Deeply."
aby sme aj iné veci robili „do hĺbky“.
down the list.
nášho zoznamu.
čo je na správach zle.
with the news industry.
niečo nie je v poriadku.
has hit an all-time low.
rekordne najnižšiu úroveň.
is from September --
je zo septembra –
I call myself an industrious optimist.
ja si hovorím horlivá optimistka.
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
that we've picked up in our own work.
o tri konkrétne nápady z našej tvorby.
on deep-domain knowledge.
na vysoko-odborných poznatkoch.
at newsrooms across the country,
naprieč všetkými redakciami v krajine,
is by working with more local journalists,
spolupráce s miestnymi reportérmi,
and collaborators,
s partnermi a kolegami
phone numbers and sound bites.
ktorí nám dohodia čísla a nahrávky.
and across Africa and across Asia
a v Afrike a v Ázii
would not have found on our own.
jednoznačne neobjavili.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
o pretekoch na invalidných vozíkoch,
to those wounded in the war.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
ktorý zabraňoval šíreniu eboly tým,
a quarantine in his district.
pre svoju obytnú štvrť.
to return home before they are ready,
sa vrátiť domov
that are important for all of us to know.
o ktorých by mal vedieť každý z nás.
for the news industry,
pre spravodajské odvetvie,
(predovšetkým neškodiť).
could potentially harm society,
potenciálne uškodiť spoločnosti,
as a public service.
ako služby pre verejnosť.
Snažili sme sa.
and sensational coverage,
a senzáciechtivými správami
sometimes completely wrong.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
že nás to stálo dokonca ľudské životy,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
a občasnými nepresnými faktami
to make the right decisions.
správne sa rozhodnúť.
how we got it wrong last time,
kde sme naposledy pochybili,
to use fear for ratings.
používať strach na zvýšenie hodnotení.
in the individual newsroom
každá spravodajská redakcia
that comes around
ktorý sa objaví,
and the consequences much higher,
a následky oveľa vyššie,
and it isn't right.
a nesprávne.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
pretože jednoduchosť je nepresná.
to get elbow deep in complexity
dostať sa do hĺbky tejto zložitosti
for everyone else to understand.
každému uľahčiť porozumenie.
just simple answers,
že existujú len jednoduché odpovede,
dole strmým kopcom.
is the only way to know the real threats
je porozumieť zložitosti.
to translate those threats
pretlmočiť vám tieto hrozby
what it takes to be ready
čo to znamená, byť pripravený
to, čo nefunguje.
out there doing great work --
odvádzajúcich vynikajúcu prácu,
this is a time of reawakening,
čo nefunguje.
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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