Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Лара Сетракиан: 3 начина да се поправи съсипаната новинарска индустрия
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in the Middle East
Близкия изток
right around the end of 2007,
Близкият изток,
it was already nearly impossible
беше почти невъзможно
of them were about us.
under the weight of the war.
войната.
fallen off the agenda.
of all news stories in 2008
новини през 2008
в историята на САЩ,
explaining to their students
на учениците,
and sometimes dying overseas.
климатичните промени,
around crises in public health,
кризите в общественото здраве,
the species-level issues,
проблеми на вида
they could actually sink us.
ни затрият като вид.
the complex issues of our time,
сложните проблеми на времето ни,
practical implications.
практични последици.
were missing the story,
was falling apart,
се разпадаше,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
на това, което ще стане ИД,
to the rest of the world.
where I was making that observation,
story we were missing:
you knew that Syria was that important
знаеш че Сирия
of the Arab Spring.
to regional security,
регионалната сигурност
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
за да започна сайта "Сирия Задълбочено"
and information source
новини и информация,
a complex issue,
сложна тема,
it's been a resource
беше източник
working on the conflict in Syria.
които работя по конфликта в Сирия.
high-quality information,
висококачествена информация
to do other things "Deeply."
сайтове и в други сфери.
down the list.
неща от списъка.
стартиращи компании
в новините.
with the news industry.
has hit an all-time low.
най-ниският рейтинг за всички времена.
is from September --
е от септември
I call myself an industrious optimist.
аз се наричам трудолюбив оптимист
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
нещата по-добри
that we've picked up in our own work.
сме избрали от нашата работа.
on deep-domain knowledge.
голям спектър от познания.
at newsrooms across the country,
съкращения в новинарските екипи в страната
застрашен вид.
чуждестранните новини
is by working with more local journalists,
and collaborators,
и сътрудници,
phone numbers and sound bites.
ни дават телефонни номера и озвучение.
and across Africa and across Asia
и в цяла Африка и Азия
would not have found on our own.
не бихме открили сами.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
за състезанието с инвалидни колички,
to those wounded in the war.
във войната.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
спрял разпространението на ебола
a quarantine in his district.
карантина в неговия район.
to return home before they are ready,
са принудени да се върнат
that are important for all of us to know.
са важни за всички нас.
for the news industry,
клетва и за новинарската индустрия,
да въздействаме
could potentially harm society,
потенциално опасно за обществото
as a public service.
на обществото.
Дадохме най-доброто.
беше публика,
and sensational coverage,
сензационни репортажи,
sometimes completely wrong.
изцяло неверни.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
че това е струвало човешки животи,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
на някои факти грешно,
to make the right decisions.
правилни решения по-трудно.
how we got it wrong last time,
сме сбъркали предния път
to use fear for ratings.
да използваме страха за рейтинг.
in the individual newsroom
редакцията
that comes around
and the consequences much higher,
по-големи последствия, ако
направихме миналия път
and it isn't right.
и не са верни.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
защото простото не е вярно.
to get elbow deep in complexity
навлезем задълбочено в сложното
for everyone else to understand.
направим по-лесно за разбиране.
just simple answers,
прости отговори,
is the only way to know the real threats
начин да знаем кои са опасностите
to translate those threats
изясняваме заплахите
кое е истина,
what it takes to be ready
как да се подготвите
out there doing great work --
вършат страхотна работа
this is a time of reawakening,
пробуждане,
да направим.
разбитото.
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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