Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Lara Setrakian: 3 Wege, die kaputte Nachrichtenbranche zu reparieren
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im Nahen Osten
in the Middle East
right around the end of 2007,
in den Nahen Osten,
it was already nearly impossible
war es fast schon unmöglich,
auf Sendung zu finden.
in den Netzwerken zurückgegangen.
of them were about us.
under the weight of the war.
unter der Last des Krieges passierte.
fallen off the agenda.
aus der Agenda gerutscht.
of all news stories in 2008
aller Nachrichten 2008
in der Geschichte der USA,
nur schwer erklären konnten,
explaining to their students
and sometimes dying overseas.
und bei Afghanistan.
around crises in public health,
the species-level issues,
wie ich sie nenne -- "Arten-Ebene",
they could actually sink us.
der Untergang sein könnten.
the complex issues of our time,
unserer Zeit nicht verstehen,
practical implications.
verfolgen konnten,
were missing the story,
die Geschichte verpassten,
was falling apart,
auseinanderbrach,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
für den Aufstieg des IS,
to the rest of the world.
in die restliche Welt.
where I was making that observation,
mir dies klar wurde,
story we were missing:
noch eine Geschichte verpassten:
you knew that Syria was that important
wusste man von Anfang an,
of the Arab Spring.
des Arabischen Frühlings.
to regional security,
der regionalen Sicherheit,
Geschichte werden lassen.
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
"Syria Deeply" [Syrien in der Tiefe"].
and information source
Nachrichten und Informationen sein,
a complex issue,
verständlicher zu machen.
it's been a resource
working on the conflict in Syria.
die am Syrienkonflikt arbeiten.
high-quality information,
hochwertigen Informationen,
to do other things "Deeply."
andere Dinge "tiefgründig" zu machen.
down the list.
die Liste zu arbeiten.
was in den Nachrichten falsch läuft.
with the news industry.
etwas nicht stimmt.
has hit an all-time low.
seinen niedrigsten Stand erreicht.
is from September --
I call myself an industrious optimist.
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
Dinge verbessern kann.
that we've picked up in our own work.
on deep-domain knowledge.
die auf Sachkenntnis aufbauen.
at newsrooms across the country,
in Nachrichtenredaktionen im ganzen Land
ist vom Aussterben bedroht.
sollten wir häufiger
is by working with more local journalists,
and collaborators,
Mitarbeiter behandeln
phone numbers and sound bites.
Telefonnummern und O-Töne liefern.
and across Africa and across Asia
in ganz Afrika und Asien
would not have found on our own.
alleine nicht gekommen wären.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
Damaskus über ein Rollstuhlrennen,
to those wounded in the war.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
die Verbreitung von Ebola eindämmte,
a quarantine in his district.
in seinem Bezirk organisierte.
to return home before they are ready,
gezwungene afghanische Flüchtlinge
that are important for all of us to know.
die wir alle kennen sollten.
for the news industry,
für die Nachrichtenbranche,
keinen Schaden anzurichten.
die Wahrheit sagen,
Verantwortungsbewusstein.
could potentially harm society,
Schaden zufügen könnte,
as a public service.
Dienstleistung verlieren.
Wir taten unser Bestes.
and sensational coverage,
überschwemmt wurde,
sometimes completely wrong.
manchmal komplett falsch.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
hat uns das Menschenleben gekostet,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
manchmal die Fakten falsch auslegt haben.
to make the right decisions.
richtige Entscheidungen.
how we got it wrong last time,
wo wir das letzte Mal falsch lagen
einen anderen Weg zu gehen.
to use fear for ratings.
Angst für bessere Quoten zu nutzen.
in the individual newsroom
Redaktionen getroffen werden
that comes around
der um die Ecke kommt,
and the consequences much higher,
und die Folgen viel schwerer,
and it isn't right.
unverantwortlich und unrichtig ist.
of a complex world.
verstehen wollen.
because simple isn't accurate.
denn einfach ist nicht präzise.
to get elbow deep in complexity
Komplexität anzupacken
for everyone else to understand.
das Verständnis zu erleichtern.
just simple answers,
nur einfache Antworten,
is the only way to know the real threats
kennen wir die wirklichen Gefahren,
to translate those threats
diese Gefahren zu übersetzen
what it takes to be ready
und wissen können,
Kaputtes reparieren.
out there doing great work --
erstklassige Arbeit --
this is a time of reawakening,
eine Zeit des Wiedererwachens ist,
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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