Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
라라 세트라키안(Lara Setrakian): 잘못된 뉴스 업계를 바로잡는 세 가지 방법
Lara Setrakian is building innovative news platforms that stand ready to engage and explain the complexity of our world. Full bio
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일을 하고 있었습니다.
in the Middle East
right around the end of 2007,
중반부였던 2007년 말에
it was already nearly impossible
방송에서 이라크에 대한 이야기를
of them were about us.
우리에 관한 것이었습니다.
그리고 전쟁의 무게 아래
under the weight of the war.
간과하고 있었습니다.
fallen off the agenda.
목록에서 빠졌습니다.
of all news stories in 2008
아프가니스탄에서의 전쟁을
채 안 되었습니다.
explaining to their students
어려움을 겪는다고 토로했습니다.
and sometimes dying overseas.
아프가니스탄 뿐만이 아닙니다.
around crises in public health,
the species-level issues,
우리는 잊어버리고 살았습니다.
they could actually sink us.
빠트릴 수도 있는데도 말이에요.
the complex issues of our time,
이해하지 못함으로써
practical implications.
마주하곤 했습니다.
사람들이 다른 사람들에게
해결할 수 있겠습니까?
were missing the story,
was falling apart,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
만드는 시기였습니다.
to the rest of the world.
where I was making that observation,
story we were missing:
빼먹었다는 걸 발견합니다.
you knew that Syria was that important
중요했다는 걸 아실 겁니다.
of the Arab Spring.
to regional security,
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
웹사이트를 하려고 TV일을 그만뒀습니다.
and information source
보다 쉽게 이해할 수 있게 해주는
a complex issue,
되게끔 만들어졌으며
it's been a resource
working on the conflict in Syria.
큰 자원이 되었습니다.
양질의 정보에 기반하여
high-quality information,
사업 모델을 만들었습니다.
있다고 느꼈습니다.
to do other things "Deeply."
요청을 받기도 했습니다.
down the list.
해나가기 시작했죠.
잘못된 것을 바로잡으려고 하는
with the news industry.
has hit an all-time low.
is from September --
지난 9월의 자료입니다.
I call myself an industrious optimist.
저는 근면한 낙관론자라고 부릅니다.
a lot of us out there.
굉장히 많다고 생각합니다.
to make things better,
타계할 방법을 알고 있으며
that we've picked up in our own work.
세 가지를 같이 나누고자 합니다.
on deep-domain knowledge.
뉴스가 필요합니다.
at newsrooms across the country,
우리가 이를 바로잡을 수 있는 방법은
is by working with more local journalists,
그저 전화번호나 알려주고
and collaborators,
phone numbers and sound bites.
같이 일하는 것입니다.
and across Africa and across Asia
아시아 전역에 있는 저희 보도원들은
would not have found on our own.
이야기들을 알려줍니다.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
to those wounded in the war.
열리는 휠체어 경주나
직접 본인의 지역을 격리시킨
who curbed the spread of Ebola
이야기들이 있습니다.
a quarantine in his district.
준비가 되기도 전에
to return home before they are ready,
내용도 있습니다.
저희의 스승입니다.
that are important for all of us to know.
이야기들을 들려줍니다.
for the news industry,
히포크라테스 선서가 필요합니다.
않겠다는 약속이요.
질 줄도 알아야 합니다.
잊어버렸을 때
could potentially harm society,
as a public service.
자각해야만 합니다.
최선을 다했습니다.
비이성적이고 자극적이며
and sensational coverage,
속는 것을 보았습니다.
sometimes completely wrong.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
사람의 목숨이 걸린 일이라고 했습니다.
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
때로는 틀린 사실을 말함으로써
만들기 때문이었죠.
to make the right decisions.
내리는 것을 더 어렵게 만들었습니다.
더 잘할 수 있습니다.
how we got it wrong last time,
하지 않도록 해야만 합니다.
to use fear for ratings.
사용하고자 하는 유혹을 이겨내야 합니다.
in the individual newsroom
that comes around
더 치명적일 수 있고
and the consequences much higher,
and it isn't right.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
세상을 단순하게 취급하면 안됩니다.
to get elbow deep in complexity
다른 모든이들이 쉽게 이해할 수 있도록
for everyone else to understand.
해야 할 일입니다.
just simple answers,
있는 것처럼 행동한다면
마찬가지라고 저는 생각합니다.
is the only way to know the real threats
앞으로 곧 다가올
to translate those threats
어떤 것이 필요한 지를 파악할 수 있도록
what it takes to be ready
저희의 역할입니다.
고칠 수 있다고 믿습니다.
out there doing great work --
엄청난 일들을 해내고 있습니다.
this is a time of reawakening,
우리가 할 수 있는 일을 다시 새기는
바로잡을 수 있다고 믿습니다.
믿어 의심치 않습니다.
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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