Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Lara Setrakian: 3 manieren om een kapotte nieuwsindustrie te herstellen
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in the Middle East
in het Midden-Oosten
right around the end of 2007,
tegen eind 2007,
it was already nearly impossible
was het al bijna onmogelijk
over de hele lijn gedaald,
of them were about us.
under the weight of the war.
onder de oorlogsdruk.
fallen off the agenda.
van de agenda verdwenen.
of all news stories in 2008
van alle nieuwsverhalen in 2008
in de geschiedenis van de VS,
explaining to their students
met uitleggen aan hun studenten
and sometimes dying overseas.
in het buitenland.
Irak en Afghanistan.
around crises in public health,
over problemen met volksgezondheid,
the species-level issues,
de kwesties op soortniveau,
they could actually sink us.
ons daadwerkelijk onderuit halen.
the complex issues of our time,
van ons tijdperk niet begrepen,
practical implications.
met enkele praktische implicaties.
die ermee bezig waren,
were missing the story,
toen we het verhaal misten,
was falling apart,
uit elkaar viel,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
het ontstaan van ISIS zou betekenen,
to the rest of the world.
naar de rest van de wereld.
where I was making that observation,
die bedenking maakte,
story we were missing:
een ander verhaal misten:
you knew that Syria was that important
je moeten weten dat Syrië belangrijk was,
of the Arab Spring.
van de Arabische Lente.
to regional security,
met regionale veiligheid,
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
en begon de webpagina 'Syria Deeply'.
and information source
en informatiebron
a complex issue,
gemakkelijker te begrijpen
it's been a resource
is het een bron geweest
working on the conflict in Syria.
bezig met het conflict in Syrië.
high-quality information,
kwalitatieve informatie,
de kwestie bijeenbracht.
dat het model invloed had.
to do other things "Deeply."
om andere dingen 'grondig' aan te pakken.
down the list.
een weg door de lijst te banen.
nieuwe ondernemingen
wat er mis is met het nieuws.
with the news industry.
has hit an all-time low.
is nooit zo laag geweest.
is from September --
dateert van september --
I call myself an industrious optimist.
ik noem mezelf een ijverige optimist.
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
om de dingen beter te maken
that we've picked up in our own work.
hebben opgepikt, wil ik met jullie delen.
on deep-domain knowledge.
op diepgaande domeinkennis.
at newsrooms across the country,
bij redacties in het hele land
van het specialiseren kwijt.
wordt met uitsterven bedreigd.
is by working with more local journalists,
met lokale journalisten werken,
and collaborators,
en medewerkers,
phone numbers and sound bites.
telefoonnummers en fragmenten bezorgen.
and across Africa and across Asia
in Afrika en in Azië
would not have found on our own.
die wij zelf nooit hadden gevonden.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
in Damascus, over een rolstoelrace,
to those wounded in the war.
van de oorlog.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
die de verspreiding van ebola inperkte
a quarantine in his district.
te organiseren in zijn district.
worden voortijdig terug naar huis te gaan,
to return home before they are ready,
zijn onze mentors.
that are important for all of us to know.
die voor iedereen belangrijk zijn.
for the news industry,
nodig voor de nieuwsindustrie,
geen schade te berokkenen.
could potentially harm society,
toebrengen aan de maatschappij,
as a public service.
de publieke zaak niet meer dient.
We deden ons best.
and sensational coverage,
en sensationele verslaggeving,
sometimes completely wrong.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
dat het ons effectief mensenlevens kostte,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
en feiten verkeerd te brengen,
aan het gebeuren was.
to make the right decisions.
om de juiste keuzes te maken.
how we got it wrong last time,
wat we de laatste keer fout deden
keer niet meer te doen.
to use fear for ratings.
om angst te gebruiken voor kijkcijfers.
in the individual newsroom
worden per redactie
that comes around
and the consequences much higher,
en de gevolgen veel groter
and it isn't right.
verantwoordelijk is en niet juist.
of a complex world.
van een complexe wereld.
because simple isn't accurate.
want simpel is niet juist.
to get elbow deep in complexity
om diep in de complexiteit te graven
for everyone else to understand.
om het duidelijker te maken voor iedereen.
just simple answers,
simpele antwoorden zijn,
naar een steile afgrond.
is the only way to know the real threats
kunnen we de echte gevaren zien
to translate those threats
die gevaren te vertalen
what it takes to be ready
en weet wat je moet doen om klaar te zijn
herstellen wat kapot is.
out there doing great work --
die geweldig werk leveren --
this is a time of reawakening,
het tijdperk is van heropleven,
repareren wat stuk is.
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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