Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Lara Setrakian: Três maneiras de reparar a indústria jornalística
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meu emprego dos sonhos.
in the Middle East
no Oriente Médio pela ABC.
right around the end of 2007,
o meio da Guerra do Iraque.
já era quase impossível
it was already nearly impossible
desaparecido das emissoras.
of them were about us.
as histórias sobre o Iraque,
under the weight of the war.
a elas sob o peso da guerra.
fallen off the agenda.
of all news stories in 2008
as reportagens em 2008
na história dos EUA,
explaining to their students
para explicar aos alunos
and sometimes dying overseas.
e às vezes morrendo no exterior.
e o com Afeganistão.
around crises in public health,
sobre crises na saúde pública,
the species-level issues,
de problemas em termos de espécie,
they could actually sink us.
eles poderiam nos afundar.
the complex issues of our time,
complexos da atualidade,
practical implications.
certas implicações práticas.
acompanhar em tempo real,
com os problemas
were missing the story,
perdíamos as notícias,
was falling apart,
estava desmoronando,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
para o que se tornaria a ascensão do ISIS,
to the rest of the world.
para o resto do mundo.
where I was making that observation,
fazendo essa observação,
story we were missing:
que estávamos deixando passar:
you knew that Syria was that important
em Oriente Médio,
a Síria desde o início.
of the Arab Spring.
da Primavera Árabe.
to regional security,
à segurança regional,
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
começar um website chamado "Syria Deeply".
and information source
de notícias e informações
a complex issue,
de um assunto complexo,
it's been a resource
tem sido um recurso
working on the conflict in Syria.
trabalhando no conflito na Síria.
high-quality information,
consistentes e de alta qualidade,
to do other things "Deeply."
outros assuntos "Deeply".
down the list.
de errado com os noticiários.
with the news industry.
com a indústria de notícias.
has hit an all-time low.
atingiu o mínimo histórico.
is from September --
são de setembro,
I call myself an industrious optimist.
eu me considero uma otimista diligente.
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
that we've picked up in our own work.
que descobrimos em nosso trabalho.
on deep-domain knowledge.
sob conhecimento especializado.
at newsrooms across the country,
nas redações no país,
is by working with more local journalists,
trabalhar com mais jornalistas locais,
and collaborators,
parceiros e colaboradores
phone numbers and sound bites.
números de telefones e frases de impacto.
and across Africa and across Asia
e através da África e Ásia
would not have found on our own.
não encontraríamos por nós mesmos.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
sobre uma corrida de cadeira de rodas
to those wounded in the war.
para aqueles feridos na guerra.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
que freou o avanço do Ebola
a quarantine in his district.
em seu distrito.
to return home before they are ready,
a retornar antes de estarem prontos,
são nossos mentores.
that are important for all of us to know.
importantes para todos nós.
for the news industry,
de Hipócrates na indústria jornalística,
could potentially harm society,
potencialmente prejudicar a sociedade,
as a public service.
como um serviço público.
Fizemos nosso melhor.
and sensational coverage,
histérica e sensacionalista,
sometimes completely wrong.
outras completamente errada.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
que isso pode nos custar vidas humanas,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
e algumas vezes errarmos os fatos,
realmente acontecendo.
to make the right decisions.
a tomada das decisões corretas.
how we got it wrong last time,
como erramos na última vez,
o mesmo da próxima vez.
to use fear for ratings.
para obter melhor índice de audiência.
in the individual newsroom
that comes around
and the consequences much higher,
e as consequências muito maiores,
and it isn't right.
e não estiver correta.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
porque simples não é exato.
to get elbow deep in complexity
nos aprofundar na complexidade
for everyone else to understand.
que todos compreendam.
just simple answers,
apenas respostas simples,
is the only way to know the real threats
de conhecer as verdadeiras ameaças
to translate those threats
traduzir essas ameaças
what it takes to be ready
e saber o que precisa
o que está quebrado.
out there doing great work --
fazendo um ótimo trabalho --
this is a time of reawakening,
que é uma era de acordar,
o que está quebrado.
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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