Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Lara Setrakian: Três maneiras de reparar a indústria jornalística
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eu tinha o emprego dos meus sonhos.
in the Middle East
right around the end of 2007,
no final de 2007,
a meio da guerra do Iraque.
it was already nearly impossible
já era quase impossível
nas televisões.
of them were about us.
sobre o Iraque,
under the weight of the war.
sob o peso da guerra.
fallen off the agenda.
of all news stories in 2008
as reportagens em 2008
da história dos EUA,
explaining to their students
em explicar aos alunos
and sometimes dying overseas.
e às vezes a morrer no estrangeiro.
e com o Afeganistão.
à alteração climática
around crises in public health,
sobre crises na saúde pública,
the species-level issues,
de problemas a nível de espécie,
they could actually sink us.
eles podem afundar-nos.
the complex issues of our time,
os problemas complexos da atualidade,
practical implications.
certas implicações práticas.
não compreendíamos,
acompanhar em tempo real,
que trabalhavam nos problemas
were missing the story,
perdíamos as notícias,
was falling apart,
se estava a desmoronar,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
para o que viria a ser a ascensão do ISIS,
to the rest of the world.
para o resto do mundo.
where I was making that observation,
a fazer esta observação,
story we were missing:
que estávamos a deixar passar:
you knew that Syria was that important
saberia que a Síria era muito importante
of the Arab Spring.
da Primavera Árabe.
to regional security,
à segurança regional,
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
começar um site chamado "Syria Deeply".
and information source
uma fonte de informações
a complex issue,
de um assunto complexo,
it's been a resource
tem sido um recurso
working on the conflict in Syria.
que trabalham sobre o conflito na Síria.
high-quality information,
consistentes e de alta qualidade,
que tinha sucesso.
to do other things "Deeply."
para fazermos outros assuntos "Deeply".
down the list.
de muitos empresários,
de muitas "start-ups"
nos noticiários.
with the news industry.
com a indústria jornalística.
has hit an all-time low.
atingiu um mínimo histórico.
is from September --
são de setembro
I call myself an industrious optimist.
Eu considero-me uma otimista diligente.
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
that we've picked up in our own work.
que descobrimos com o nosso trabalho.
on deep-domain knowledge.
em conhecimento especializado.
at newsrooms across the country,
nas redações no país,
está em vias de extinção.
is by working with more local journalists,
é trabalhar com jornalistas locais,
and collaborators,
e colaboradores,
phone numbers and sound bites.
números de telefone e frases de impacto.
and across Africa and across Asia
na Síria, na África e na Ásia
would not have found on our own.
não encontraríamos por nós mesmos.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
sobre uma corrida em cadeira de rodas
to those wounded in the war.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
a propagação do Ébola
a quarantine in his district.
no seu distrito.
to return home before they are ready,
a voltar a casa antes de estarem prontos,
são os nossos mentores.
that are important for all of us to know.
que são importantes para todos nós.
for the news industry,
de Hipócrates na indústria jornalística,
could potentially harm society,
vir a prejudicar a sociedade,
as a public service.
como um serviço público.
Fizemos o nosso melhor.
and sensational coverage,
histérica e sensacionalista,
sometimes completely wrong.
outras vezes completamente errada.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
que isso custou vidas humanas,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
e algumas vezes errar nos factos,
conseguissem perceber
to make the right decisions.
tomar as decisões certas.
how we got it wrong last time,
que errámos da última vez,
na próxima vez.
to use fear for ratings.
o medo para obter melhores "ratings".
in the individual newsroom
na redação
that comes around
and the consequences much higher,
e as consequências muito maiores,
and it isn't right.
e não for correta.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
porque o simples não é exato.
to get elbow deep in complexity
aprofundarmo-nos na complexidade
for everyone else to understand.
mais fácil para todos entenderem.
just simple answers,
respostas simples,
para um precipício.
is the only way to know the real threats
forma de conhecer as ameaças reais
to translate those threats
traduzir essas ameaças
what it takes to be ready
e saberem o que é preciso
o que está avariado.
out there doing great work --
a fazer um ótimo trabalho
this is a time of reawakening,
que esta é a altura de acordar,
reparar o que está avariado.
vamos conseguir.
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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