Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry
Lara Setrakian: Trei moduri de a repara o industrie a știrilor stricată
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aveam job-ul visurilor mele.
in the Middle East
în Orientul Mijlociu
right around the end of 2007,
chiar pe la finalul anului 2007,
it was already nearly impossible
deja era aproape imposibil
în emisiune.
of them were about us.
under the weight of the war.
sub greutatea războiului.
fallen off the agenda.
of all news stories in 2008
explaining to their students
să le explice elevilor
and sometimes dying overseas.
la schimbările climatice
around crises in public health,
în sănătatea publică,
the species-level issues,
probleme la nivelul speciei,
they could actually sink us.
the complex issues of our time,
complexe ale timpurilor noastre,
practical implications.
were missing the story,
was falling apart,
for what would become the rise of ISIS,
pentru ce avea să devină apogeul ISIS,
care urma să se extindă
to the rest of the world.
în restul lumii.
where I was making that observation,
pe care o ratasem:
story we were missing:
you knew that Syria was that important
știai că Siria era atât de importantă
of the Arab Spring.
ale Primăverii Arabe.
to regional security,
de securitatea regională,
a website, called "Syria Deeply."
să încep un website numit Syria Deeply.
and information source
o sursă de știri și informații
a complex issue,
complexe mai ușoară,
it's been a resource
a fost o resursă
working on the conflict in Syria.
și profesioniștii care lucrau la conflict.
high-quality information,
care progresa.
to do other things "Deeply."
alte lucruri Deeply.
down the list.
trecând prin listă.
din companiile nou-lansate
with the news industry.
cu industria știrilor.
has hit an all-time low.
e mai scăzută ca niciodată.
is from September --
I call myself an industrious optimist.
eu mă consider o optimistă harnică.
a lot of us out there.
to make things better,
that we've picked up in our own work.
pe care le-am adunat în propria muncă.
on deep-domain knowledge.
pe cunoștințe profunde în domeniu.
at newsrooms across the country,
de disponibilizări la redacțiile din țară,
este pe cale de dispariție.
is by working with more local journalists,
împreună cu jurnaliști locali,
and collaborators,
phone numbers and sound bites.
numere de telefon și fragmente de sunet.
and across Africa and across Asia
și Africa și Asia
would not have found on our own.
nu le-am fi găsit singuri.
of Damascus, about a wheelchair race
despre o cursă pe scaune cu rotile
to those wounded in the war.
celor răniți în război.
who curbed the spread of Ebola
care a redus extinderea bolii Ebola
a quarantine in his district.
în districtul lui.
to return home before they are ready,
întoarcă acasă înainte să fie pregătiți,
that are important for all of us to know.
for the news industry,
pentru industria jurnalismului,
să nu rănim pe nimeni.
could potentially harm society,
ar putea răni societatea,
as a public service.
ca serviciu social.
Am făcut tot ce am putut.
and sensational coverage,
și senzaționale,
sometimes completely wrong.
uneori complet greșite.
that that actually cost us in human lives,
că acest lucru a costat vieți,
and by sometimes getting the facts wrong,
și greșind uneori datele,
să înțeleagă
to make the right decisions.
luarea deciziilor bune.
how we got it wrong last time,
cum am greșit data trecută
acel drum data viitoare.
to use fear for ratings.
de a folosi frica pentru rating-uri.
in the individual newsroom
în fiecare redacție
that comes around
care va apărea
and the consequences much higher,
și consecințele mai grave,
and it isn't right.
nu este responsabil și nu e corect.
of a complex world.
because simple isn't accurate.
fiindcă simplu nu e precis.
to get elbow deep in complexity
să ne adâncim în complexitate
for everyone else to understand.
mai ușor de înțeles pentru ceilalți.
just simple answers,
doar răspunsuri simple,
is the only way to know the real threats
care ne așteaptă.
to translate those threats
să traducem acele pericole
what it takes to be ready
și să știți cum să fiți gata
ce e stricat.
out there doing great work --
o treabă minunată --
this is a time of reawakening,
este un timp de trezire,
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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