What investigative journalists should focus on
As an investigative journalist, it is better to get away from ideological discussions and keep it to a matter of what’s clearly wrong.” @mcaruanagalizia fights back @journalismfest #Ijf19
Journalists can’t be objective
“The notion of objectivity makes no sense, we are all human beings. What I think we can be is completely fair and completely accurate. It’s not the view from nowhere because that doesn’t exist, we are all humans.” @Indira_L #ijf19
A leaked document, not enough
.@RyleGerard: “I find in America there is a kind of snobbery around what they call leak journalism. They think the moment you get a big set of documents that is the story, but when you get the information it is the beginning of a very long journey, not the end of one.” #ijf19
Discipline to succeed
“So many transformations fail because there isn’t a roll-out plan. Having to learn the discipline of the process has been really good for me” @NewsEdJane #Ijf19 @journalismfest
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How not to be a journalist
You’re not at your best when you don’t acknowledge struggles“ says @zziomecka and recommends mindfulness-based stress reduction for journalists. NO – we don’t have to be „tough“ and „have balls“ to do our job! #Ijf19
Business and journalism
-@pilhofer: “People on the business side have the same sense of mission, sometimes even more”. -@amichel: “Sometimes they don’t understand that journalists don’t control their time and can’t meet in the midst of breaking news” #ijf19
The good thing about blockchain
“Social media platforms don’t have a Constitution, blockchain community-based journalism projects like @civil offer transparent ethical rules and the public knows what they fund” @mariaressa @journalismfest #Ijf19
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Who should not fund media
Top advice for media entrepreneurs from top #Ijf19 speaker @JenniferBrandel “don’t take money from assholes”
Investigative journalism job
re: We follow the facts and ask questions – that’s our job … #ijf19 > The phrase “investigative reporting” certainly continues to evolve quite a bit. cc @NewsEdJane
Newspaper Day
.@journalismfest Simple idea for you – an annual ‘Newspaper Day’ when we all buy a newspaper in support of quality journalism #ijf19
Fixers as quotable sources
A good point made by @pauljournalism: if fixers take care of booking taxis and drive you around, maybe it is OK to call them fixers. But if they introduce you to their community and contacts and their knowledge is necessary to your reporting, then they should be credited. #ijf19
Photos with stereotypes
“Photos more than journalism are dangerous in the context of parachuting journalism because they have a big impact on people. Photos with stereotypes about Africa are even made by Pulitzer prize winners. Maybe photographer engaged with Africa have a fresh look” @ezuccala at #ijf19
Journalism small on the web
“All news and information on the web account for 3 per cent of the time people spend on digital media. While we feel important and proud of the work we do, we are a relatively small part of the open web.” @rasmus_kleis #ijf19
Platforms don’t need news publishers
We are deceiving ourselves if we think that our relationship with platforms is negotiable. We can’t ‘break up’ with them as they are so deeply ingrained in our users’ lives, but the platforms don’t need news publishers and aren’t prioritizing our needs – @rkapkap of @FT #ijf19
This is not a relationship [between publishers and platforms]. We have to treat this as a negotiation. Platforms do not need media. – @rkapkap, @FinancialTimes #ijf19
Hinderances to good journalism
#ijf19 @bbc_wallace says there’s “always better journalists than journalism.” Editors, time, resources, political pressure, etc, often prevent good journalists from serving their best journalism
Fair trade for journalism
We’re thinking about fair trade when it comes to coffee, but what about journalism? – Slow media: why slow is satisfying, sustainable and smart – Jennifer Rauch #ijf19 @journalismfest
Parachute journalism
“Who has the power to tell whose story? … For me, parachute journalism is all about extraction… The relationship goes back all the way to slavery. We have predetermined our relationship with people in the global south a long time ago” @ElizaTalks at #IJF19
