Pathfinder
Editor, Senior Moderator
SYRIA
You probably won?t read this piece about Syria
AJE this week ran special content on a grim milestone because it's important. But our data told us something: few cared.
17 Mar 2015 13:47 GMT
Barry Malone
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Sometimes journalism itself feels like a fight to get people to care.
And as often, maybe more often, it's a fight to get yourself to. Every day, the media deals in stories of death and devastation and despair. Too often, it feels like work, just there to be processed. ...
But we have a duty. Because these are other people's stories.
And they deserve to have them heard.
On the anniversary, we published a lot of content. There were stirring documentaries, powerful polemics, Syrian paintings, infographics, analysis, interviews, features and news. There was streaming TV. We tried to take our audience into the lives of those caught up in this.
...
But the number of people who came to our site that day was far lower than expected. As we watched the analytics, tracked our traffic, that stinging accusation of apathy seemed justified.
...
When we tweeted the accusation that the world didn't care, many people retweeted it. But most didn't click the link to read our stories...
That's a shame.
Because this was an opportunity to take stock. To stand back. To reflect on the fact that more than 220,000 people have been killed and half a country's population pushed from their homes...
Our indifference is something we need to think about and talk about. As journalists, we should question our performance. As people, our humanity...
...
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/middleeast/2015/03/wont-read-piece-syria-isil-iraq-isis-150317125900133.html
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What's left of Syria?
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2015/03/left-syria-150317133753354.html
You probably won?t read this piece about Syria
AJE this week ran special content on a grim milestone because it's important. But our data told us something: few cared.
17 Mar 2015 13:47 GMT
Barry Malone
...
Sometimes journalism itself feels like a fight to get people to care.
And as often, maybe more often, it's a fight to get yourself to. Every day, the media deals in stories of death and devastation and despair. Too often, it feels like work, just there to be processed. ...
But we have a duty. Because these are other people's stories.
And they deserve to have them heard.
On the anniversary, we published a lot of content. There were stirring documentaries, powerful polemics, Syrian paintings, infographics, analysis, interviews, features and news. There was streaming TV. We tried to take our audience into the lives of those caught up in this.
...
But the number of people who came to our site that day was far lower than expected. As we watched the analytics, tracked our traffic, that stinging accusation of apathy seemed justified.
...
When we tweeted the accusation that the world didn't care, many people retweeted it. But most didn't click the link to read our stories...
That's a shame.
Because this was an opportunity to take stock. To stand back. To reflect on the fact that more than 220,000 people have been killed and half a country's population pushed from their homes...
Our indifference is something we need to think about and talk about. As journalists, we should question our performance. As people, our humanity...
...
http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/middleeast/2015/03/wont-read-piece-syria-isil-iraq-isis-150317125900133.html
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What's left of Syria?
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2015/03/left-syria-150317133753354.html