Re: <nettime> Seth Abramson: We need a new kind of journalism (Guardian)

[Patrice Riemens <patrice@xs4all.nl>]

True, but I believe that the problem that Seth Abramson points out is 
that as a consequence of de-funding investigative journalism by the big 
mainstream media a gap arises between day-to-day news (& instant 
analysis) journalism and historians, who usually come several years 
after the events. Of course, books are also published covering a 
particular situation in depth (?) quite soon, like his, but then there 
too, rushing to publish may leave big lapses, of fact maybe , but even 
more of interpretation/contextualisation.


On 2018-11-24 13:50, David Garcia wrote:
> Assuming there is any truth in the hoary old cliche that "journalism
> is the first rough draft of history"
> then how does Abramson’s notion of “curatorial journalism”
> differ from the role of historian?
>
> The act he describes of "going beyond a recitation of the facts
> reliably sourced, to establishing a readily digestible
> narrative that establishes how and why we have come to the point we
> have – without sacrificing the
> complexities of the subject” sounds to me a lot like taking a few
> steps along the way to the writing of history.
> Do we actually gain anything by way of insight or illumination by
> introducing the term “curatorial”
> to the methods and the journey that take us from journalism to
> history.. And isnt this another sign that
> "curatorial” is rapidly becoming an overextended concept in danger
> of losing all meaning.
>
> David Garcia
>
> On 24 Nov 2018, at 10:41, Patrice Riemens <patrice@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> > In each of these cases, what is needed is not just a recitation of
> > facts but an encompassing, reliably sourced, readily digestible
> > narrative that establishes how and why we have come to the point we
> > have – without sacrificing the complexities of the subject. Done
> > well, the result of all this compiling, connecting and synthesizing
> > will be not just a thorough history but also the production of new
> > knowledge on each of these critical topics.
> > Advertisement
> >
> > In this way, curatorial journalism can help ameliorate the deficits
> > of understanding our digital age inevitably produces, leaving us not
> > just better informed but also more trusting of the work done by our
> > most deeply committed investigative reporters. Here’s hoping this
> > new subgenre of new media journalism continues to inform us at this
> > critical juncture in history and perhaps, in time, gets its due.
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