Reuters editor in chief David Schlesinger spoke to journalists and students at the University of Hong Kong on Friday about how journalism is changing, and how Reuters has changed due to the recent economic crisis.
Schlesinger stated, “If we have learned anything from these past two years, it has been that pure facts are not enough.
“Pure facts don’t tell enough of the story; pure facts won’t earn their way.
“The arguments about whether the factual seeds of the financial crisis had been adequately reported are ultimately meaningless. The facts were there. But they weren’t put together in a way that was compelling enough or powerful enough to change the course of events.
“We’ve been drowning in facts, and that deluge continues to threaten.
“How different from October 1851 when Julius Reuter set up his pigeon and telegraph shop, sending out facts to a world starved for them.
“Today, it’s context, connectedness and community that matter.”
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