# The case for public media

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxGuangzhou
- Speaker: Qi Wu 吴琪
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: Chinese
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/qi_wu_the_case_for_public_media)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In a frenetic news landscape transformed by social media and online video, traditional journalism can sometimes appear close to irrelevance. Drawing from her experiences reporting from Wuhan during the COVID-19 pandemic, journalist Qi Wu pushes back on this notion, arguing that old-school public media still plays an essential role in separating the important stories from the background noise and telling them in the most effective and accurate way possible.

## Lectures

1. [The case for public media](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/qi_wu_the_case_for_public_media/2a8ff24da4c0), 18 min (TED's player)