Hope for Journalists, Publishers, and Society in Ulrik Haagerup’s Constructive News

Second edition from InnoVatio Challenges Traditional Paradigms to Improve the Media

January 24, 2015. Davos. – Conventional media wisdom may say “if it bleeds, it leads,” but Ulrik Haagerup, Executive Director of News at the Danish Broadcasting Company argues that constructive news, which focuses not just on problems but solutions, can help increase media audiences while also creative a positive impact on society and problem solving.

Now in its second edition, Haagerup's Constructive News highlights how this journalistic philosophy is improving media content at SABC, Die ZEIT, Czech TV, and more. Having just returned from presenting his work on constructive news at the Stanford Knight Foundation where he is a fellow, Haagerup now joins Jorg Eigendorff of Germany’s Welt-Gruppe, Alexandra Foderl-Schmid of Austria’s Der Standard, and Nakhle el Hage of Al Arabia at Media Tenor International’s Reputation Lab at the World Economic Forum in Davos to talk about the implementation of constructive news philosophies around the world.

“Constructive journalism is a new way of thinking,” says Nathalie Labourdette, Head of the Eurovision Academy, EBU which is now running master classes on constructive news for the 67 member stations. “It answers the question of why … quality journalism matters to society. It gives our news a clear purpose.”

“A change in the way the press operates, and a stronger focus of playing a more constructive role in our societies is welcome,” says Helmut Schmidt, publisher of Die Zeit and former chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Other media leaders agree:

“Why does news have to ‘bleed to lead?’” asks Jimmy Maymann, CEO of The Huffington Post. “The excuse often given by the media is that these stories are ‘what the public wants!’ With Constructive News, Ulrik Haagerup puts focus on the missing link in news coverage today – what’s inspiring, what’s positive, and what’s working.”

“I am amazed at what Ulrik Haagerup has already achieved,” says Professor Martin Kalb, former CBS news anchor and a founding director of Harvard’s Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy.

“Constructive News is a welcome call for a more profound reflection about priorities and choices, not just among media professionals and political leaders, but for all of us,” says Michael Moller, United Nationa Under-Secretary-General and Acting Director-Geeral of the United National Office at Geneva.

Ulrik Haagerup: Constructive News – InnoVatio Publishing Ltd www.innovatio.de

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