The movement to discredit journalism and verifiable facts will clash in 2018 with a growing resistance, made up of local citizens, progressive public servants, celebrities, artists, and journalists themselves. Expect a surge in violent confrontations, filled with the occasional bloody arrests of reporters, especially as the mid-term elections draw near. An internal debate will take place at news organizations as several discover bots posing as trolls on their homepages and social media accounts. Simultaneously, a wave of pro-journalism TV shows, books, and podcasts will explode on the scene helping more and more citizens understand and appreciate the role solid, factual news plays in their daily lives.
Corey Johnson is a reporter for the Tampa Bay Times.
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Tracie Powell The muting of underserved voices
Lucas Graves From algorithms to institutions
Basile Simon We need better career paths for news nerds
Nicholas Diakopoulos Fortifying social media from automated inauthenticity
Hossein Derakhshan Television has won
Renée Kaplan The year of quiet adjustments (shhh)
Taylor Lorenz Social and media will split
Evie Nagy Pivot to mobile video frustration
Zizi Papacharissi Women come back
Jennifer Coogan The future is female
Monika Bauerlein The firehose of falsehood
Tim Carmody Watch out for Spotify
Marie Gilot No assholes allowed
Heather Bryant Building the ecosystems for collaboration
Ståle Grut Reclaiming audience interaction from social networks
Hannah Cassius The year of the echo-chamber escapists
Jared Newman Venture funding and digital news don’t mix
Matt Boggie The intellectual equivalent of the Dead Sea
Damon Krukowski Reviving the alt-weekly soul
Sarah Marshall Loyalty as the key performance indicator
Umbreen Bhatti The trust problem isn’t new
Bill Keller A growing turn to philanthropy
Jamie Mottram From pageviews to t-shirts
Sam Sanders Shine the light on ourselves
Mira Lowe The year of the local watchdog
Sally Lehrman Trust comes first
Juliette De Maeyer A responsible press criticism
Dannagal G. Young Stop covering politics as a game
Joanne McNeil Gatekeeping the gatekeepers
Caitria O'Neill The new court of public opinion
Frédéric Filloux External forces
Imaeyen Ibanga Longform video leads the way
Julia B. Chan Looking for loyalty in all the right places
Rodney Gibbs Tech workers turn to journalism
Felix Salmon Covering bitcoin while owning bitcoin
Lanre Akinola Making noise is not a strategy
Tamar Charney We get serious about algorithms
Jim Brady With the people, not just of the people
Sydette Harry Listen to your corner and watch for the hook
Matt Thompson Here come the attention managers
Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete
AX Mina Memes and visuals come to the fore
Miguel Castro The arrival of the impact producer
Molly de Aguiar Good journalism won’t be enough
Edward Roussel Eyes, ears, and brains
Will Sommer The year local media gets conservative
Juleyka Lantigua Women of color will reclaim and monetize our time
Mario García Storytelling finally adapts to mobile
Andrew Haeg The year journalists become relationship builders
Yvonne Leow The rise of video messaging
Emily Goligoski Looking beyond news for inspiration
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen The Snapchat scenario and the risk of more closed platforms
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Seeking trust in fragmented spaces
P. Kim Bui The reckoning is only beginning
Corey Ford The empire strikes back
Michelle Garcia Navigating journalistic transparency
Mary Walter-Brown Show a little vulnerability
Millie Tran and Stine Bauer Dahlberg (Hint: It’s about your brand)
Julia Beizer A longer view on the pivot
Tanya Cordrey Finally, the seeds of radical reinvention
Errin Haines At the ballot, it’s time to count black women
Aron Pilhofer We can’t leave the business to the business side any more
Nikki Usher The year of The Washington Post
Trushar Barot The Jio-fication of India
Vivian Schiller Pivot to tomorrow
Feli Sánchez The year for guerrilla user research
David Skok Finding an information-life balance
Francesco Marconi The year of machine-to-machine journalism
Rodney Benson Better, less read, and less trusted
Caitlin Thompson Podcasting models mature and diversify
Niketa Patel Live journalism comes of age
Carlos Martínez de la Serna The new journalism commons
Eric Nuzum Beyond the narrative arc
Jennifer Choi Standing up for us and for each other
Michael Kuntz The only pivot that might work
Raju Narisetti Mirror, mirror on the wall
Ruth Palmer Risks will grow for news subjects — especially minorities
Mi-Ai Parrish Blockchain and trust
Lam Thuy Vo Breaking free from the tyranny of the loudest
Helen Havlak Keywords, not publishers, power the world’s biggest feeds
Kathleen McElroy Building a news video experience native to mobile
Mariano Blejman News games rule
Federica Cherubini The rise of bridge roles in news organizations
Sam Ford The year of investing in processes
Jessica Parker Gilbert Design connects storytelling and strategy
Jennifer Brandel and Mónica Guzmán The editorial meeting of the future
Alfred Hermida Going beyond mobile-first
Marcela Donini and Thiago Herdy Collaboration is the way forward for Brazilian journalism
Nushin Rashidian Publishers seek ad dollar alternatives
Pia Frey Address users as individuals
Amy King Let’s amplify visual voice
Mike Caulfield Refactoring media literacy for the networked age
Daniel Trielli The rich get richer, the poor scramble
Cory Haik Suffering from realness, pivoting to impact
Carrie Brown-Smith Transparency finally takes off
Richard Tofel The platforms’ power demands more reporters’ attention
Laura E. Davis Writing answers before you know the question
Rubina Madan Fillion Unlocking the potential of AI
Doris Truong Computer vision vs. the Internet vigilantes
Alan Soon The rise of start of psychographic, micro-targeted media
Nicholas Quah Stop talking trash about young people
Matt DeRienzo A recession, then a collapse
Debra Adams Simmons And a woman shall lead them
Joyce Barnathan It will be harder to bury the news
Sara M. Watson Feeds will open up to new user-determined filters
Luke O'Neil The end is already here
Adam Thomas Sharing is caring: The year of the mentor
José Zamora Revenue-first journalism
Brian Lam Sketchy ethics around product reviews
Rachel Schallom Better design helps differentiate opinion and news
Christopher Meighan Passive partnership is in the rearview
Alastair Coote The year of self-improvement
Tanzina Vega It’s time for media companies to #PassTheMic
Kristen Muller The year of the voter
Matt Carlson Attacks on the press will get worse
Gordon Crovitz Serving readers over advertisers
Raney Aronson-Rath Transparency is the antidote to fake news
Alexios Mantzarlis Moving fake news research out of the lab
Kim Fox Audience teams diversify their approach
Pete Brown Push alerts, personalized
Amie Ferris-Rotman More female reporters abroad (please)
Pablo Boczkowski The rise of skeptical reading
Justin Kosslyn The year journalists become digital security experts
Jacqui Cheng Retailers move into content
C.W. Anderson The social media apocalypse
Dan Shanoff You down with OTT? (Yeah, DTC)
Jesse Holcomb Information disorder, coming to a congressional district near you
Jarrod Dicker Honesty in advertising
Borja Echevarría TV goes digital, digital goes TV
Rick Berke Value is the watchword
Kinsey Wilson Facebook and Google: Help out or pay up
Emma Carew Grovum Newsroom culture becomes a priority
Michelle Ferrier The year of the great reckoning
Jassim Ahmad Thriving on change
Ray Soto VR reaches the next level
Mandy Velez texting is lit rn, fam
Mariana Moura Santos Think local, act global
Kyle Ellis Let’s build our way out of this
Cristina Wilson The year of the Instagram Story
Amy Webb Listen to weak signals
Rachel Davis Mersey AI, with real smarts
Steve Grove The midterms are an opportunity
Elizabeth Jensen Show your work
Craig Newmark Working together toward sustainable solutions
Andrew Ramsammy The year ownership mattered
Susie Banikarim R.I.P. Pivot to Video (2017–2017)
Corey Johnson The pro-fact resistance
Manoush Zomorodi Self-help as a publishing strategy
Jim Moroney Newspapers have to be good enough for readers to pay for
Eric Ulken The year local publishers get smart(er) about change
Joanne Lipman Journalists inventing revenue streams
Monique Judge Letting black women tell their own stories
Alice Antheaume Are you fluent in AI?
Ernst-Jan Pfauth Publishing less to give readers more
Andrew Losowsky The year of resilience