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Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete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