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Predictions for Journalism 2012
To close out 2011, we asked some of the smartest people we know to predict what 2012 will bring for the future of journalism.
December 19, 2011
December 19, 2011
Culture and technology have an interwoven future; we need a tech press, the web pioneer argues, that can do justice to both.
December 19, 2011
From local TV to journalism co-ops, 2012 may be a banner year for the local news ecosystem.
December 20, 2011
Keeping Martin Honest: the 2012 edition.
December 20, 2011
The forces that seek to control the free flow of information are bigger than ever, the blogging pioneer argues — and a direct threat to journalism and innovation.
December 20, 2011
If I can trust you to tell me what’s going on, then I don’t care if you work out of a newsroom or out of your garage.
December 21, 2011
As the fourth estate goes digital, Columbia’s Tow Center director argues, it will question its reliance on third-party platforms.
December 21, 2011
Paywalls may become more popular in 2012; that doesn’t mean they’ll be enough to save a flailing industry.
December 21, 2011
Also: Say goodbye to the homepage as we know it. The future is streaming.
December 21, 2011
With a bonus bold prediction for 2012: Gene Weingarten will write a disapproving column about the changing news business that is funny but dead wrong.
December 21, 2011
A big question for the coming year: How will the right communities get the right kind of news?
December 21, 2011
Predictions from Brian Boyer, Joy Mayer, Kevin Kelly, Sree Sreenivasan, and more.
December 21, 2011
The media entrepreneur shares a vision of Lower Left Coast domination.
December 21, 2011
In the real-time news cycle, social media can — and should — be about much more than conversation.
December 21, 2011
In 2012, we’re due for a great leap forward in mobile reading.
December 21, 2011
News has always been about making choices among lots of information; technology just helps us make those choices more smartly.
December 21, 2011
The digital strategist shares the big tech trends we can expect to emerge in the coming year.
December 23, 2011
Kred Kurrency, Billionaire Bingo, and The Socializer: You may not have them on your iPhone, but you’ll feel their effects in 2012.
December 30, 2011
…And that’s when social media will also get really interesting.
December 30, 2011
“Focus on the user and all else will follow”? There’s more to it than that.
December 30, 2011
The MoJo co-editor on why “there’s no better time to be an investigative journalist”
December 31, 2011
Voices that would not have been widely read or heard just years ago are now helping to define mainstream conversations.
December 31, 2011
The cultural critic on what 2012 will bring for branding, diversity, and serendipity…and what hipster angels have to do with the media’s future.
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