Just one thought. No pontificating.
Michelle Johnson is a professor at Boston University and a former editor at The Boston Globe.
Adrienne LaFrance The rise of the fluid beat structure
Jennifer Brandel Becoming more agile
Matt Waite The drone age is here, and so are the lawyers
Michael Schudson A spotlight, not a truth machine
Dan Gillmor Building on the Snowden effect
Etan Horowitz A toddler’s view of the future of media
Felix Salmon The veracity of viral
Katie Zhu Moving responsive design beyond screen size
Jason Kottke The blog is dead, long live the blog
Damon Kiesow A new beacon for local advertising revenue
Allen Tan Gaps and bridges
Justin Auciello The stronger citizen reporter
Elise Hu Tomorrow’s metric for news is action
Alfred Hermida The year we get smart about social media
Lauren Rabaino The year we contextualize the news
Sue Schardt Big can learn from small in public radio
Miguel Paz Fire the consultants
Elizabeth Green The continued rise of single-subject sites
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen The coming disruption of television news
Henry Blodget Appreciating the digital difference
Michelle Johnson Mobile-first design
Ed O'Keefe Mobile, social, video
Martin Langeveld Understanding the billionaire media gambles
Jim Schachter Breaking audio out of radio’s boundaries
Amy Webb The future of news is anticipation
Mariano Blejman Latin American change will come from startups
Jenna Wortham The future of news is… Sasha Fierce
James G. Robinson Think audiences, not just metrics
Pablo Boczkowski Paying more attention to the public
David Jacobs Getting closer to the global newsroom
Juan Antonio Giner Day-old news won’t cut it in print anymore
Evan Smith Chill, self-appointed integrity cops
Mandy Brown A beautiful experience all the way down
Sarah Marshall Smarter mobile and social
Dan Shanoff Find starters, not stars
Jan Schaffer Lost in the gloom, an entrepreneurial boom
Fiona Spruill Wearable tech creeps into the mainstream
Scott Klein Scooped by code
Reyhan Harmanci Brand balance and the rise of middleform
Erika Owens The year to eradicate impostor syndrome
Raju Narisetti Loosen the newsroom’s chokehold on the brand
Tasneem Raja Hashtags will matter again
Staci D. Kramer Connecting the dots
Adrienne Debigare Getting past the data paradox
Matt Haughey Even if it’s fake, it’s real
Hassan Hodges Data reaches the optimization loop
Tiff Fehr More math
Philip Bump Better location data = better witnesses to news
Cory Haik News that anticipates the reader’s needs
Carrie Brown-Smith Startups need to address real needs
Rick Edmonds A plea for better audience metrics
Maria Bustillos News as a dynamic, living conversation