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Michelle Johnson is a professor at Boston University and a former editor at The Boston Globe.
Sue Schardt Big can learn from small in public radio
Damon Kiesow A new beacon for local advertising revenue
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen The coming disruption of television news
Michael Schudson A spotlight, not a truth machine
Alfred Hermida The year we get smart about social media
Jim Schachter Breaking audio out of radio’s boundaries
Felix Salmon The veracity of viral
Justin Auciello The stronger citizen reporter
Cory Haik News that anticipates the reader’s needs
Etan Horowitz A toddler’s view of the future of media
Sarah Marshall Smarter mobile and social
Dan Gillmor Building on the Snowden effect
Mandy Brown A beautiful experience all the way down
Lauren Rabaino The year we contextualize the news
Mariano Blejman Latin American change will come from startups
David Jacobs Getting closer to the global newsroom
Staci D. Kramer Connecting the dots
Miguel Paz Fire the consultants
Jason Kottke The blog is dead, long live the blog
Michelle Johnson Mobile-first design
Matt Waite The drone age is here, and so are the lawyers
Adrienne Debigare Getting past the data paradox
Pablo Boczkowski Paying more attention to the public
Scott Klein Scooped by code
Carrie Brown-Smith Startups need to address real needs
Hassan Hodges Data reaches the optimization loop
Jennifer Brandel Becoming more agile
Martin Langeveld Understanding the billionaire media gambles
Rick Edmonds A plea for better audience metrics
Maria Bustillos News as a dynamic, living conversation
Philip Bump Better location data = better witnesses to news
Katie Zhu Moving responsive design beyond screen size
Dan Shanoff Find starters, not stars
Ed O'Keefe Mobile, social, video
Juan Antonio Giner Day-old news won’t cut it in print anymore
Tiff Fehr More math
Matt Haughey Even if it’s fake, it’s real
Elise Hu Tomorrow’s metric for news is action
Adrienne LaFrance The rise of the fluid beat structure
Raju Narisetti Loosen the newsroom’s chokehold on the brand
Henry Blodget Appreciating the digital difference
Tasneem Raja Hashtags will matter again
Elizabeth Green The continued rise of single-subject sites
Evan Smith Chill, self-appointed integrity cops
Reyhan Harmanci Brand balance and the rise of middleform
Amy Webb The future of news is anticipation
Jan Schaffer Lost in the gloom, an entrepreneurial boom
James G. Robinson Think audiences, not just metrics
Erika Owens The year to eradicate impostor syndrome
Jenna Wortham The future of news is… Sasha Fierce
Fiona Spruill Wearable tech creeps into the mainstream
Allen Tan Gaps and bridges