Jamie Mottram is director of content development at the USA TODAY Sports Media Group, which includes the viral sports site For The Win.
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Katherine Bell Management is both the problem and the solution
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Ryan Gantz Bad community is worse than no community
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Alfred Hermida The fall and rise of the news bundle
Jason Parham The rise of the personal-public beef
Noah Chestnut The first 45 taps
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Katie Park The year you get hacked
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Matt Thompson The season of seasons
Mira Lowe Metrics, smaller screens, and race
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Jacob Harris A wave of P.R. data
Sue Schardt The year of yes
Aaron Edwards Diversity: Don’t talk about it, be about it
Dayo Olopade Learning from mobile-first markets
Felix Salmon The beginning of the end of Facebook’s traffic engine
Amy Webb Consumer-aware, context-aware
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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen U.S. tech gets more political worldwide
Melody Kramer Crowdsourcing the future of news
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Robert Hernandez Los Angeles is the content future
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Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Many more eyes in the sky
Trushar Barot The rise of digital India
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Matt Dennewitz Ads that keep up with editorial
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