It’s my belief the outcome of the 2016 election will be the genesis of a new form of journalist and journalism. The ill-equipped manner in which the media interacted with the populace and unduly influenced the election has led to the birth of a rebellion for what will be a new journalistic movement in 2017. The author wishes to caution readers that many of the ideas presented might be construed as advocacy or activism, but in an age of fake news, does it really matter?
The rebel journalist is someone who, armed with a chosen medium or space, will use their sacred privilege to research and disseminate the purest form of democratic truth and justice, free from restriction. Here is the rebel journalists’ manifesto:
Andrew Ramsammy is founder of UnitedPublic Strategies.
Dannagal G. Young The return of the gatekeepers
Priya Ganapati Mobile websites are ready for reinvention
Mira Lowe News literacy, bias, and “Hamilton”
Ernst-Jan Pfauth Earn trust by working for (and with) readers
David Chavern Fake news gets solved
Sue Schardt Objectivity, fairness, balance, and love
An Xiao Mina 2017 is for the attention innovators
Keren Goldshlager Defining a focus, and then saying no
Mandy Velez The audience is the source and the story
Alberto Cairo Communicating uncertainty to our readers
S.P. Sullivan Baking transparency into our routines
Sydette Harry Facing journalism’s history
Nushin Rashidian A rise in high-price, high-value subscriptions
Mathew Ingram The Faustian Facebook dance continues
Umbreen Bhatti A sense of journalists’ humanity
Sarah Marshall Focusing on the why of the click
Margarita Noriega From pinning tweets to tweeting pins
Matt Karolian AI improves publishing
Jim Friedlich A banner year for venture philanthropy
Taylor Lorenz “Selfie journalism” becomes a thing
Rebekah Monson Journalism is community-as-a-service
Mike Ragsdale A smarter information diet
Liz McMillen The year of deep insights
Kathleen Kingsbury Print as a premium offering
Corey Ford The year of the rebelpreneur
Jon Slade Trusted news, at a premium
Javaun Moradi What can we own?
Matt Waite The people running the media are the problem
Emily Goligoski Incorporating audience feedback at scale
Errin Haines Chaos or community?
Andrea Silenzi Podcasts dive into breaking news analysis
Jeremy Barr A terrible year for Tiers B through D
Almar Latour Thanks, #fakenews
Mario García Virtual reality on mobile leaps forward
Laura Walker Authentic voices, not fake news
Andrew Ramsammy Rise of the rebel journalist
Ryan McCarthy Platforms grow up or grow more toxic
Joanne Lipman The year of the drone, really
Samantha Barry Messaging apps go mainstream
Carrie Brown-Smith We won’t do enough
Ole Reißmann Un-faking the news
Hillary Frey Forests need to burn to regrow
Doris Truong Connecting with diverse perspectives
Sarah Wolozin Virtual reality on the open web
Helen Havlak Chasing mobile search results
Burt Herman Local news gets interesting
Amy O'Leary Not just covering communities, reaching them
Mary Meehan Feeling blue in a red state
Cory Haik Navigating power in Trump’s America
Liz Danzico The triumph of the small
Alexis Lloyd Public trust for private realities
Andrew Haeg The year of listening
Alice Antheaume A new test for French media
David Weigel A test for online speech
Peter Sterne A dangerous anti-press mix
Caitlin Thompson High touch, high value
Jonathan Hunt Measurement companies get with the times
Carla Zanoni Prioritizing emotional health
Sara M. Watson There is no neutral interface
Megan H. Chan Cultural reporting goes mainstream
Juliette De Maeyer and Dominique Trudel A rebirth of populist journalism
Tim Griggs The year we stop taking sides
Dhiya Kuriakose The year of digital detoxing
Reyhan Harmanci Bear witness — but then what?
Ken Schwencke Disaggregation and collection
Nathalie Malinarich Making it easy
Asma Khalid The year of the newsy podcast
Andrew Losowsky Building our own communities
Guy Raz Inspiration and hope will matter more than ever
Juan Luis Sánchez Your predictions are our present
Ashley C. Woods Local journalism will fight a new fight
Amie Ferris-Rotman Вслед за Россией
Andy Rossback The year of the user
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen News after advertising may look like news before advertising
Adam Thomas The coming collaboration across Europe
Melody Kramer Radically rethinking design
Tracie Powell Building reader relationships
Millie Tran International expansion without colonial overtones
Lam Thuy Vo The primary source in the age of mechanical multiplication
Ariane Bernard Better data about your users
Aja Bogdanoff Comments start pulling their weight
P. Kim Bui The year journalism teaches again
Dan Colarusso Let’s make live video we can love
Pablo Boczkowski Fake news and the future of journalism
Swati Sharma Failing diversity is failing journalism
Ståle Grut The battle for high-quality VR
Katie Zhu The year of minority media
Emi Kolawole From empathy to community
Michael Oreskes Reversing the erosion of democracy
Francesco Marconi The year of augmented writing
Maria Bustillos “It’s true — I saw it on Facebook”
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Truthiness in private spaces
Gabriel Snyder The aberration of 20th-century journalism
Bill Adair The year of the fact-checking bot
Lee Glendinning A call for great editing
Moreno Cruz Osório The year of transparency in Brazilian journalism
Sam Ford The year we talk about our awful metrics
David Skok What lies beyond paywalls
Michael Kuntz Trust is the new click
Steve Henn The next revolution is voice
Christopher Meighan Unlocking a deeper mobile experience
Rachel Sklar Women are going to get loud
Libby Bawcombe Kids board the podcast train
Mary Walter-Brown Getting comfortable asking for money
Claire Wardle Verification takes center stage
Eric Nuzum Podcasting stratifies into hard layers
Renée Kaplan Pure reach has reached its limit
Rachel Schallom Stop flying over the flyover states
Vivian Schiller Tested like never before
Robert Hernandez History will exclude you, again
Amy Webb Journalism as a service
Nicholas Quah Podcasting’s coming class war
Annemarie Dooling UGC as a path out of the bubble
Tim Herrera The safe space of service journalism
Jonathan Stray A boom in responsible conservative media
Anita Zielina The sales funnel reaches (and changes) the newsroom
Elizabeth Jensen Trust depends on the details
Scott Dodd Nonprofits team up for impact
Richard J. Tofel The country doesn’t trust us — but they do believe us
Geetika Rudra Journalism is community
Dan Gillmor Fix the demand side of news too
M. Scott Havens Quality advertising to pair with quality content
Bill Keller A healthy skepticism about data
Molly de Aguiar Philanthropists galvanize around news
Erin Pettigrew A year of reflection in tech
Zizi Papacharissi Distracted journalism looks in the mirror
Kawandeep Virdee Moving deeper than the machine of clicks
Erin Millar The bottom falls out of Canadian media
Julia Beizer Building a coherent core identity
Tressie McMillan Cottom A path through the media’s coming legitimacy crisis
Olivia Ma The year collaboration beats competition