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The rise of bridge roles in news organizations

“In 2018, it’s important we start seriously thinking about how these roles — and the people in them — can evolve. These jobs are not easily categorized and are difficult to explain not only during a dinner party or in conversations with our parents — even colleagues battle to grasp their peculiarities.” Federica Cherubini

VR reaches the next level

“2018 is the year we all need to stop making excuses and jump head first into the unknown. We must embrace these technologies and understand the future of media will not be driven by what we’re already comfortable with.” Ray Soto

The Snapchat scenario and the risk of more closed platforms

“For those who see the relationship between platforms and publishers as a zero-sum game, having a platform like Facebook or YouTube stepping away from news might seem like a win.” Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

The year local media gets conservative

“2018 will be the year that every media market in the country gets its own Fox News-style voice at the local level.” Will Sommer

Social and media will split

“As users migrate to these closed systems, they’re also shifting away from the type of broad-based algorithmic feeds packed with news and media content that were the hallmark of first-generation social media.” Taylor Lorenz

Better design helps differentiate opinion and news

“Readers see articles posted on social media or shared by friends via email or messaging apps. It needs to be immediately obvious to the reader whether that content is news or opinion, and that’s something the industry is sorely failing at. “ Rachel Schallom

The platforms’ power demands more reporters’ attention

“It is increasingly clear that the operation of the platforms, both from an antitrust perspective and even more importantly from the perspective of democratic governance, has received remarkably little scrutiny.” Richard Tofel

Women come back

“I am tired of seeing the same old faces dominate news and politics. I want to hear and see young, sensitized, informed, and clever people, from all perspectives and backgrounds, populate my infoscape.” Zizi Papacharissi

Peak push

“Push notifications can feel intrusive and I suspect many complaints about the editorial choices for push alerts are triggered by annoyance at being interrupted rather than their subject matter.” Nathalie Malinarich

Audiences seem a little more likely to find news credible when “trust indicators” are attached to it (now let’s test this in the wild)

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