One of the biggest challenges facing news organizations is the notion of trust and transparency. Blockchain has the potential to play a role in creating an element to create transparency for both news and advertising. Having decentralized ledgers and data storage allows visibility into creation and tracking, engagement and follow-through in news and ads. Cost and speed are issues, but they will improve as the exchanges emerge and merge and grow. Trust and transparency have been damaged by elements of technology — I’ll tout this as a possible part of reparation.
Mi-Ai Parrish, current president and publisher of the Arizona Republic, is joining the faculty of Arizona State University.
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Amie Ferris-Rotman More female reporters abroad (please)
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Joanne McNeil Gatekeeping the gatekeepers
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Heather Bryant Building the ecosystems for collaboration
Mariano Blejman News games rule
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Tanya Cordrey Finally, the seeds of radical reinvention
Matt Carlson Attacks on the press will get worse
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Eric Nuzum Beyond the narrative arc
Vanessa K. DeLuca Women’s voices take center stage
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Jamie Mottram From pageviews to t-shirts
Jim Brady With the people, not just of the people
Kim Fox Audience teams diversify their approach
Gordon Crovitz Serving readers over advertisers
Amy Webb Listen to weak signals
Rick Berke Value is the watchword
Doris Truong Computer vision vs. the Internet vigilantes
Christopher Meighan Passive partnership is in the rearview
Ruth Palmer Risks will grow for news subjects — especially minorities
Eric Ulken The year local publishers get smart(er) about change
Jennifer Choi Standing up for us and for each other
Kinsey Wilson Facebook and Google: Help out or pay up
Raney Aronson-Rath Transparency is the antidote to fake news
Dannagal G. Young Stop covering politics as a game
Hossein Derakhshan Television has won
Renée Kaplan The year of quiet adjustments (shhh)
Matt DeRienzo A recession, then a collapse
Jennifer Coogan The future is female
Vivian Schiller Pivot to tomorrow
Dheerja Kaur Fun with subscription products
Zizi Papacharissi Women come back
Matt Boggie The intellectual equivalent of the Dead Sea
Steve Grove The midterms are an opportunity
Kyle Ellis Let’s build our way out of this
Pete Brown Push alerts, personalized
Caitlin Thompson Podcasting models mature and diversify
Nikki Usher The year of The Washington Post
David Skok Finding an information-life balance
Juleyka Lantigua Women of color will reclaim and monetize our time
An Xiao Mina Memes and visuals come to the fore
Cory Haik Suffering from realness, pivoting to impact
Tim Carmody Watch out for Spotify
Jassim Ahmad Thriving on change
Julia B. Chan Looking for loyalty in all the right places
Charo Henríquez Training is an investment, not an expense
Carlos Martínez de la Serna The new journalism commons
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Lam Thuy Vo Breaking free from the tyranny of the loudest
Amy King Let’s amplify visual voice
Michelle Garcia Navigating journalistic transparency
Brian Lam Sketchy ethics around product reviews
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Matt Thompson Here come the attention managers
Mike Caulfield Refactoring media literacy for the networked age
Luke O'Neil The end is already here
Federica Cherubini The rise of bridge roles in news organizations