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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Monique Judge Letting black women tell their own stories
Mary Walter-Brown Show a little vulnerability
Tim Carmody Watch out for Spotify
Jim Brady With the people, not just of the people
Pablo Boczkowski The rise of skeptical reading
Charo Henríquez Training is an investment, not an expense
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Sara M. Watson Feeds will open up to new user-determined filters
Millie Tran and Stine Bauer Dahlberg (Hint: It’s about your brand)
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Mario García Storytelling finally adapts to mobile
Jacqui Cheng Retailers move into content
Will Sommer The year local media gets conservative
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Daniel Trielli The rich get richer, the poor scramble
Elizabeth Jensen Show your work
Matt Carlson Attacks on the press will get worse
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Damon Krukowski Reviving the alt-weekly soul
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Amie Ferris-Rotman More female reporters abroad (please)
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Luke O'Neil The end is already here
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Jassim Ahmad Thriving on change
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Sarah Marshall Loyalty as the key performance indicator
Frédéric Filloux External forces
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Jarrod Dicker Honesty in advertising
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Amy King Let’s amplify visual voice
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Caitria O'Neill The new court of public opinion
Mi-Ai Parrish Blockchain and trust
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Sam Ford The year of investing in processes
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Vanessa K. DeLuca Women’s voices take center stage
Tamar Charney We get serious about algorithms
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Jared Newman Venture funding and digital news don’t mix
Alexios Mantzarlis Moving fake news research out of the lab
Jamie Mottram From pageviews to t-shirts
Adam Thomas Sharing is caring: The year of the mentor
Mary Meehan Real lives are at stake in rural areas
Niketa Patel Live journalism comes of age
Tracie Powell The muting of underserved voices
Hossein Derakhshan Television has won
Eric Ulken The year local publishers get smart(er) about change
Ruth Palmer Risks will grow for news subjects — especially minorities
Miguel Castro The arrival of the impact producer
Debra Adams Simmons And a woman shall lead them
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Juliette De Maeyer A responsible press criticism
Corey Johnson The pro-fact resistance
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Kim Fox Audience teams diversify their approach
José Zamora Revenue-first journalism
Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete
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Joanne Lipman Journalists inventing revenue streams
Laura E. Davis Writing answers before you know the question
Rubina Madan Fillion Unlocking the potential of AI
Pia Frey Address users as individuals
Julia B. Chan Looking for loyalty in all the right places
Molly de Aguiar Good journalism won’t be enough
Manoush Zomorodi Self-help as a publishing strategy
Dannagal G. Young Stop covering politics as a game
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Eric Nuzum Beyond the narrative arc
Mike Caulfield Refactoring media literacy for the networked age
Steve Grove The midterms are an opportunity
Felix Salmon Covering bitcoin while owning bitcoin
Matt Thompson Here come the attention managers
Lucas Graves From algorithms to institutions
Tanzina Vega It’s time for media companies to #PassTheMic
Andrew Haeg The year journalists become relationship builders
Claire Wardle Disinformation gets worse
Lam Thuy Vo Breaking free from the tyranny of the loudest
Dan Shanoff You down with OTT? (Yeah, DTC)
Alfred Hermida Going beyond mobile-first
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Seeking trust in fragmented spaces
Heather Bryant Building the ecosystems for collaboration
Borja Echevarría TV goes digital, digital goes TV
Jim Moroney Newspapers have to be good enough for readers to pay for
Corey Ford The empire strikes back
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Amy Webb Listen to weak signals
Taylor Lorenz Social and media will split
Bill Keller A growing turn to philanthropy
Jessica Parker Gilbert Design connects storytelling and strategy
Tanya Cordrey Finally, the seeds of radical reinvention
Julia Beizer A longer view on the pivot
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Emily Goligoski Looking beyond news for inspiration
Trushar Barot The Jio-fication of India
Kawandeep Virdee Zines had it right all along
Craig Newmark Working together toward sustainable solutions
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