2018 brings a focus to revenue-first journalism, broader and stronger efforts to drive trust in news, and simple, short content and distribution formats.

José Zamora is vice president of strategic communications for Univision News.
Jassim Ahmad Thriving on change
Felix Salmon Covering bitcoin while owning bitcoin
Monique Judge Letting black women tell their own stories
Betsy O'Donovan and Melody Kramer Skepticism and narcissism
Tamar Charney We get serious about algorithms
Renée Kaplan The year of quiet adjustments (shhh)
Marcela Donini and Thiago Herdy Collaboration is the way forward for Brazilian journalism
Vivian Schiller Pivot to tomorrow
Raney Aronson-Rath Transparency is the antidote to fake news
Sally Lehrman Trust comes first
Pete Brown Push alerts, personalized
Charo Henríquez Training is an investment, not an expense
Andrew Ramsammy The year ownership mattered
David Skok Finding an information-life balance
Jared Newman Venture funding and digital news don’t mix
Joyce Barnathan It will be harder to bury the news
Matt Boggie The intellectual equivalent of the Dead Sea
Doris Truong Computer vision vs. the Internet vigilantes
Heather Bryant Building the ecosystems for collaboration
Federica Cherubini The rise of bridge roles in news organizations
Eric Nuzum Beyond the narrative arc
José Zamora Revenue-first journalism
Umbreen Bhatti The trust problem isn’t new
Ernst-Jan Pfauth Publishing less to give readers more
Mario García Storytelling finally adapts to mobile
Joanne Lipman Journalists inventing revenue streams
Mike Caulfield Refactoring media literacy for the networked age
Lanre Akinola Making noise is not a strategy
Jesse Holcomb Information disorder, coming to a congressional district near you
Matt DeRienzo A recession, then a collapse
Richard J. Tofel The platforms’ power demands more reporters’ attention
Julia B. Chan Looking for loyalty in all the right places
Alfred Hermida Going beyond mobile-first
Amy Webb Listen to weak signals
Jennifer Coogan The future is female
Brian Lam Sketchy ethics around product reviews
Manoush Zomorodi Self-help as a publishing strategy
Evie Nagy Pivot to mobile video frustration
Amie Ferris-Rotman More female reporters abroad (please)
Jennifer Brandel and Mónica Guzmán The editorial meeting of the future
Alastair Coote The year of self-improvement
S. Mitra Kalita The arc of news and audience
Amy King Let’s amplify visual voice
Molly de Aguiar Good journalism won’t be enough
Michelle Ferrier The year of the great reckoning
Matt Thompson Here come the attention managers
Jacqui Cheng Retailers move into content
Caitria O'Neill The new court of public opinion
Pablo Boczkowski The rise of skeptical reading
Corey Ford The empire strikes back
Daniel Trielli The rich get richer, the poor scramble
Andrew Losowsky The year of resilience
Kristen Muller The year of the voter
Laura E. Davis Writing answers before you know the question
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Seeking trust in fragmented spaces
Raju Narisetti Mirror, mirror on the wall
Andrew Haeg The year journalists become relationship builders
Rodney Gibbs Tech workers turn to journalism
Caitlin Thompson Podcasting models mature and diversify
Matt Carlson Attacks on the press will get worse
Alexios Mantzarlis Moving fake news research out of the lab
Julia Beizer A longer view on the pivot
Michael Kuntz The only pivot that might work
Pia Frey Address users as individuals
L. Gordon Crovitz Serving readers over advertisers
Corey Johnson The pro-fact resistance
An Xiao Mina Memes and visuals come to the fore
Mira Lowe The year of the local watchdog
Ruth Palmer Risks will grow for news subjects — especially minorities
Aron Pilhofer We can’t leave the business to the business side any more
Kyle Ellis Let’s build our way out of this
Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete
Mariana Moura Santos Think local, act global
Niketa Patel Live journalism comes of age
Miguel Castro The arrival of the impact producer
Rubina Madan Fillion Unlocking the potential of AI
Sydette Harry Listen to your corner and watch for the hook
Alice Antheaume Are you fluent in AI?
Nikki Usher The year of The Washington Post
C.W. Anderson The social media apocalypse
Ståle Grut Reclaiming audience interaction from social networks
Emma Carew Grovum Newsroom culture becomes a priority
Trushar Barot The Jio-fication of India
Sarah Marshall Loyalty as the key performance indicator
Sara M. Watson Feeds will open up to new user-determined filters
Jim Moroney Newspapers have to be good enough for readers to pay for
Rachel Schallom Better design helps differentiate opinion and news
Claire Wardle Disinformation gets worse
Kathleen McElroy Building a news video experience native to mobile
Cristina Wilson The year of the Instagram Story
Dan Shanoff You down with OTT? (Yeah, DTC)
Carrie Brown-Smith Transparency finally takes off
Lam Thuy Vo Breaking free from the tyranny of the loudest
Will Sommer The year local media gets conservative
Craig Newmark Working together toward sustainable solutions
Jarrod Dicker Honesty in advertising
Tim Carmody Watch out for Spotify
Mary Walter-Brown Show a little vulnerability
Sam Sanders Shine the light on ourselves
Mariano Blejman News games rule
Millie Tran and Stine Bauer Dahlberg (Hint: It’s about your brand)
Susie Banikarim R.I.P. Pivot to Video (2017–2017)
Hossein Derakhshan Television has won
Jim Brady With the people, not just of the people
Basile Simon We need better career paths for news nerds
Rachel Davis Mersey AI, with real smarts
Imaeyen Ibanga Longform video leads the way
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen The Snapchat scenario and the risk of more closed platforms
Nushin Rashidian Publishers seek ad dollar alternatives
Rick Berke Value is the watchword
Luke O'Neil The end is already here
Yvonne Leow The rise of video messaging
Monika Bauerlein The firehose of falsehood
Lucas Graves From algorithms to institutions
Tracie Powell The muting of underserved voices
Frédéric Filloux External forces
Steve Grove The midterms are an opportunity
Mandy Velez texting is lit rn, fam
Mary Meehan Real lives are at stake in rural areas
P. Kim Bui The reckoning is only beginning
Carlos Martínez de la Serna The new journalism commons
Joanne McNeil Gatekeeping the gatekeepers
Kinsey Wilson Facebook and Google: Help out or pay up
Emily Goligoski Looking beyond news for inspiration
Debra Adams Simmons And a woman shall lead them
Juliette De Maeyer A responsible press criticism
Errin Haines At the ballot, it’s time to count black women
Kim Fox Audience teams diversify their approach
Cory Haik Suffering from realness, pivoting to impact
Sam Ford The year of investing in processes
Damon Krukowski Reviving the alt-weekly soul
Adam Thomas Sharing is caring: The year of the mentor
Eric Ulken The year local publishers get smart(er) about change
Kawandeep Virdee Zines had it right all along
Jennifer Choi Standing up for us and for each other
Marie Gilot No assholes allowed
Jamie Mottram From pageviews to t-shirts
Christopher Meighan Passive partnership is in the rearview
Feli Sánchez The year for guerrilla user research
Hannah Cassius The year of the echo-chamber escapists
Justin Kosslyn The year journalists become digital security experts
Elizabeth Jensen Show your work
Alan Soon The rise of start of psychographic, micro-targeted media
Juleyka Lantigua-Williams Women of color will reclaim and monetize our time
Michelle Garcia Navigating journalistic transparency
Nicholas Quah Stop talking trash about young people
Rodney Benson Better, less read, and less trusted
Tanya Cordrey Finally, the seeds of radical reinvention
Helen Havlak Keywords, not publishers, power the world’s biggest feeds
Jessica Parker Gilbert Design connects storytelling and strategy
Mi-Ai Parrish Blockchain and trust
Edward Roussel Eyes, ears, and brains
Tanzina Vega It’s time for media companies to #PassTheMic
Vanessa K. DeLuca Women’s voices take center stage
Bill Keller A growing turn to philanthropy
Dannagal G. Young Stop covering politics as a game
Nicholas Diakopoulos Fortifying social media from automated inauthenticity
Dheerja Kaur Fun with subscription products
Ray Soto VR reaches the next level
Taylor Lorenz Social and media will split