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Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete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