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