The movement to discredit journalism and verifiable facts will clash in 2018 with a growing resistance, made up of local citizens, progressive public servants, celebrities, artists, and journalists themselves. Expect a surge in violent confrontations, filled with the occasional bloody arrests of reporters, especially as the mid-term elections draw near. An internal debate will take place at news organizations as several discover bots posing as trolls on their homepages and social media accounts. Simultaneously, a wave of pro-journalism TV shows, books, and podcasts will explode on the scene helping more and more citizens understand and appreciate the role solid, factual news plays in their daily lives.
Corey Johnson is a reporter for the Tampa Bay Times.
Caitlin Thompson Podcasting models mature and diversify
Mandy Velez texting is lit rn, fam
Sally Lehrman Trust comes first
Monika Bauerlein The firehose of falsehood
Borja Echevarría TV goes digital, digital goes TV
Nikki Usher The year of The Washington Post
Rick Berke Value is the watchword
Alan Soon The rise of start of psychographic, micro-targeted media
Trushar Barot The Jio-fication of India
Nicholas Quah Stop talking trash about young people
Mario García Storytelling finally adapts to mobile
Kim Fox Audience teams diversify their approach
Jennifer Choi Standing up for us and for each other
Niketa Patel Live journalism comes of age
Nicholas Diakopoulos Fortifying social media from automated inauthenticity
Christopher Meighan Passive partnership is in the rearview
Helen Havlak Keywords, not publishers, power the world’s biggest feeds
Corey Johnson The pro-fact resistance
Lam Thuy Vo Breaking free from the tyranny of the loudest
Alice Antheaume Are you fluent in AI?
Pia Frey Address users as individuals
Vanessa K. DeLuca Women’s voices take center stage
Jesse Holcomb Information disorder, coming to a congressional district near you
Frédéric Filloux External forces
Steve Grove The midterms are an opportunity
José Zamora Revenue-first journalism
Alexios Mantzarlis Moving fake news research out of the lab
Amy King Let’s amplify visual voice
Carrie Brown-Smith Transparency finally takes off
Amy Webb Listen to weak signals
Sara M. Watson Feeds will open up to new user-determined filters
Heather Bryant Building the ecosystems for collaboration
Lucas Graves From algorithms to institutions
Matt Thompson Here come the attention managers
Kinsey Wilson Facebook and Google: Help out or pay up
Debra Adams Simmons And a woman shall lead them
Taylor Lorenz Social and media will split
Richard Tofel The platforms’ power demands more reporters’ attention
Sam Sanders Shine the light on ourselves
Sarah Marshall Loyalty as the key performance indicator
Monique Judge Letting black women tell their own stories
Tracie Powell The muting of underserved voices
Juliette De Maeyer A responsible press criticism
Mike Caulfield Refactoring media literacy for the networked age
Imaeyen Ibanga Longform video leads the way
Hannah Cassius The year of the echo-chamber escapists
Corey Ford The empire strikes back
Andrew Haeg The year journalists become relationship builders
Molly de Aguiar Good journalism won’t be enough
Marcela Donini and Thiago Herdy Collaboration is the way forward for Brazilian journalism
Doris Truong Computer vision vs. the Internet vigilantes
Felix Salmon Covering bitcoin while owning bitcoin
Mary Walter-Brown Show a little vulnerability
Andrew Losowsky The year of resilience
Mira Lowe The year of the local watchdog
Ernst-Jan Pfauth Publishing less to give readers more
Cory Haik Suffering from realness, pivoting to impact
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen The Snapchat scenario and the risk of more closed platforms
Aron Pilhofer We can’t leave the business to the business side any more
Michelle Garcia Navigating journalistic transparency
Sydette Harry Listen to your corner and watch for the hook
Raju Narisetti Mirror, mirror on the wall
Craig Newmark Working together toward sustainable solutions
Tim Carmody Watch out for Spotify
Brian Lam Sketchy ethics around product reviews
Basile Simon We need better career paths for news nerds
David Skok Finding an information-life balance
Kristen Muller The year of the voter
Alfred Hermida Going beyond mobile-first
P. Kim Bui The reckoning is only beginning
S. Mitra Kalita The arc of news and audience
An Xiao Mina Memes and visuals come to the fore
Federica Cherubini The rise of bridge roles in news organizations
Caitria O'Neill The new court of public opinion
Rubina Madan Fillion Unlocking the potential of AI
Julia B. Chan Looking for loyalty in all the right places
Jessica Parker Gilbert Design connects storytelling and strategy
Amie Ferris-Rotman More female reporters abroad (please)
Jim Moroney Newspapers have to be good enough for readers to pay for
Matt DeRienzo A recession, then a collapse
Adam Thomas Sharing is caring: The year of the mentor
Francesco Marconi The year of machine-to-machine journalism
Pablo Boczkowski The rise of skeptical reading
Bill Keller A growing turn to philanthropy
Jassim Ahmad Thriving on change
Mary Meehan Real lives are at stake in rural areas
Susie Banikarim R.I.P. Pivot to Video (2017–2017)
Carlos Martínez de la Serna The new journalism commons
Emily Goligoski Looking beyond news for inspiration
Dan Shanoff You down with OTT? (Yeah, DTC)
Luke O'Neil The end is already here
Jarrod Dicker Honesty in advertising
Ståle Grut Reclaiming audience interaction from social networks
Kawandeep Virdee Zines had it right all along
Miguel Castro The arrival of the impact producer
Elizabeth Jensen Show your work
Andrew Ramsammy The year ownership mattered
Jennifer Brandel and Mónica Guzmán The editorial meeting of the future
Will Sommer The year local media gets conservative
Joanne Lipman Journalists inventing revenue streams
Damon Krukowski Reviving the alt-weekly soul
Marie Gilot No assholes allowed
Cristina Wilson The year of the Instagram Story
Dannagal G. Young Stop covering politics as a game
Dheerja Kaur Fun with subscription products
Evie Nagy Pivot to mobile video frustration
Millie Tran and Stine Bauer Dahlberg (Hint: It’s about your brand)
Tanya Cordrey Finally, the seeds of radical reinvention
Ray Soto VR reaches the next level
Tamar Charney We get serious about algorithms
Michael Kuntz The only pivot that might work
Claire Wardle Disinformation gets worse
Matt Boggie The intellectual equivalent of the Dead Sea
C.W. Anderson The social media apocalypse
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Seeking trust in fragmented spaces
Mariano Blejman News games rule
Zizi Papacharissi Women come back
Tanzina Vega It’s time for media companies to #PassTheMic
Jacqui Cheng Retailers move into content
Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete
Feli Sánchez The year for guerrilla user research
Matt Carlson Attacks on the press will get worse
Vivian Schiller Pivot to tomorrow
Edward Roussel Eyes, ears, and brains
Manoush Zomorodi Self-help as a publishing strategy
Mi-Ai Parrish Blockchain and trust
Hossein Derakhshan Television has won
Mariana Moura Santos Think local, act global
Eric Ulken The year local publishers get smart(er) about change
Umbreen Bhatti The trust problem isn’t new
Alastair Coote The year of self-improvement
Eric Nuzum Beyond the narrative arc
Michelle Ferrier The year of the great reckoning
Raney Aronson-Rath Transparency is the antidote to fake news
Juleyka Lantigua Women of color will reclaim and monetize our time
Nushin Rashidian Publishers seek ad dollar alternatives
Justin Kosslyn The year journalists become digital security experts
Ruth Palmer Risks will grow for news subjects — especially minorities
Rodney Benson Better, less read, and less trusted
Jim Brady With the people, not just of the people
Rachel Davis Mersey AI, with real smarts
Lanre Akinola Making noise is not a strategy
Jennifer Coogan The future is female
Gordon Crovitz Serving readers over advertisers
Kathleen McElroy Building a news video experience native to mobile
Rodney Gibbs Tech workers turn to journalism
Laura E. Davis Writing answers before you know the question
Jared Newman Venture funding and digital news don’t mix
Daniel Trielli The rich get richer, the poor scramble
Renée Kaplan The year of quiet adjustments (shhh)
Yvonne Leow The rise of video messaging
Charo Henríquez Training is an investment, not an expense
Emma Carew Grovum Newsroom culture becomes a priority
Joyce Barnathan It will be harder to bury the news
Joanne McNeil Gatekeeping the gatekeepers
Julia Beizer A longer view on the pivot
Rachel Schallom Better design helps differentiate opinion and news
Jamie Mottram From pageviews to t-shirts
Sam Ford The year of investing in processes