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