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