The #metoo movement has come to journalism, but the #onlineabuse conversation will overtake that as journalists worldwide rebel against the 24/7 commodification of their lives by media organizations and hold management to account for their always-on, social media policies and the pimping of their emotional wellbeing.
Michelle Ferrier is an associate professor of journalism at Ohio University.
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Amie Ferris-Rotman More female reporters abroad (please)
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Sam Sanders Shine the light on ourselves
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Dannagal G. Young Stop covering politics as a game
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Trushar Barot The Jio-fication of India
Niketa Patel Live journalism comes of age
Yvonne Leow The rise of video messaging
Pia Frey Address users as individuals
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Andrew Haeg The year journalists become relationship builders
Alexios Mantzarlis Moving fake news research out of the lab
Tracie Powell The muting of underserved voices
Alan Soon The rise of start of psychographic, micro-targeted media
Kyle Ellis Let’s build our way out of this
Michelle Garcia Navigating journalistic transparency
Miguel Castro The arrival of the impact producer
Juliette De Maeyer A responsible press criticism
Claire Wardle Disinformation gets worse
Eric Ulken The year local publishers get smart(er) about change
Manoush Zomorodi Self-help as a publishing strategy
Kathleen McElroy Building a news video experience native to mobile
Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete
Rachel Schallom Better design helps differentiate opinion and news
Damon Krukowski Reviving the alt-weekly soul
Alfred Hermida Going beyond mobile-first
Carrie Brown-Smith Transparency finally takes off
Mi-Ai Parrish Blockchain and trust
Cory Haik Suffering from realness, pivoting to impact
Lam Thuy Vo Breaking free from the tyranny of the loudest
Ståle Grut Reclaiming audience interaction from social networks
Cristina Wilson The year of the Instagram Story
Raney Aronson-Rath Transparency is the antidote to fake news
Imaeyen Ibanga Longform video leads the way
Matt Boggie The intellectual equivalent of the Dead Sea
Marie Gilot No assholes allowed
Monika Bauerlein The firehose of falsehood
Craig Newmark Working together toward sustainable solutions
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Debra Adams Simmons And a woman shall lead them
Joanne McNeil Gatekeeping the gatekeepers
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Daniel Trielli The rich get richer, the poor scramble
Bill Keller A growing turn to philanthropy
Tanya Cordrey Finally, the seeds of radical reinvention
Heather Bryant Building the ecosystems for collaboration
Amy Webb Listen to weak signals
Millie Tran and Stine Bauer Dahlberg (Hint: It’s about your brand)
Alastair Coote The year of self-improvement
P. Kim Bui The reckoning is only beginning
Molly de Aguiar Good journalism won’t be enough
Vivian Schiller Pivot to tomorrow
Rachel Davis Mersey AI, with real smarts
Lucas Graves From algorithms to institutions
Mariano Blejman News games rule
Evie Nagy Pivot to mobile video frustration
Caitria O'Neill The new court of public opinion
Sally Lehrman Trust comes first
Tamar Charney We get serious about algorithms
Renée Kaplan The year of quiet adjustments (shhh)
Rick Berke Value is the watchword
Monique Judge Letting black women tell their own stories
Nushin Rashidian Publishers seek ad dollar alternatives
Federica Cherubini The rise of bridge roles in news organizations
Joanne Lipman Journalists inventing revenue streams
Mario García Storytelling finally adapts to mobile
Jennifer Brandel and Mónica Guzmán The editorial meeting of the future
Corey Ford The empire strikes back
Felix Salmon Covering bitcoin while owning bitcoin
Jared Newman Venture funding and digital news don’t mix
Helen Havlak Keywords, not publishers, power the world’s biggest feeds
Francesco Marconi The year of machine-to-machine journalism
Mandy Velez texting is lit rn, fam
Charo Henríquez Training is an investment, not an expense
Alice Antheaume Are you fluent in AI?
Brian Lam Sketchy ethics around product reviews
Mary Meehan Real lives are at stake in rural areas
Jennifer Choi Standing up for us and for each other
Vanessa K. DeLuca Women’s voices take center stage
Frédéric Filloux External forces
Mira Lowe The year of the local watchdog
Sydette Harry Listen to your corner and watch for the hook
Kinsey Wilson Facebook and Google: Help out or pay up
Sarah Marshall Loyalty as the key performance indicator
Hannah Cassius The year of the echo-chamber escapists
Tim Carmody Watch out for Spotify
Julia B. Chan Looking for loyalty in all the right places
Michelle Ferrier The year of the great reckoning
Taylor Lorenz Social and media will split
Dan Shanoff You down with OTT? (Yeah, DTC)
Adam Thomas Sharing is caring: The year of the mentor
An Xiao Mina Memes and visuals come to the fore
Jesse Holcomb Information disorder, coming to a congressional district near you
Aron Pilhofer We can’t leave the business to the business side any more
Ruth Palmer Risks will grow for news subjects — especially minorities
Elizabeth Jensen Show your work
Sara M. Watson Feeds will open up to new user-determined filters
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen The Snapchat scenario and the risk of more closed platforms
S. Mitra Kalita The arc of news and audience
Jarrod Dicker Honesty in advertising
Edward Roussel Eyes, ears, and brains
Hossein Derakhshan Television has won
Jacqui Cheng Retailers move into content
Juleyka Lantigua-Williams Women of color will reclaim and monetize our time
Mariana Moura Santos Think local, act global
Kristen Muller The year of the voter
Susie Banikarim R.I.P. Pivot to Video (2017–2017)
Dheerja Kaur Fun with subscription products
Rodney Gibbs Tech workers turn to journalism
Julia Beizer A longer view on the pivot
Betsy O'Donovan and Melody Kramer Skepticism and narcissism
Kawandeep Virdee Zines had it right all along
Feli Sánchez The year for guerrilla user research
Jamie Mottram From pageviews to t-shirts
Jim Moroney Newspapers have to be good enough for readers to pay for
Will Sommer The year local media gets conservative
Luke O'Neil The end is already here
Justin Kosslyn The year journalists become digital security experts
Kim Fox Audience teams diversify their approach
Raju Narisetti Mirror, mirror on the wall
Sam Ford The year of investing in processes
Pablo Boczkowski The rise of skeptical reading
Richard J. Tofel The platforms’ power demands more reporters’ attention
Amy King Let’s amplify visual voice
Corey Johnson The pro-fact resistance
Mike Caulfield Refactoring media literacy for the networked age
