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Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete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