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