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