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