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