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