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Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete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