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