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Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete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