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