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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Vanessa K. DeLuca Women’s voices take center stage
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Jim Brady With the people, not just of the people
Doris Truong Computer vision vs. the Internet vigilantes
Jesse Holcomb Information disorder, coming to a congressional district near you
Caitlin Thompson Podcasting models mature and diversify
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Joanne McNeil Gatekeeping the gatekeepers
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Kristen Muller The year of the voter
Matt Carlson Attacks on the press will get worse
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Claire Wardle Disinformation gets worse
Sam Sanders Shine the light on ourselves
Mary Meehan Real lives are at stake in rural areas
Michelle Garcia Navigating journalistic transparency
Aron Pilhofer We can’t leave the business to the business side any more
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Gordon Crovitz Serving readers over advertisers
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Adam Thomas Sharing is caring: The year of the mentor
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Monique Judge Letting black women tell their own stories
Tracie Powell The muting of underserved voices
Nicholas Diakopoulos Fortifying social media from automated inauthenticity
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Ruth Palmer Risks will grow for news subjects — especially minorities
Sydette Harry Listen to your corner and watch for the hook
Alan Soon The rise of start of psychographic, micro-targeted media
Elizabeth Jensen Show your work
Jacqui Cheng Retailers move into content
Lam Thuy Vo Breaking free from the tyranny of the loudest
Edward Roussel Eyes, ears, and brains
Eric Nuzum Beyond the narrative arc
Vivian Schiller Pivot to tomorrow
Sally Lehrman Trust comes first
Rodney Gibbs Tech workers turn to journalism
Nushin Rashidian Publishers seek ad dollar alternatives
Niketa Patel Live journalism comes of age
Millie Tran and Stine Bauer Dahlberg (Hint: It’s about your brand)
Monika Bauerlein The firehose of falsehood
Laura E. Davis Writing answers before you know the question
Juliette De Maeyer A responsible press criticism
Bill Keller A growing turn to philanthropy
Ståle Grut Reclaiming audience interaction from social networks
Kawandeep Virdee Zines had it right all along
C.W. Anderson The social media apocalypse
Emma Carew Grovum Newsroom culture becomes a priority
Zizi Papacharissi Women come back
Molly de Aguiar Good journalism won’t be enough
Corey Ford The empire strikes back
Alexios Mantzarlis Moving fake news research out of the lab
Julia Beizer A longer view on the pivot
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Daniel Trielli The rich get richer, the poor scramble
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Corey Johnson The pro-fact resistance
Marcela Donini and Thiago Herdy Collaboration is the way forward for Brazilian journalism
Jarrod Dicker Honesty in advertising
Dheerja Kaur Fun with subscription products
Rachel Schallom Better design helps differentiate opinion and news
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Hossein Derakhshan Television has won
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Frédéric Filloux External forces
Eric Ulken The year local publishers get smart(er) about change
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Seeking trust in fragmented spaces
Heather Bryant Building the ecosystems for collaboration
Cindy Royal Your journalism curriculum is obsolete
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Richard Tofel The platforms’ power demands more reporters’ attention
Jennifer Coogan The future is female
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Helen Havlak Keywords, not publishers, power the world’s biggest feeds
Mariano Blejman News games rule
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Mike Caulfield Refactoring media literacy for the networked age
Renée Kaplan The year of quiet adjustments (shhh)
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