Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2019 by Nic Newman

Nic Newman is Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, where he has been lead author of the annual Digital News Report since 2012. He is also a consultant on digital media, working actively with news companies on product, audience, and business strategies for digital transition. He has produced a media and journalism predictions report for the last twelve years. This is the fourth to be published by the Reuters Institute.

Nic was a founding member of the BBC News Website, leading international coverage as World Editor (1997–2001). As Head of Product Development (2001-10) he led digital teams, developing
websites, mobile, and interactive TV applications for all BBC journalism sites.

DIGITAL NEWS PROJECT 2019 with support of Reuters Institute, University of Oxford and Google.

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Recommendations and Predictions:

1. Data will become even more of a strategic resource for media.
2.  Better tools will emerge that democratize data skills.
3. News apps will explode as a primary way for people to consume data journalism.
4. Being digital first means being data-centric and mobile-friendly.
5. Expect more robo-journalism, but know that human relationships and storytelling still matter.
6. More journalists will need to study social science and statistics.
7. Data journalism will be held to higher standards for accuracy and corrections.
8. Competency in security and data protection will become more important.
9. Audiences will demand more transparency on reader data collection and use
10. Conflicts will emerge over public records, data scraping, and ethics.
11. Collaboration will arise with libraries and universities as archives, hosts, and educators.
12. Expect data-driven personalization and predictive news in wearable interfaces.
13. More diverse newsrooms will produce better data journalism.
14. Be mindful of data-ism and bad data. Embrace skepticism.

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