2025 Nieman Lab Predictors
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say: https://www.niemanlab.org/collection/predictions-2025/ Follow the 2025 Nieman Lab Predictors on Bluesky here:
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@jswahutu.bsky.social
Media/journalism (mostly African)| Genocide | Mass Atrocity | Knowledge production
@tracimabrey.bsky.social
Global Media, Responsible AI, Generational Wealth | Personality, Speaker, Writer, Thought Leader https://www.dowjones.com/team/traci-mabrey/
@stalebg.bsky.social
📍PhD Candidate ➡️ @uio.no Visual Media, Open Source Investigations, Epistemology & Journalism 🎤 Ex Tech Journalist ➡️ NRKbeta 📚 Books ➡️ Routledge & Gyldendal 🤖 Bots ➡️ @sitert.bsky.social & citations.bsky.social
@webjournalist.bsky.social
USCAnnenberg Digital Profe, #JOVRNALISM creator, NAHJ Hall of Famer/Program Manager, CalMatters & InquireFirst board member. Chicas Poderosas #wjchat #HorizontalLoyalty he/him 🇸🇻 // I live sweat but I dream light years.
@rlobdell.bsky.social
Journalist, digital strategist, media consultant. Brooklyn mom. Newsletter: rachelschallom.substack.com/about
@kimbui.bsky.social
That one Vietnamese American journalist. Media Consultant. JSK Fellow '24. Fiber Artist. Widow. Working on something new (stay tuned) Alum: Arizona Republic, NowThis, Reportedly, KPCC/LAist, too many others to list.
@nwatzman.bsky.social
@artemfishman.bsky.social
CTO at DowJones. Co-Chair of NYC CTO Club. Previously Head of Engineering for Content Experience at LinkedIn, CTO at SoundCloud, VP of Eng at Yahoo.
@ajbauer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Journalism at University of Alabama. PhD in American Studies from NYU. Researching conservative news and right-wing media. News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX). He/him.
@robinkwong.bsky.social
Product Director at Yahoo News and Contemporary Narratives Lab co-founder. Part of Perspectives. Honorary Fellow, Association for Project Management. AltMBA5. WSJ, FT, SCMP alum
@parkermolloy.com
I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.bsky.social / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
@noahshachtman.bsky.social
contributing writer at Rolling Stone // contributing editor at Wired // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
@nataliaviana.bsky.social
Co-fundadora, Diretora Executiva da @apublica.org. Autora de "O Vazamento - Memórias do Ano em que WikiLeaks mudou o mundo". Associada à https://www.icij.org/. Membro do Conselho da Fundação Gabo e Conectas Direitos Humanos
@millietran.com
Journalist. Chief Digital Content Officer at the Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org. Mostly thinking about the world and how people get news. There must be a better way.
@jamditis.bsky.social
operations @centercoopmedia.bsky.social | adjunct @montclairstateu (he/him)
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Journalist @404Media.co Signal: jason.404 // email: jason@404media.co
@travelinganna.bsky.social
Journalist, former wsj, Vox, USA TODAY. Studying the neuroscience of information & happiness at Penn.
@sabalong.bsky.social
executive director at @atlantaciviccircle.org interested in (nonprofit) media, civic engagement, comms, transportation, global affairs, and exceptional eats. 🇺🇸🇪🇹
@mitrakalita.bsky.social
Founder and publisher. Epicenter NYC. Co-founder and CEO. URL Media. Have worked everywhere. Among the many queens of Queens.
@katiehonan.bsky.social
Senior reporter at THE CITY, co-host of FAQ NYC, townie. 🌐 🍕📸 KHonan@thecity.nyc // 9175047504 on Signal 🔗 thecity.nyc 🔗 katiehonan.substack.com
@izakaminska.bsky.social
Senior finance editor @POLITICO, Founder editor of @the-blindspot.com . Fights for the human, etc. We are the nomenklatura.
@brizzyc.bsky.social
Associate prof of journalism, Montclair State University. Community engagement. Most recent prior: CUNY. WI native, beer & Packers enthusiast. Aging 🏃♀️. Author, Transforming Newsrooms w/Jonathan Groves. Must love dogs. Maplewood, NJ resident. views mine
@burtherman.com
Intersection of journalism, technology and community. Founder @hackshackers.com, leading conversations about the potential of AI. Former AP correspondent, co-founder Storify
@benjamintoff.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center. I study trust in news, news avoidance, public opinion, and changing media.
@andreafaye.bsky.social
Media-based organizer and transformative justice chaplain. Durham now, Chicago forever. https://andreafayehartrt.substack.com/
@siricarpenter.bsky.social
Co-founder, executive director, & EIC of @theopennotebook.bsky.social, journalist & editor, @Sciencewriters.org past president. siricarpenter@theopennotebook.com. She/her.
@simongalp.bsky.social
EIC jerseybee.org | CEO comminfo.org | Fellow JSK Stanford ‘22 + RJI Mizzou ‘19 | Newmark-J Social Journalism ‘16 | Journalist, technologist, organizer, immigrant ✊
@sarabethb.bsky.social
CEO of American Journalism Project @theajp.bsky.social, fighting for the future of local news. Mom, married to @eosnos.bsky.social. Board member/ fan, Mark Morris Dance Group and @capitalb.bsky.social.
@rodneygibbs.com
National Trust for Local News product and audience lead. ONA board. Priors: Texas Tribune, AJC, software start-ups. Live music, old movie theaters & record stores ATL now, ATX then
@rachelsuzhunt.bsky.social
digital journalist • currently helping @ AP genztranslator.substack.com
@nikitaroy.bsky.social
@marlonawalker.bsky.social
Now: ME, Local for The Marshall Project Past: Your favorite newspapers. Tennis fanatic. Dad to the best puppy, #CharlieSays. Please don't refrigerate your hot sauce! FAMU made me. 06!
@joshuadarr.bsky.social
Associate professor, Newhouse School @ Syracuse. Senior Researcher, Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship. New book: Storefront Campaigning https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009443357 I study local media and elections. Past: LSU, Penn, BC.
@glichfield.bsky.social
Climber, biker, cocktailer, polyglot, vagabond. Ex EIC WIRED & MIT Technology Review, now writing about the future of democracy at https://futurepolis.substack.com. NYC/SF. He/him/Sir.
@ethanlindsey.com
A screaming comes across the sky. | Married to @batlinds. | Father. | #gobears | VP, News, KQED | elindsey@kqed.org
@doristruong.bsky.social
she/her, Poynter director of teaching & diversity strategies, Knight-Wallace 2024 Fellow | past AAJA president, will cross street to pet 🐶
@danieltrielli.bsky.social
Journalist, researcher, foreigner, brasileiro, inconstant poster in English and Portuguese. Assistant Professor of Media and Democracy at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. https://danieltrielli.com
@aimeetwoee.bsky.social
AI solutions for news. Free speech and underdog enthusiast. Help me build out the Journalists of Bluesky starter pack https://go.bsky.app/GE35h1
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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@mattcarlson.bsky.social
Professor, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, USA
@larryryckman.bsky.social
Publisher and co-founder of The Colorado Sun. Previously Denver Post, Colorado Springs Gazette, Greeley Tribune and Associated Press in Moscow, NYC, Denver, San Francisco and many other fine locales.
@jeremygilbert.bsky.social
Professor, Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy at Northwestern University’s Medill School. Formerly Washington Post, NatGeo, Poynter+
@jlauf.bsky.social
@olereissmann.de
AI https://spiegel.de, Chef https://ramen.haus, oler https://twitter.com
@ginaskchua.bsky.social
Executive Editor at global news startup Semafor; formerly Reuters, SCMP and WSJ. TJA member. Exploring new forms of journalism and where the profession is heading.
@achangeoftune.bsky.social
Senior Vice President at The Podglomerate | priors: NPR, WFAE podcast lead, NPR Music writer + Mountain Stage host | #ONAWLA '18 | #TheGracies + #Webbys
@jonaskaiser.bsky.social
| Assistant Professor @ Suffolk University | Faculty Associate @ Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Member @ Spotify Safety Advisory Council
@lindasolomonwood.bsky.social
Linda Solomon Wood, Founder, Canada's National Observer Publishing journalism in the public interest.
@amnadler.bsky.social
Media studies prof @ Ursinus College; author, Making The News Popular (http://bit.ly/31RfIlt); co-editor, News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX)
@courtneyr.bsky.social
AI governance. Tech. Media. Political economy. Human rights. Director, Center for Journalism & Liberty cjl4news.bsky.social ar Open Markets. Fellow at Brookings, CIGI, CDT, MRC. Former CPJ, UNESCO
@neeeda.bsky.social
EIC & CEO @TheGreenLineTO | Consult @TheOtherWave | Board @LIONPubs | Teach @NewmarkJSchool @JournalismTMU | Ethics @CAJ | Cofounder #CJOC | Alum @Poynter @ONA
@ernestkung.bsky.social
At the Intersection of News and Technology | AI Product Manager for The Associated Press ErnestKung.com
@losowsky.com
Community, trust & safety, journalism, tea. Posts are ephemeral. www.losowsky.com
@pressgirlk.bsky.social
🌎 #journo senior reporter/policy analyst @cjl4news.bsky.social at @openmarkets.bsky.social 📝media, antitrust, finance, tech | 🐘 @pressgirlk@floss.social | 🗣ESP, FR, PT | https://linktr.ee/pressgirlk 📍🇺🇲
@estherkeziat.bsky.social
Media Analyst, The Publisher Newsletter & Podcast writer/podcaster @mediavoices.bsky.social, The Publisher Summits & Awards Director. Work seen in DCN, AMO, WNIP
@samjmintz.bsky.social
Editor at Brookline.News, a hyperlocal news site covering the town of Brookline, MA. Before this, I was a reporter covering transportation and energy policy in DC and Boston.
@cindyroyal.bsky.social
Professor at TX State, teaching Web design, coding & digital product concepts. ‘13-‘14 JSK Fellow at Stanford. Live in Austin, love live music. cindyroyal.com
@jessmaddox.bsky.social
University of Alabama social media professor. Author, “The Internet is for Cats” (Rutgers University Press). Thoughts mine. 👇🏻👇🏻 Subscribe to my free Substack newsletter on all things social media! https://bythewaysocial.substack.com
@mharrisondupre.bsky.social
Award-winning journalist at Futurism covering AI and its impacts on media, information/the web, and the humans at the center of it all. Send tips (please!) by email to: maggie@futurism.com or Signal: mhd.39
@alexandraborchardt.bsky.social
Journalist, media researcher, consultant, Prof. Leadership TUM School of Management, ties: Wan-Ifra, EBU, Constructive Institute, Reuters Institute. #journalism #media #climate #AI #diversity #digital #democracy More at: https://alexandraborchardt.com/
@hermida.bsky.social
Digital media scholar, author & journalist. @UBCJournalism professor, co-founder @conversationCA, @icahdq 2024 Fellow & online news pioneer @BBCNews
@mergerson.bsky.social
📍 Journalism professor, University of Maryland 📕 PhD from Rutgers 🌪️ I study weather journalism 🌪️ Former NWS intern 🏛️ Also study journalism history, trust in news, and the well-being of journalists 🏛️ Formerly at Brookings
@kendalltrammell.bsky.social
🇺🇸✊🏾🇻🇳Black Vietnamese American Woman 💍Wifey 🤱🏾Mommy to a little human + fur baby 📲I break news CNN 🐾🏈 Go Dawgs
@bmoritz99.bsky.social
Ph.D. Director of journalism MA online programs at St Bonaventure. Writing on Substack at Sports Media Guy. Podcasting about writing at The Other 51. Ellie's dad. Bills/Bonnies/Barça fan. He/Him/His. Print news, raise hell.
@margarita.bsky.social
Lady, amateur perfumer. I share videos I like at @youtubesilike.bsky.social
@ryankellett.com
Nieman-Berkman Fellow in Journalism Innovation at Harvard studying creator journalists. Previously audience exec at Axios, and long-time Washington Post journalist.
@alicetiara.bsky.social
Studies social media & society, far-right disinfo. Dir of Research, Data & Society. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
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