1 Report, 2 Journal Articles, 37 pieces for Industry Publications and 7 Podcasts: everything I published in 2018

1 x Reports

• University of Oregon: Social Media in the Middle East, The Story of 2017, by Damian Radcliffe and Amanda Lam. Download the report on the University of Oregon Scholars’ Bank, embed on Scribd, SlideShare and Academia.edu.

2 x Journal Articles

• Journalism (peer reviewed journal): Searching for Sheboygans: On the future of small market newspapers, by Christopher Ali, Damian Radcliffe, Thomas R Schmidt, Rosalind Donald (10 October 2018) https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917749667
• Digital Journalism (peer reviewed journal): The Digital Life of Small Market Newspapers, by Christopher Ali, Thomas R. Schmidt, Damian Radcliffe & Rosalind Donald (01 January 2018) https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2018.1513810

37 x Articles

1. What’s New in Publishing: 10 essential media stats from November 2018
2. ZDNet: Middle East youth and tech: What’s happened since the Arab Spring?
3. What’s New in Publishing: 50 ideas for making media pay: a definitive guide, Part Two, ideas 13–29: Advertising and Ad-Free opportunities)
4. The Conversation: How local journalism can upend the ‘fake news’ narrative (also republished by PennLive, The Raw Story, Salon, The Rivard Report (San Antonio), The Oregonian, Tucson Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate and others.)
5. What’s New in Publishing: 10 essential media stats from October 2018
6. ZDNet: Google, YouTube, Samsung are world’s top brands, but how do they do in Middle East?
7. Poynter: Lessons learned: Seven ways news outlets can rebuild trust and sustainability
8. What’s New In Publishing: 50 ideas for making media pay: a definitive guide (Part One, ideas 1–12: Paywalls and Subscriptions)
9. ZDNet: Mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can world’s fastest-growing mobile region keep it up?
10. What’s New In Publishing: 10 essential media stats from September 2018
11. What’s New In Publishing: The health of US News Media: in five charts
12. What’s New In Publishing: 10 essential media stats from August 2018
13. What’s New In Publishing: How local news publishers in Europe are responding to digital
14. ZDNet: Cybercrime: Why can’t the Middle East get to grips with the threats?
15. What’s New In Publishing: Six strategic takeaways from a week visiting New York newsrooms
16. ZDNet: 5G rollout: Why the Gulf wants to win race for Middle East superiority
17. Digital Content Next: From search to smart speakers: Why voice is too big for media companies to ignore
18. What’s New In Publishing: 9 key takeaways from the Digital News Report 2018
19. IJNet (International Journalists’​ Network): Five global social media trends to know
20. BBC: New York City: Still spreading the news
21. ZDNet: What’s driving Middle East’s rush to social media?
22. LinkedIn Pulse: 20 essential tips for journalism graduates and jobseekers
23. Digital Content Next: 7 reasons you should pay attention to podcasting
24. What’s New In Publishing: What Google Chrome’s new built-in ad blocker means for you
25. ZDNet: Why unbanked Egypt is ripe for a FinTech revolution
26. Digital Content Next: Why Comcast is investing in blockchain (and maybe you should too)
27. What’s New In Publishing: Back in vogue: the return of the digital newsstand
28. ZDNet: Where next for mobile in the Middle East? Big changes are coming
29. Journalism.co.uk: 10 tips for setting up your LinkedIn profile
30. BBC: Facebook down, online comedy up — and other Middle East social media trends that journalists should know about (with Amanda Lam)
31. IJNET: 5 social media trends for journalists to watch in the Middle East (with Amanda Lam. Also available in Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese)
32. Editor & Publisher: Shoptalk: Is Local News on the Cusp of a Renaissance?
33. journalism.co.uk: A history of audio storytelling: 10 seminal moments and timeless formats
34. Digital Content Next: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The 3 trends media execs need to watch in 2018
35. The Graph: Teaching the business of media and journalism matters. Here’s how I’m doing it
36. ZDNet: Middle East tech: These are the key trends for 2018 and beyond, say experts
37. ZDNet: Key Middle East trends: Experts pick out the big shifts in the region’s tech

7 x Demystifying Media Podcasts

Demystifying Media is a speaker series hosted by the University of Oregon, which I curate. (I founded the series in January 2016.)

In 2018, we hosted 8 events, with visitors joining us on campus for several days to visit classes, engaging with faculty and students in a variety of settings. Guests also join me for a podcast to discuss their work.

• “Changing the Way We See Native America” with Matika Wilbur, one of the nation’s leading photographers and creator of Project 562, (SoundCloud, iTunes)
• “Why the Future of Journalism is Collaborative” with Heather Bryant, founder of Project Facet and a 2016–2017 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. (SoundCloud, iTunes)
• “How Journalists Can Rebuild Trust” with Joy Mayer, director of The Trusting News project, and an adjunct faculty member at the Poynter Institute and the University of Florida (SoundCloud, iTunes)
• “Reporting in Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela” with Will Grant, the BBC’s Cuba correspondent (SoundCloud, iTunes)
• “Why Solutions Journalism Matters” with David Bornstein, CEO and co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network (SoundCloud, iTunes)
• “Segregation, Integration and the Sounds of Soul” with John Capouya, Associate Professor at the University of Tampa (SoundCloud, iTunes)
• “Documenting Chicago’s Persistent Gun Violence” with E. Jason Wambsgans, a Pulitzer prize winning photographer at the Chicago Tribune (SoundCloud, iTunes)
• My colleague Dr. Seth Lewis kindly hosted the other podcast in the series from this year — “Stories by, through, and about algorithms” with Dr. James Hamilton is the Hearst Professor of Communication, Director, of the Journalism Program, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Communication at Stanford University — when I was on parental leave.