1、DIGITAL NEWS PROJECT JANUARY 2021 Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions 2021 Nic Newman Contents About the Author 4 Acknowledgments 4 Executive Summary 5 1. The COVID-19 Fallout 8 1.1 Changing Newsrooms and Remote Working 8 1.2 Refocusing Journalism on Facts, Explanation, and Spec
2、ialism 9 1.3 Accelerating the Shift to Paid Content 12 1.4 Revenue Diversification: E-commerce and Live Events 13 1.5 Innovation: Pandemic Sparks More Radical Experimentation 16 2. Platforms, Publishers, and Regulation 19 2.1. Extending Platform Payments for News 19 2.2 Additional Platform Support v
3、ersus More Self-Reliance? 21 2.3 Regulation and the Role of Government 22 3. Impartiality versus the Search for Moral Clarity 24 4. Strategies for Engagement: Enduring Formats Find New Favour 27 4.1 Email Fuels Entrepreneurial Journalism 27 4.2 Podcasts and Audio 28 5. Next-Generation Technologies 3
4、0 5.1 Artificial Intelligence Gets Real 30 5.2 Faster 5G Networks and New Devices 33 6. Conclusions 35 Survey Methodology 36 THE REUTERS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JOURNALISM 4 About the Author Nic Newman is Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, where he has
5、 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 12 years. This i
6、s the sixth to be published by the Reuters Institute. Nic was a founding member of the BBC News Website, leading international coverage as World Editor (19972001). As Head of Product Development (200110) he led digital teams, developing websites, mobile, and interactive TV applications for all BBC J