AI in the real world: tools I trust and use
Lately, it seems AI is either here to save us, replace us, or ruin everything. I’ve been thinking about how to help you sort the signal from the noise.
Read More »AI in the Attention Economy: Friend, Foe, or Fix
What newsrooms can do about algorithms, audience habits, and earning trust You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. Lately, it seems AI is either here to save us, replace us, or ruin everything. I’ve been thinking about how to help you sort the […]
Read More »The medium is the message (and often a weapon)
500 years ago, the printing press changed who exercised power. In the Western world, individuals could suddenly access knowledge from anywhere, independently of church or crown. A flood of new ideas reshaped religion, science, politics, and economics.
Read More »Reasons for optimism #12: Jeremy Caplan and AI
He shows how to innovate and save time with tools such as ChatGPT Why write about “reasons for optimism” when so much is going wrong in our politics, economy, and environment? Optimism gives us confidence that we can make things better. As I like to say, it’s another day of opportunity. Jeremy Caplan is director […]
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I used AI to produce headlines in the style of CNN, Daily Mail, and NYTimes
Bard, ChatGPT, and Claude show how they can help creators (most of the time) You’re reading the My News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models. I’m writing this mainly for those of you who are trying to figure out how to get started using AI in the […]
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An experiment in Spanish translation using AI
I compared results from Deepl, Google, and Bard, and got a surprise I’ve been writing blog posts in Spanish and English for 14 years. Although I’m fluent in Spanish, I’m not a native speaker, and I’ve always worried a bit about the finer points. I try to write in a conversational style, and I use […]
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What’s new in local, AI, and junk news
How recent articles have affected my thinking about the future of journalism One of my favorite recent articles was a newsletter post by Dick Tofel, former general manager of the investigative news site ProPublica. He asked the question, Time for local newspapers to go all-local? In other words, should local newspapers stop filling their web […]
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