Damon Kiesow is now the Knight Chair in Journalism Innovation at the Missouri School of Journalism, an update from his previous title of Knight Chair in Digital Editing and Producing. The new title reflects the evolution of the endowed chair position and Kiesow’s research and service as he finishes his fifth year at the School. more

July 24, 2023 - This community-curated list of key takeaways, AI tools and relevant articles provides examples and best practices to support you along your AI journey. more

July 21, 2023 - Seven companies at the forefront of the generative AI wave have given the White House voluntary "commitments" to make sure their products are safe and transparent, Axios' Ryan Heath and Ashley Gold report. more

Readers reacted strongly to last week’s column, describing how newspapers in New York and Los Angeles are cutting traditional sports sections. I shudder to think what might happen if The Seattle Times made a similar move, which isn’t being considered. Top editors confirmed it has no such plans. Still, it was encouraging to hear that people still care so deeply about newspapers. more

July 20, 2023 - The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal. more

Las Vegas Review-Journal en Español with rjespanol.com, in partnership with La Bonita Supermarkets, is pleased to announce "Heroes of Our Community," a new award program. This initiative honors everyday heroes who contribute significantly through their time, talents and unwavering dedication. more

“Marketing Dude” Bruce Behymer makes his first use of Metro’s Themed Websites & Directories count, generating more than enough ad sales to pay for a full year of access! Here’s how he did it:  more

Maintaining data accuracy significantly increases your operational efficiency, improves customer satisfaction and reduces overall organizational costs. Advantage supports this initiative through a built-in, flexible testing framework that clients implement as part of their initial go-live and then maintain through production operations. more

July 19, 2023 - The Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into the ChatGPT app points to an emerging conflict over how Washington should regulate artificial intelligence, one that could pit some of America’s biggest businesses against labor unions and progressive advocacy groups. more

July 18, 2023 - A new $5+ million partnership aims to explore ways the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can support a thriving, innovative local news field, and ensure local news organizations shape the future of this emerging technology. more

In most coverage areas, journalists would bristle at the suggestion of allowing outside experts to dictate how they should or shouldn’t report a story. From the perspective of public health officials, however, the press has a role to play in suicide prevention. more

July 18, 2023 - "Even if you aren’t under irresistible pressure to cut costs, the new AI may still create hard choices of another sort. That’s because it also offers amazing new capabilities. If you can afford flat budgeting, do you want to make savings where possible to free up resources to spend on some of these?" — Richard J. Tofel, Second Rough Draft more

Rolfe Neill, publisher of The Charlotte Observer from 1975 until his retirement in 1997, died July 14 at age 90 of complications from peritoneal cancer, his daughter Ingrid Ebert of Kernersville said. more

Georges Media Group, Louisiana’s largest locally owned media organization and publisher of The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com, The Advocate, The Acadiana Advocate and Gambit, has announced the official launch of the Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate. more

July 17, 2023 - Social media was more than a decade old before efforts to curb its ill effects began in earnest. With artificial intelligence, lawmakers, activists and executives aren’t waiting that long.  more

Alan Torres, a recent graduate with a double major in business and journalism from the University of Oregon, has started covering Eugene, Springfield and Lane County governments as a local government reporter for The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon). more

He spent two decades guiding a popular newspaper Sunday supplement as its revenue and circulation grew, reaching nearly 40 million readers at one point. more

The owner of dozens of "ghost newspapers" bought from Gannett Co. says he is trying to revive them by returning editorial decision-making to local people while still taking advantage of the economies of scale that have led to consolidation of newspaper ownership. But he says his new chain's fate is not in its own hands. more

Publisher Jill Hunt has named Jason Elmquist as managing editor of the Stillwater (Oklahoma) News Press. more

Make your voice heard! Join your peers and colleagues in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 26-27 for the Support Journalism Parade where you will have the opportunity to meet with members of Congress to reinforce the need for legislation compensating news publishers for our valuable content. more