Damon Kiesow

Damon Kiesow

24
Aug

He proclaimed "#16" and everyone nodded sagely

Starting my eighth year at Mizzou tomorrow, the second year of teaching from my textbook, and who knows how many
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14
Aug

A bridge too far for vibe coding

I developed a web app this week, despite a lack of qualifications. To be fair, it is a simple app:
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09
Aug

Building Bridges Between Theory and Practice

Continuing on with my week at AEJMC, I have managed several useful conversations with smart thinkers here (Thanks Seth, Valerie,
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07
Aug

The prescription for a better journalism

I am currently at AEJMC in San Francisco and on Wednesday attended a pre-conference on Engaged Journalism organized by Andrea
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02
Aug

Working Systems: 49% of news organisations have now started using AI.

This is an experimental post. I have been pulling together some simple scripts and this particular one calls to an
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19
Jul

Journalism hates Change. That's Good.

I realized last week at SRCCON 2025 that journalists need to spend more time defending the industry on its value,
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05
Jun

Using AI demands expertise

Generative AI is NOT intelligent. It is a machine that uses fancy math to turn words into numbers and numbers
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16
Apr

Has Journalism turned the corner on the AI hype?

There were a lot of panels at this year’s International Journalism Festival about AI and technology, but the conversation
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09
Feb

Breaking through the local trap

“Yes, the national news media is reporting on it, but is it 'breaking through' for the average
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22
Dec

Case study: The system is designed to defeat media literacy

An odd, perhaps correct (like a broken clock is twice-per-day) story made the rounds this weekend, about a GOP member
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