Introduction The 2023 Hollywood strikes were the longest and most consequential labor action the entertainment industry had seen in decades. The Writers Guild of America walked out in May; SAG-AFTRA joined in July. Together, they shut down the production of scripted film and television for 148 days. The core issues were familiar ones — residuals, minimum staffing — but the new and defining issue was AI. What the writers and actors were fighting about, at its core, was whether

Introduction Every generation of communicators faces a technology that promises to change everything. The printing press. Radio. Television. The internet. Social media. Each one rewired how information traveled, who controlled it, and what professional communication looked like. Each one also preserved something essential that the previous generation worried would be lost. I think about that history when I read about what AI is doing to journalism right now. The fear is under

AI is revolutionizing media, public affairs, and marketing by enhancing content creation, audience engagement, and predictive analytics.

This is an editorialized blog, drafted with the assistance of AI. When Disney employee Matthew Van Andel downloaded an AI tool, he had no...