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Lisa Mitchell graduated from Kutztown University in 2001 with a major in Professional Writing and minors in Women’s Studies and Literature. This well-rounded education included courses in creative writing, journalism, magazine writing, and desktop publishing, as well as internships in the Women’s Center, University Relations and the completion of a work study session at the... Continue Reading →
Molly Bilinski is 2014 graduate of Kutztown University where she majored in English. She has a decade of experience in print and digital journalism across newsrooms in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She currently writes on the environment for LehighValleyNews.com. Molly was the first place winner of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s 2022 Diversity Portfolio and the third place... Continue Reading →
Morgan Bayer graduated from Kutztown University in 2023, with a major in Professional Writing and a minor in Public Relations. She currently works as an assistant editor for MJH Life Sciences in New Jersey. MJH is a communication platform informing medical personnel on medical news. Her department informs community oncologists about clinical oncology trials and... Continue Reading →
I use these images to teach portrait photography to journalism students DrD Flickr Images
By Michael Downing We converted a 2021 Dodge ProMaster 2500 into a camper van and are loving it. We have traveled north to Maine for Luke's Lobster on Portland Pier and up into Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada to celebrate Canada Day. We've also weaved our way through the hiking and biking trails throughout the forests of Pennsylvania.... Continue Reading →
Bear sculpture on north campus...apparently eating a snowball.Photo by Michael Downing
Background I've been teaching writing for more than 30 years at various schools in Pennsylvania. I've also worked as a professional technical writer and technical journalist. I've written quite a bit about open source software initiatives and at one point had the honor to interview open-source guru Linus Torvalds at a trade show. These areas... Continue Reading →
If the preview looks weird, just click through and correct layout should resume. These are in no particular order or style. They are just links to articles/avmaterial I’ve read/viewed over the past week or so. OpenAI https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ Mashable https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-amazing-wrong NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/26/upshot/chatgpt-child-essays.html Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/01/06/chatgpt-cybercriminal-malware-female-chatbots/?sh=513639ed5534 ArsTechnica https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/chatgpt-is-enabling-script-kiddies-to-write-functional-malware/ Marketplace https://www.marketplace.org/2023/01/05/can-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt-compete-with-google-search/ OpenSource http://www.opensourceforu.com/2023/01/a-chatgpt-alternative-is-now-available-as-open-source/ Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-openai-investment-the-smartest-1-billion-ever-spent-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-schools-ban-chatgpt-cheating-concern-grows-2023-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/app-detects-if-chatgpt-wrote-essay-ai-plagiarism-2023-1... Continue Reading →
By Michael DowningAll photos by Michael Downing Students and faculty in KU’s Sport Management program are working to gather data and provide complementary instruction at the new Haring Fitness Court. Keith Haring Fitness Court at Kutztown University “The artwork is very appealing,” said Duane Crider, Professor of Sport Management at KU. “However, many of the... Continue Reading →
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