Thirteen Years Behind the CMS of Local News
I ran the websites for Northeast Tennessee's newspapers from 2012 to 2025. Everyone writes about what happened to local news in the newsroom. This is what it looked like from the server side.
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I ran the websites for Northeast Tennessee's newspapers from 2012 to 2025. Everyone writes about what happened to local news in the newsroom. This is what it looked like from the server side.
A retired detective and published author sat through a class and a half before he told me he'd written AI off completely. Then he told me what changed his mind.
The advice is always to specialize. Pick a lane. Become the expert. There are good reasons for that. Depth is real, and you can't fake it.