Zoom link for Monday (let's learn about deep fakes etc.)
...and introducing Rachelle Chase, a new member of the Iowa Writers' Collaborative
Michael Dahlstrom
Our Monday Zoom discussion will feature Michael Dahlstrom, the head of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University. He is a subject matter expert in various topics, and we will spend considerable time discussing deep fakes, artificial intelligence, and the future of journalism.
Julie Gammack is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Michael Dahlstrom
Time: May 20, 2024, 12:00 PM Central Time (U.S. and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83551918281
Michael Dahlstrom’s research explores how storytelling impacts the communication of science across diverse contexts, including risk, health, agricultural, and environmental communication. He has been published in leading journals, such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLOS Biology, Communication Research, and Science Communication. Dahlstrom is a Kavli Fellow and a past head of the Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Rachelle Chase
I am thrilled to welcome Rachelle Chase to our Iowa Writers’ Collaborative group. I became aware of Rachelle on Twitter about five years ago when she was covering Waterloo politics for Iowa Starting Line. I invited her to speak during our first Okoboji Writers’ Retreat, and she was so popular that she’s been back every year since. Her topics range from romance (‘writing hot’) to nonfiction. Most recently, she was a columnist for The Des Moines Register.
Her first column via Substack was posted yesterday. If leaving the house without your cell phone gives you the creeps, you might relate to this essay.
Rachelle doesn’t just opine about a topic; she offers facts and data readers will find helpful, making their time with her work worthwhile.
Going forward, we can expect Rachelle to cover aspects of history we didn’t learn in school and tell us about the Iowans we want to get to know. She’s a voracious reader (when not binging the T.V. series' Abbot Elementary’), and we’ll benefit from her take on what’s caught her eye on the bookshelf.
She wrote a piece about the Des Moines Metro Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ performances. It will give you a sense of what is to come from this wonderful writer:
Please subscribe to Rachelle Chase’s column here: Reading with Rachelle. And share it with your friends.
Okoboji
Would you like to learn about ‘writing hot’ or learn tips for researching historical information with
? Or work on a memoir project with and ?Check out the topics, workshops, panels, and music taking place during the fourth annual Okoboji Writers’ Retreat, Septemeber 22-25:
https://okobojiwritersretreat.com
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Thank you so much for the wonderful welcome! I'm honored to be part of a network of such talented and accomplished writers!