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02.25.2024—10am    Post #22574
Our workshops do double duty now: mobile storytelling & AI content creation

I am convinced that we in the media are faced with two robust challenges at the moment—some would say there are more than two!

For me, it is imperative that editors approach content creation thinking in terms of mobile first.

Mobile first involves the type of transformation where all content is prepared thinking from small to large platform.  Thinking small platform does not mean that the reporter conceptualizing a story for mobile consumption should not think BIG.  So, plan from small to large, but think big in terms of the story content and the visual assets that go with it.

While mobile first is still elusive to so many newsrooms around the planet, here we are, in 2024, faced with an even bigger challenge not just knocking at our doors, but already IN: Artificial Intelligence.

Transformation and a change of mentality to face these challenges is the first step.  Training and education to tackle them with a sense of focus and direction is essential.

That’s where our Garcia Media workshops come in

Our Garcia Media Mobile Storytelling workshops introduce your editorial team to the way we write, edit and design for mobile platforms. This one-day program includes a presentation and a hands-on workshop. We’ve added a new segment about AI for content creation. 

For details, to customize, and to book: mario@garciamedia.com

Order my new book AI: The Next Revolution for Content Creation:

https://thaneandprose.com/shop-the-bookstore/ols/products/preorder-ai-what-to-expect-for-the-next-revolution

Join me on the road: 

Appearances and conference

https://linktr.ee/themarioblog (https://linktr.ee/themarioblog)

Mario’s AI speaking engagements coming up

Here you see where I will be discussing AI at various events. Feel free to send me an email (mario@garciamedia.com) if you have questions about any of these events. You can always go directly to the organization’s website for additional information.

Hoping to see you along the way!

Artificial Creative Intelligence blogs of interest:

The following blog posts all deal with Artificial Intelligence and creativity:





Media predictions for 2024

Every year, Harvard University’s Nieman Lab publishes what selected media people predict for journalism in the following years. You can find my own prediction here;

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/ai-takes-center-stage/

Of interest!

https://new-world-encounters.com/blog/2022/02/21/secrets-to-successful-mobile-storytelling-interview-with-visual-storyteller-mario-garcia/

https://history.siia.net/amp/Publications/Blog/Index/Post/81144/Presenting-Information-in-the-Best-Way-It-Will-Be-Consumed-AM-P-2020-Keynote-Mario-Garcia-Wants-Stories-Designed-for-Todayt

How we use AI

Honored to be mentioned here:

https://www.newsroomrobots.com/p/how-10-news-industry-leaders-use

Pre-order my new AI book here

https://thaneandprose.com/…/preorder-ai-what-to-expect…

Here is a chance to pre-order my new book about Artificial Intelligence and content creation. The first 25 copies sold will be signed! Order here:

https://thaneandprose.com/…/preorder-ai-what-to-expect…

Pre-publication reviews!

AI front and center

As I put finishing touches on the manuscript of my new book, AI: The Next Revolution for Content Creation, I am aware that the number of AI-related headlines that appear in my mailbox daily is on the increase, frustrating the author of a book that must have a date of completion, and realizing that in today’s fast paced technological advance environment, books must have websites created for updates.

For more about my new AI book, go here:



Of related interest

https://newspaperdesign.in/ai-is-the-next-big-media-revolutionmario-garcia/

Newsrooms around the planet have gone mobile-first after a Garcia Media workshop!

Our Garcia Media Mobile Storytelling workshops are proven to introduce your editorial team to the way we write, edit and design for mobile platforms. It is a one-day program that involves a presentation (where I summarize my Columbia University class content), and follow it with a hands on workshop.

Did you read The Story yet?

I urge you to consult my latest book, The Story, a trilogy full of tips and explanations about mobile storytelling, which represents the latest genre for journalists to explore. See information below:

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The full trilogy of The Story now available–3 books to guide you through a mobile first strategy. Whether you’re a reporter, editor, designer, publisher, corporate communicator, The Story is for you! https://amazon

Volume 1: Transformation

https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-story-volume-i/id1480169411

Volume Two: Storytelling

https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-story-volume-ii/id1484581220

Volume Three: Design

https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-story-volume-iii/id1497049918

Order the print edition of The Story, from Amazon, here:

https://www.amazon.com/Story-I-Transformation-Mario-Garcia/dp/0578495759/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Story+by+Mario+Garcia&qid=1565262220&s=gateway&sr=8-1) amazon.com/Story-I-Transf…

The Story, en español:

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