Gavril Nikolaev 
What is journalism for? What are its most pressing problems? What would a real journalist do when faced with an ethical dilemma? To find answers to these questions, I bought books, took courses, and read articles. Now, it’s time to see what visual storytelling can add to the mix, and how it can show us … Read more
The first book on my reading list this year will be “On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions” by C.S. Lewis (November 29, 1898–November 22, 1963), one of my favorite storytellers. His love of the written word was rivaled only by his love of God and belief in the inherent dignity of … Read more
AI can be a heartless machine or a loving companion — a dichotomy you can now experience for yourself thanks to the latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence, spearheaded by xAI and exemplified in Ani and Valentine. The two sexually explicit chatbots can be accessed through the company’s SuperGrok subscription plan. A controversial … Read more
Some say that writing is thinking. And thinking begins with questions. So one of our main tasks, as writers, is to ask good questions. But how do you come up with them? You have two options: use ChatGPT or use your brain. Some help with the latter approach can be found in “The Elements of … Read more