New Book Chapter w/
@nieborg about early days of AI news coverage. Drawing from our book, we argue mainstreaming AI will be hard, especially given expectations for journalists to play with and understand the tech. Send me a note if you need a copy:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003477587-8/mainstreaming-ai-maxwell-foxman-david-nieborg
Mainstreaming AI | 8 | How Journalists Play with Emerging Technologies
This chapter examines the role of US-based journalists in shaping artificial intelligence (AI) discourses and imaginaries as the innovation becomes increasingly
Taylor & FrancisWas happy to contribute to this article helmed by Alex Leith on how VRChat became a space for coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the article here and we nicely have a visual abstract to go with it:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100843Thanks to SPJ Oregon and Nicole Dahmen for having me talk about the challenges of covering AI as it becomes an increasingly ubiquitous technology at their conference. Especially appreciate them letting me Zoom in considering me currently being in NYC

How the Trump Tariffs Are Impacting Board Game Publishers
We talk to four board game publishers about how Trump's tariffs are impacting the industry, whose games are largely printed in China.
Endless ModeAs I get ready for the "Instagramming Amsterdam" study abroad class I am about to teach, I was trying out my best instagrammable photo moments in NEW Amsterdam, while having a lovely (if sweltering) day at Art Omi
As I get ready for the "Instagramming Amsterdam" study abroad class I am about to teach, I was trying out my best instagrammable photo moments in NEW Amsterdam, while having a lovely (if sweltering) day at Art Omni
Not my favorite habit but managed to churn out an entire chapter (roughly 2,750 words) today. Sometimes you just need those days to sit and *really* focus on writing!