Meet Jon Zmikly: Cautious Optimism in the Age of AI

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Jon Zmikly came to Texas State as a grad student in 2007 planning to chase a TV news career — then a candid conversation changed his path entirely. Now a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jon talks with Kolby about live-tweeting a bomb threat as a grad student, getting disqualified from a polka contest, and how he teaches students to code, build apps, and navigate AI with "cautious optimism" — always keeping the human element at the center of storytelling.

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