The Five Pods of Xmas – news media director Vince Versace

On this episode of the Five Pods of Xmas, ConstructConnect news media director Vince Versace talks about the most interesting construction stories of the past year and talks with digital media editor Warren Frey about future plans for The Construction Record™ Podcast.   Vince said artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly grown into a functional and useful tool within the construction industry, but not In the ways popular conceptions of the technology usually depict such as chatbots. Behind the scenes number crunching and other tasks have seen a significant AI boost and he discusses how that will progress as well as how media outlets such as the Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce can use AI technologies while still maintaining standard journalism practices. He also said several stories continued through 2023 and look to also influence 2024, such as an ongoing labour shortage, pandemic supply chain and pricing and inflation issues. Warren and Vince also hinted at some changes for the podcast and other media in the new year and beyond. Our previous interview with Journal of Commerce staff writer Sarah Rowland is available here and Daily Commercial News staff writer Angela Gismondi is available here,  staff writer Don Wall here and news editor Lindsey Cole is here. Thanks for listening and happy holidays and here's to a great 2024! DCN-JOC News Services