Dennis G. Jerz

Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism at Seton Hill University, in southwestern Pennsylvania. Jerz's Literacy Weblog has been online since 1999.

What have my students learned about creative nonfiction writing? During class they are collaborating on a Google Doc that’s coming together very nicely before our eyes.

What have my students learned about creative nonfiction writing? During class they are collaborating on a Google Doc that’s coming…

45 minutes ago

There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI

Two years after the release of ChatGPT, it may not be surprising that creative work is used without permission to…

1 day ago

The complex geometry on this wedge building took me all weekend.  #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #cgi #aesthetics #design

The complex geometry on this wedge building took me all weekend. The interior walls still need work. And from this…

3 days ago

Sesame Street had a big plot twist in November 1986

My older siblings say they remember our mother sitting them down to watch a new TV show called Sesame Street.…

4 days ago

I played hooky from work to see Wild Robot with my family

I played hooky to go see Wild Robot this afternoon, so I went back to the office to mark more…

6 days ago

First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu

First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu

1 week ago

Sorry, not sorry. I don’t want such friends.

Back in 2003, shortly after I moved with my wife and two young children to take my current job, I…

2 weeks ago

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh

2 weeks ago

Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world

[A] popular type of generative AI model can provide turn-by-turn driving directions in New York City with near-perfect accuracy — without…

2 weeks ago

I was perhaps a bit more conversational and chipper than usual during class today. A grinning student asked what I was drinking. (It really is just iced tea.)

I was perhaps a bit more conversational and chipper than usual during class today. A grinning student asked what I…

2 weeks ago

Will Journalism Be a Crime in a Second Trump Administration?

Journalism is not a crime. It's not a crime if it offends the powerful. It's not a crime if it…

3 weeks ago

I just caught myself thinking, “This doesn’t suck.” #medievalyork #mysteryplay #blender3d #design #aesthetics

I just caught myself thinking, “This doesn’t suck.” #medievalyork #mysteryplay #blender3d #design #aesthetics

3 weeks ago

As part of an ongoing feud over the rights to use a particular shade of ultra-black paint, artist Artist Stuart Semple legally changed his name to that of his rival, Anish Kapoor

As part of an ongoing bid to get his hands on Vantablack, the super dark, light-absorbing material to which Anish Kapoor controversially has…

3 weeks ago

A spooooooky post about predatory journals for this Halloween season.

Predatory publications are not concerned with writing quality (or even coherence), and thus also do not care about writing tools…

3 weeks ago

Our family has seen David Whalen in the persona of Sherlock in five or six different shows. So happy Carolyn will be on stage with him this time.

Our family has seen David Whalen in the persona of Sherlock in five or six different shows. So happy Carolyn…

3 weeks ago

A young father sold his beloved sports car for “diaper money.” Years later, the man’s son gave him a surprise birthday present.

“While my dad has always spoken lovingly and fondly of his old Camaro he sold for my ‘diaper money’ he…

4 weeks ago