Photograph: Point-and-shoot revival spurs PR innovation
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // My first government job was as a Nassau County legislative aide in 2000. A few months in, I was at a community event when then-County…
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No. 1,000: The more things change…
Welcome, intrepid innovators, to Wednesday and a landmark edition of your favorite innovation newsletter, and to a momentous day in Innovate Long Island history. It’s mindboggling that more than…
No. 999: Overhauled malls, charitable causes and cheese pizzas – plus good news on tourism (for now)
But who’s counting? Welcome to your Friday Newsletter, dear readers – not just any Friday but the first Friday of September, and not just any newsletter but the very…
No. 991: Icons born, degrees earned and an ancient tree is accidentally assassinated – Lucy has ‘splaining to do!
Woof: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we embrace the dog days. Yes, it’s that period of Summer when the warm weather stagnates, when cicadas serenade all afternoon long,…
How to survive and thrive in life after the ‘dead Internet’
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Is the Internet dying? Over the past year, websites across the Internet have experienced a significant drop in traffic from search engines. Some are reporting…
No. 977: On biofabrication, burial grounds and beauty – and the launch of our first-ever Reader Survey!
Looking ahead: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we muscle through another busy early-Summer workweek – an appropriately humid one here on Long Island, though better weather is in…
Truth to power: LI journalism must remain above the fray
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // National politics have increasingly become the gravitational center of American journalism. From inflation and immigration to trade policy and housing costs, stories that once sat…
Chatbots are charming – but can they keep a secret?
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Much has been made of the surface-level dangers of generative artificial intelligence: It writes like a robot, invents facts and struggles with nuance. These are…
No. 958: On vaccinations, various Vulcans and veritable ventures, plus the return of the old ball game
Play ball! Welcome to Wednesday, sports fans, and not just any Wednesday but the Wednesday before the start of the 2025 Major League Baseball season – which officially kicks…
Online-search woes multiply as Google dips, AI rises
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // For nearly two decades, Google has enjoyed an iron grip on the search-engine market – but the rise of artificial intelligence-driven search alternatives, most notably…
No. 940: Bracing for the worst, hoping for the best and always, always, always championing innovation
Four more years: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island and the rest of the world adjust to the new order. As the new presidential administration takes hold,…
No. 936: Kicking off 2025 with important LI surveys, next-gen med-tech and the true King of Rock ’n’ Roll
By popular demand: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but (already) the second Wednesday of 2025 – and the midpoint of the first full workweek…
No. 935: Wrapping up 2024 with holiday hits, IDA deals and plenty of sangria (and our highest hopes for 2025)
Sixteen days of Christmas: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday before Christmas and Hanukkah – and the last Friday of the…
PR mega-merger threatens the very soul of creativity
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // In one memorable episode of “Mad Men,” Sterling Cooper merges into the tongue-twisting Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, igniting a chaotic clash of egos and overlapping…
No. 930: It’s a royal flush with Bernard King, the very first Burger King and the king of the neural bypass
Last leg: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as the first week of December rocks on and the last month of 2024 (!) rolls toward its jingle-belling conclusion. The big…