Nia Springer-Norris
@nianorris.com
Journalist. I enjoy writing thinky features about technology ethics, virtual communities and author profiles/Q&As.
Instructor of computer mediated communication, social media, web design/development and journalism.
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Narrative-driven features about technology and business. I especially like critical ethics pieces around AI and its intersection with humanity. My other work investigates the culture of technology pla...
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I'm a an independent journalist and I'm planning on pivoting more into my own newsletter in the new year so I can write about stuff just like this post.
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I'm a an independent journalist and I'm planning on pivoting more into my own newsletter in the new year so I can write about stuff just like this post.
open.substack.com/pub/nianorri...
I think my child is using LinkedIn, help!
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I think my child is using LinkedIn, help!
I’m sorry to hear this! Can a group of you purchase the brand? There are a lot of foundation dollars for local journalism.
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I’m sorry to hear this! Can a group of you purchase the brand? There are a lot of foundation dollars for local journalism.
Apparently asbestos training is now required for university instructors per my training library.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Apparently asbestos training is now required for university instructors per my training library.
Copilot needs to chill because dude I just want to open my OneDrive and navigate to the file that I deliberately saved in a folder called COMS-359
September 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Copilot needs to chill because dude I just want to open my OneDrive and navigate to the file that I deliberately saved in a folder called COMS-359
Do you have headshots that break the rules? I want to see them!
August 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Do you have headshots that break the rules? I want to see them!
Seize the means of product management
August 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Seize the means of product management
Happy semester start! I got a new phone and didn’t log into bsky.
What are you teaching your webdev students this year?
What are you teaching your webdev students this year?
August 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy semester start! I got a new phone and didn’t log into bsky.
What are you teaching your webdev students this year?
What are you teaching your webdev students this year?
My favorite thing about learning computer programming is how once you fix one thing, something else break
July 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My favorite thing about learning computer programming is how once you fix one thing, something else break
A normal person would probably just fix the spelling errors and make some changes to the style sheet, but no, I'm completely rebuilding the site with different frameworks
June 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A normal person would probably just fix the spelling errors and make some changes to the style sheet, but no, I'm completely rebuilding the site with different frameworks
**Big Sean voice**
That ass in higher ed call it ass dean
Ass got a 20 h-index, it's ass-teemed
That ass in higher ed call it ass dean
Ass got a 20 h-index, it's ass-teemed
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
**Big Sean voice**
That ass in higher ed call it ass dean
Ass got a 20 h-index, it's ass-teemed
That ass in higher ed call it ass dean
Ass got a 20 h-index, it's ass-teemed
The student: I will do statistical regression analysis.
Me: Do you have training to do statistical regression analysis?
The student: Um, no.
Me: Then don't do a statistical regression analysis.
The student's paper opening: In this essay, I will use statistical regression analysis to...
Me: Do you have training to do statistical regression analysis?
The student: Um, no.
Me: Then don't do a statistical regression analysis.
The student's paper opening: In this essay, I will use statistical regression analysis to...
May 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The student: I will do statistical regression analysis.
Me: Do you have training to do statistical regression analysis?
The student: Um, no.
Me: Then don't do a statistical regression analysis.
The student's paper opening: In this essay, I will use statistical regression analysis to...
Me: Do you have training to do statistical regression analysis?
The student: Um, no.
Me: Then don't do a statistical regression analysis.
The student's paper opening: In this essay, I will use statistical regression analysis to...
Let me guess, you also used your "AI employees" for your responsive design.
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May 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Let me guess, you also used your "AI employees" for your responsive design.
(You can't scroll to the right).
(You can't scroll to the right).
I love my local indie bookstore!
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I love my local indie bookstore!
But there's no way to entirely block them. I show examples of hallucinations along with real world case studies — And talk explicitly about the difference between using a tool and academic dishonesty. At this point expecting people to shun LLMs is like telling them not to use the Internet
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
But there's no way to entirely block them. I show examples of hallucinations along with real world case studies — And talk explicitly about the difference between using a tool and academic dishonesty. At this point expecting people to shun LLMs is like telling them not to use the Internet
Does interrupting people and talking down to them actually command respect?
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Does interrupting people and talking down to them actually command respect?
Not me rocking this @molly.wiki shirt every time it's clean
February 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Not me rocking this @molly.wiki shirt every time it's clean
My latest cohort of web development students wants to write code designed to deliberately piss off the user
February 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My latest cohort of web development students wants to write code designed to deliberately piss off the user
PRs: Please don't manipulate your email subjects to make us think we asked you about your client or agreed to interview them. We know who we reached out to and replied to and it's a great way to NOT get media coverage.
January 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
PRs: Please don't manipulate your email subjects to make us think we asked you about your client or agreed to interview them. We know who we reached out to and replied to and it's a great way to NOT get media coverage.
It's a subject that's very important to me too, enough that it clearly made me very upset. And I'm happy to explain WHY I'm upset, but I've been fielding ignorant comments from angry people all day about some nonsense I didn't even write and tried to explain.
January 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's a subject that's very important to me too, enough that it clearly made me very upset. And I'm happy to explain WHY I'm upset, but I've been fielding ignorant comments from angry people all day about some nonsense I didn't even write and tried to explain.
It wasn't relevant at the time.
Why would I try to defend the field as a whole when I was answering a man who thinks he's qualified to explain my field to me and also clearly never seen an American press conference? Journalists DO ask difficult questions.
Just say you only read the headline.
Why would I try to defend the field as a whole when I was answering a man who thinks he's qualified to explain my field to me and also clearly never seen an American press conference? Journalists DO ask difficult questions.
Just say you only read the headline.
January 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It wasn't relevant at the time.
Why would I try to defend the field as a whole when I was answering a man who thinks he's qualified to explain my field to me and also clearly never seen an American press conference? Journalists DO ask difficult questions.
Just say you only read the headline.
Why would I try to defend the field as a whole when I was answering a man who thinks he's qualified to explain my field to me and also clearly never seen an American press conference? Journalists DO ask difficult questions.
Just say you only read the headline.
It's not a "direct request." It's a deliberately rude post and matched her energy. If I really had a question, there'd be a question mark.
People are rude on the internet because they can be and when they're called out, they don't like it.
But what do I know? I'm just an American journalist.
People are rude on the internet because they can be and when they're called out, they don't like it.
But what do I know? I'm just an American journalist.
January 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's not a "direct request." It's a deliberately rude post and matched her energy. If I really had a question, there'd be a question mark.
People are rude on the internet because they can be and when they're called out, they don't like it.
But what do I know? I'm just an American journalist.
People are rude on the internet because they can be and when they're called out, they don't like it.
But what do I know? I'm just an American journalist.
There are also so many incredible pushes for nonprofit journalism in the US that are led by passionate people who want to make a difference.
But this news cycle is exhausting, full of bad information that spreads fast, and no one seems to particularly care what's true.
But this news cycle is exhausting, full of bad information that spreads fast, and no one seems to particularly care what's true.
January 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There are also so many incredible pushes for nonprofit journalism in the US that are led by passionate people who want to make a difference.
But this news cycle is exhausting, full of bad information that spreads fast, and no one seems to particularly care what's true.
But this news cycle is exhausting, full of bad information that spreads fast, and no one seems to particularly care what's true.