How A Veteran CNN Editor Built A Writing Career
About this episode
Natasha Tynes interviews John DeDakis about his transition from journalism to fiction writing and the impact of AI on the writing industry.
In this episode, I sat down with John DeDakis, a journalist with 45 years in the newsroom and 25 years at CNN, to get honest about the upsides and downsides of artificial intelligence in writing, publishing, and education, and where he draws the line. John walked me through his pivot from journalism to mystery and suspense fiction, including what reporters have to unlearn when they move from “just the facts” to character emotion, interiority, and voice. We talked about persistenc...
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