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A photo of a sign with the blue CDC logo on it.

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to Food Fix. I was in New York last week to be on a panel at the AMO Summit, which is put on by A Media Operator, one of my favorite media publications. 

I talked about the importance of investing in subject matter expertise and the things that journalists (er, humans) can do that AI can’t, like talk to other people to figure out what’s actually happening. I ended up being quoted in a piece alongside the one and only Katie Couric, so that’s always fun! 

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