February 13, 2026

Last semester, three students in Professor Steve Fox’s Introduction to Multimedia Reporting class (JOUR 301) collaborated with MassLive for a semester-long reporting project. In this class, they wrote and published articles investigating the growing impact of AI on everyday life.

You can read the articles in their entirety on MassLive. Last semester’s published stories are:

How UMass Amherst can save money through AI-driven waste management by Andrew Guindon 

Parlez-vous? The pros, cons of using AI to learn a new language by Julia Williams

Is health care ready for impersonal AI to take over? by Allie Abruzzese