{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Office Hours","title":"Meet Jon Zmikly: Cautious Optimism in the Age of AI","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a55e9f31\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1382,"description":"Jon Zmikly came to Texas State as a grad student in 2007 planning to chase a TV news career — then a candid conversation changed his path entirely. Now a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jon talks with Kolby about live-tweeting a bomb threat as a grad student, getting disqualified from a polka contest, and how he teaches students to code, build apps, and navigate AI with \"cautious optimism\" — always keeping the human element at the center of storytelling.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YD0mZMdFH_-TlFuzZCCKlX6GgnPlW-2WchwOMzsWKW4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85Nzhm/ZDAxMGQ5ODVkYjk1/Y2Q5ZjQ5M2YyZTNi/MGI0OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}