The Highlight Zone
Paul CookThe Highlight Zone is a newsletter devoted to exploring the intersections of higher education, digital and media literacy, politics, and the postdigital age.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 87 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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My Dinner with ChatGPT
In 1981, French filmmaker Louis Malle directed My Dinner with Andre, a film I first learned about from—like most of my early pop culture exposure—watching The Simpsons as a youngster. The entire film takes place inside the famous (and now-d...
ICE murdered a man in cold blood.
As for me and my house, we will trust our own eyes.
Yesterday morning, I took Audrey to her IPS basketball tournament at Northwest Middle School on the west side of Indianapolis. Her team won. If you’ve never experienced the thrill of midd...
New York through the eyes of a youngster
I am writing this one in a bit of a hurry. It’s just after 7:30 in the morning, Central Park (just ten blocks up Broadway) is calling me for my morning run, and it’s not really getting any warmer here in Midtown Manhattan. The other hazard...
You can call me "Coach."
Earlier this morning, at around 9:30am, I found myself pounding on a dummy’s chest—hard enough to try to bring it out of its plastic coma. No, this isn’t some sort of sneaky critique of American-style hyper-consumerism. I was practicing che...
Remembering my Papa (February 25, 1935 - October 28, 2025)
J. Marvin Jones, my grandfather, passed away in 2025 at the age of 90.
I’ve had a couple of major losses this past year that I haven’t yet had the time to write about, much less process. I’ll try to do some of that here.
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Professor of writing & rhetoric. // Digital literacy, WAC/WID, & the future of the university. // Uncle & aspiring runner. // www.paulgcook.org
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