The Journal

Writing from the studio floor.

Candid writing about content, production, and the business of running a creative studio in a mid-sized market.

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The Human Touch We're Trading Away

AI has quietly moved from polishing an Oscar-winning performance to headlining the world's biggest advertising festival. A look at how small trade-offs are adding up to something much larger — and what's lost when the work stops being made by human hands.

By MD · July 2026 · 4 min read

Nobody Throws the Paper Anymore

Every business owner already knows the future of marketing is digital. Knowing it and acting on it are two different things — and the gap between them is where the old ways quietly keep taking the budget.

By ER · August 2026 · 2 min read

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