Mark Talkington is the founder and publisher of The Palm Springs Post, a community news outlet that launched in 2021.
He has been a part-time or full-time desert resident since 1993. In his “day job” he works at Microsoft–where he has been since 2002–as both a news editor and AI project manager.
Earlier this year he cofounded and launched Satchel AI, an innovative platform designed to support local journalists by leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance the efficiency and quality of news reporting