This is the first occurrence of a newspaper article about my cousin Gloria Metzner, stage name Gloria Dea. It was published in 1929 in Oakland, California.
As you know, I am a newspaper research fanatic, and have recently launched the Newspaper Research Academy, to provide a vast number of resources to those who want to improve their newspaper research skills.
I have been recently fooling around with newspaper research via AI.
I recommend that you do the same. You are not going to receive clippings, but you will receive the newspaper title and date of articles about your chosen person or event, as well as an abstract of the article.
Here is a simple prompt for ChatGPT that I did to find articles about my cousin.
“Find newspaper articles about my cousin, Gloria Metzner, whose stage name was Gloria Dea, who was born in 1922 and passed away in 2023? She was a magician and an actress. She was born in Oakland, California, and died in Las Vegas, Nevada. Report the newspaper title and date”
I won’t bore you with the results. I also tried Gemini, which also provided similar results.
Try it – you’ll like it!