Articles of Interest - June 18
/***JOURNALISM
Americans and the News Media: What they do — and don’t — understand about each other American Press Institute
In The Quest For Comment, Hurry Up And Wait NPR
Do journalists deserve some blame for America’s mass shootings? Quill
You’re probably not quoting enough women. Let us help you. Columbia Journalism Review
Doxxing, assault, death threats: the new dangers facing US journalists covering extremism The Guardian
What should count as breaking news in text alerts? NPR
With its Facebook Watch news show, Alabama’s Reckon wants to make a national audience care about local news Harvard’s Nieman Lab
As Newspapers Disappear, Local Governments Become Less Fiscally Responsible, Says New Study Forbes
What Research on ‘Measurable Journalism’ Tells Us About Tech, Cultural Shifts in Digital Media PBS Media Shift
NPR (yet again) writes uncritically about ketamine for mental illness NPR
Tiny Alabama Town tries to stop Media from attending City Council meetings without Council Approval—gets national attention, backs down Jackson County Sentinel
Meet the victims of violence against journalists Quill
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
'LA Times' New Owner Plans To Compete With 'New York Times,' 'Washington Post' NPR
More suitors line up as Tronc sells California newspapers New York Times
***FAKE NEWS
‘The real horror is not knowing what to believe’: Scenes from the Fake News Horror Show Columbia Journalism Review
Nine takeaways from Knight-supported research on restoring trust in news Medium
Can a Chrome plugin help solve the fake news problem? Columbia Journalism Review
Telling the difference between factual and opinion statements in the news Pew Research Center
How To Tell Whether A News Source Is Credible Action 4 Media Education
Wikipedia vandalism could thwart hoax-busting on Google, YouTube and Facebook Poynter
Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements? Pew Research Center
***TECHNOLOGY
MIT Engineers Build Magnetic 3D-Printed Structures That Can Change Shape Near-Instantaneously Digg
Blockchain visually explained Flowing Data
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Pedestrian Lane for ‘Smartphone Zombies’ Opens Up in China NBC New York
How to Pose for a Photograph New York Times
Instagram Will No Longer Alert Users About Screenshots Teen Vogue
A state-by-state breakdown of Facebook users impacted by the Cambridge Analytica scandal Business Insider
If You’re A Facebook User, You’re Also a Research Subject Bloomberg
Facebook’s Perennial ‘Potential’ in Local Street Fighting
***PRIVACY
Increased amounts of data and surveillance are transforming justice systems Economist
It is hard now to avoid street-level surveillance Economist
Police can bypass encryption and monitor anything Economist
***INTERNET
The Tiny, Essential Google Tricks for Way Better Search Results LifeHacker
***BIG DATA & AI
A python library that lets programmers and software developers easily integrate object detection with as little as 10 lines of code Towards Data Science
DeepMind AI learns to reconstruct scenes from images Axios
The promise and peril of big-data justice-can algorithms accurately predict where crime will occur? Economist
The world may soon be awash in advanced, lethal drones Public Integrity
***PERSONAL GROWTH
5 internal contributions to anger Becoming (my blog)
Gossiping Is Good The surprising virtues of talking behind people’s backs (opinion) The Atlantic
How to Avoid a Life of Regret LifeHacker
***WRITING & READING
‘New York Times’ Gets Rid of Copy Editors; Mistakes Ensue The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Princeton Graduate wins Harvard Thesis Prize, kind of: Plagiarism hits the Ivy Leagues Archinect
***LANGUAGE
Imposter syndrome and pansexual among new words added to oxford English dictionary Independent
What does it mean to “bear arms”? Big Data Chimes in Economist
Inside Amazon's painstaking pursuit to teach Alexa French Wired
‘Fudging’ in Flight: Dubbed Movies on Airplanes Chronicle of Higher Ed
How language shapes the way we think (video) TED talk
***LITERATURE
88 books to enjoy this summer: the TED reading list TED
***GENDER
The US gender gap in math is starkest in the richest, whitest school districts Quartz
10 New or Lesser-Known Female Theologians Worth Knowing Christianity Today
Domestic Violence Expert Resigns From NFL Players Association Commission NPR
Canada moves to make its national anthem gender-neutral CNN
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
A Hidden Strength of Minority-Serving Colleges: Meeting Students Where They Are The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Harvard records show discrimination against Asian-Americans Reuters
I am raising my daughter to speak three languages: A stranger demanded I 'speak English' to her LA Times
***FREE SPEECH
No Consensus on Free Speech Inside Higher Ed
Snowflakes and Free Speech on Campus Inside Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
How a Legal Brawl Between Two Rich Guys Could Change How We Think About DNA Gizmodo
Librarian sues Equifax—gets surprise win VT Digger
Twitter and the First Amendment in court Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Charitable giving in US tops $400 billion for first time AP News
A growing social movement is trying to bring scientific rigour to philanthropy Economist
Teaching Children To Ask The Big Questions Without Religion NPR
An all-white church intended to give its building to a black congregation. The plan fell apart. Washington Post
Why many white evangelicals are not protesting family separations on the U.S. border Washington Post
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Wave of scandals confront Southern Baptists CNN
Georgia Baptist church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention over racial discrimination charges The Tennessean
Pence Speech Riles Some As Southern Baptists' Moderates Gain Strength NPR
A Lot of Southern Baptist Leaders Are Upset at Mike Pence’s Convention Speech Relevant Magazine Relevant Magazine
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Sessions cites Bible to defend immigration policies resulting in family separations CNN
Evangelicals Push Back On Sessions' Use Of Bible Passage To Defend Immigration Policy NPR
What the Bible really says about government (opinion) The Week
Religious Groups Criticize Trump Immigration Policies NPR
***MEGACHURCHES
The rise and fall of a Seattle megachurch through the eyes of an anthropologist KUOW
***GOOD NEWS
'Our valedictorian:' Wake County family buys massive billboard space to congratulate son WRAL
Man on mission to mow lawns for free in all 50 states stops in Nashville Fox 17
Note to Daddy: Young sisters send balloon to Heaven, receive incredible answer KHOU
Woman saves pregnant mother, 3-year-old boy from drowning in pool The Indy Channel
***ART & DESIGN
New design tools on the block UX Design
What to consider when choosing colors for data visualization Data Wrapper
***FILM
The Problem With DC Action Scenes (video) Nerdwriter1
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
After Tronc: Here are 5 corporate rebranding disasters you probably forgot about Fast Company
Best YouTube Videos of All Time, Ranked Thrillist
The ad industry’s top buzzwords in 2018 Quartz
***STUDENT MEDIA
If restaurants ran like college papers, diners would starve to death JournoTerrorist
***STUDENT LIFE
This College Student Gave a Presentation on Wakanda That Fooled His Professor io9
Teen sex and drug use at lowest rates in decades, CDC finds CBS News
Google Wants to Play a Bigger Role in Your College Search—Here’s What You Need to Know The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Younger generations make up a majority of the electorate, but may not be a majority of voters this November Pew Research
Fire Dept Rescues College Student who Climbed Tree (and didn’t know how to get down) Fox 6
Leaked Memo From Conservative Group Cautions Students to Stay Away From Turning Point USA The Chronicle of Higher Ed
You people are the worst! Millennials now blamed for bad tipping USA Today
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Cut these 5 outdated things from your resume Moneyish
Lawsuits and #MeToo changed internships — for the better Quill
10 smart women give advice to this year's interns Pardot
Recent Film Grads, Welcome to the Gig Economy Video Strategist
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
What happens when complaints by angry students go viral and how the university responded The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Scholars heard the NYU professor was under a Title IX investigation. They threw support behind her The Chronicle of Higher Ed
A student filed the lawsuit this week against a Florida fraternity alleged to have shared videos taken without permission Washington Post
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Suicide rates are increasing in almost every state Axios
U.S. Abortion Attitudes Remain Closely Divided Gallup
Suicide Rates In The U.S. Are Climbing Faster Among Women Than Men NPR
Georgia Court Green Lights Snapchat Speeding Selfie Lawsuit The Newspaper
Facebook Plans to Team Up With 15 Community Colleges. What Will That Entail? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Millionaires Now Own Half of World's Personal Wealth Bloomberg
***ENVIRONMENT
To avoid humans, more wildlife now work the night shift The Conversation
***HEALTH
Why eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientist Quartz
Does Vitamin D Really Protect Against Colorectal Cancer? NPR
What consumer DNA data can and can’t tell you about disease risk Science News
Why STDs are soaring in America Economist
Depression and suicide risk are side effects of more than 200 common drugs Vox
Viruses love what we’ve done with the planet Quartz
***HEALTH RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
How AI is improving the speed and precision of medical treatments Economist
Two studies: Some CRISPR-edited cells may lead to tumors Stat News
New medical device auto-deploys treatment during heart attacks to halt heart failure MIT
Errors Trigger Retraction Of Study On Mediterranean Diet's Heart Benefits NPR
***FAMILY
7 facts about American dads Pew Research
The Dangers of Distracted Parenting: parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own The Atlantic
***PSYCHOLOGY
Many Common Drugs May Be Making People Depressed NPR
The Lifespan of a Lie: Why can’t we escape the Stanford Prison Experiment? Medium
Alternate Rom-Com Endings if the Heroines had Therapists The Bella Donna Comedy
IQ scores are falling and have been for decades CNN
A new study ranks US states in order of psychopathy Quartz
***NEUROSCIENCE
We now know what a spiritual awakening looks like inside the brain Big Think
Brains May Teeter Near Their Tipping Point Quanta Magazine
***PHILOSOPHY
The Philosopher as Bad Dad (opinion) New York Times
Personalism is the philosophy we need (opinion) New York Times
A philosopher thinks technology could make anarchists’ dreams come true Quartz
***HISTORY
History gets a conservative twist in Michigan social studies standards Briggemi
***RESEARCH
Publishers can ensure that citations of zombie publications are caught Nature
Deciding what to replicate Pedermisager
What happens when researchers make mistakes Associated Press
***HIGHER ED
Some want to get rid of college majors – here’s how that could go wrong The Conversation
Many States Get Mediocre Grades in 2 Studies of Degree Attainment by Race and Ethnicity The Chronicle of Higher Ed
A small college had removed much of its website—including the names of all faculty and the president’s name Ottawa Citizen
Sweet Briar College Is Placed on ‘Warning’ by Accreditor The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Elon University sued over treatment of donor’s son The Times
***HIGHER ED & FINANCE
Is Congress about to cut nearly $15 billion from student-aid programs? (opinion) Hechinger Report
Beyond Tuition: How Innovations in College Affordability Are (Or Aren’t) Helping Students EdSurge
Michigan Christian university wins suit against abortion-pill mandate Free
***TEACHING
GPAs don’t really show what students learned: Here’s why Washington Post
UCSD Instructor Faces Backlash After She Belittles Student on Class Forum The Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING ONLINE
What Do Online Students Want? 3 Findings From a New Survey Offer Some Clues The Chronicle of Higher Ed
EdX introduces support fee for free online courses Inside Higher Ed
Why is YouTube blocking education videos from MIT? Daily Dot
***ACADEMIC LIFE
What Happens When an Adjunct Instructor Wants to Retire? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Disrupting the faculty member evaluation model Education Dive