Articles of Interest - Jan 21
/***JOURNALISM
Google is Partnering With WordPress to Develop a News Publishing Platform Search Engine Journal
Journalists Press for Shield Law Broadcasting & Cable
NYT had journalists swim across border for podcast, NAHJ slams program iMediaEthics
Nearly three-quarters of Republicans say the news media don’t understand people like them Pew Research Center
The Rise of Populism and the Damages to Journalism Monday Note
The differences in how CNN MSNBC & FOX cover the News Pudding
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
No, tech companies shouldn’t fund journalism Columbia Journalism Review
***FAKE NEWS
How an elaborate international scam is making the rounds among Instagrammers & photographers This Life of Travel
How to Inoculate Against Anti-Vaxxers New York Times
President Trump Posts Altered Photos to Facebook and Instagram That Make Him Look Thinner (and his fingers longer) Gizmodo
A nude-photo hoax was supposed to silence Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Instead, she turned up the volume Washington Post
***TECHNOLOGY
Move over, coders—physicists will soon rule silicon valley Wired
Japan’s robot hotel lays off half the robots after they created more work for humans The Verge
The Limitations of your Voice Assistant Wired
CRISPR babies are real and the scientist who made them sought “personal fame and fortune” MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
Move over, coders—physicists will soon rule silicon valley Wired
AI is better at bluffing than professional gamblers (and turning the professional gambling on its head) Engadget
How to make great-looking, fully-interactive plots with a single line of Python Towards Data Science
A new breed of AI intelligent video surveillance is being installed in schools around the country Axios
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Kylie Jenner Responds To The New Most-Liked Instagram With Her Own Egg Post Delish
Report: WhatsApp surpasses Facebook as the social network's most popular app The Next Web
Facebook launches petition feature Tech Crunch
Facebook Limits WhatsApp Message Forwards Media Post
The Impact Of Facebook Fundraisers On Charitable Giving (infographic) Daily Infographic
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Mother of All Breaches Exposes 773 Million Emails, 21 Million Passwords Gizmodo
Millions of Chinese CVs exposed on cloud server BBC
ACLU sues 7 government agencies over social media surveillance Axios
Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right? Wired
The government shutdown has severely weakened cybersecurity in the US MIT Technology Review
NSA Puts Phone Charging Booth at SchmooCon in Plot to Go Viral Gizmodo
Malware can now evade cloud security tools, as cybercriminals target public cloud users Tech Republic
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Top 3 compact cameras for the photo enthusiast Wired
***THE INTERNET
The Internet is Facing a Catastrophe For Free Expression and Competition Electronic Freedom Foundation
***PERSONAL GROWTH
I Want Your Life (the draw of social media) Becoming (my blog)
Finally, A Personality Quiz Backed By Science FiveThirtyEight
How to become a better conversationalist Fast Company
The best way I’ve found to keep digital monsters at bay: Meditation Every Day (opinion) New York Times
Nearly Half of American Adults Don't Know Their Own Blood Type (and other things about themselves) Mental Floss
***LANGUAGE
Grammar Girl" on the biggest changes in language Quartz
Some words go out of fashion Economist
***LITERATURE
How Curses Function in Literature New York Times
Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry 'Mustn't Be Fancy,' Dies At 83 NPR
***GENDER
The Gillette Effect: What a Single Ad Reveals About American Men (opinion) Medium
Woman Didn’t Know Progress On Toxic Masculinity Would Turn Boyfriend Into Such A Weepy Little Pansy The Onion
University Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit filed by Professor after disciplinary action was taken against over a transgendered student Irinton Tribune
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
AeroMexico offers discounts based on Mexican (video)
Videos show Kentucky high schoolers in DC for right Life March mocking Native American marchers WHAS-TV
Kentucky diocese apologizes after videos show students in ‘MAGA’ hats mocking Native Americans AL.com
***FREE SPEECH
India’s plan to curb hate speech could mean more censorship Wired
***LEGAL ISSUES
Disney files copyright claim on YouTuber’s Darth Vader film—and the creator is devastated Daily Dot
The Mars Argo copyright infringement dispute The 1709 Blog
Popular YouTube channel in danger of disappearing because of copyright claims Daily Dot
Court: Cops Can't Compel the Use of Body Parts to Unlock Phones Tech News World
***CRIME
The FBI Says Its Photo Analysis Is Scientific Evidence: Scientists Disagree Propublica
National Some U.S. police departments dump body-camera programs amid high costs Washington Post
***RELIGION
'McJesus' Sculpture To Be Pulled From Israeli Museum After Violent Protests NPR
LifeWay to close stores in shift to digital strategy Baptist News
Pat Boone's wife Dies USA Today
SBC leader says APA guidelines on ‘toxic masculinity’ do not square with Scripture Baptist News
Why Christian Movies Are So Terrible (opinion) For the Church
The Top Reasons Young People Drop Out of Church Christianity Today
History shows the folly of China’s paranoia about Islam Economist
Similar ideas between Buddhism and Western psychology BigThink
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
U.S. Evangelicals Push Back Against Trump's Syria Pullout Plan NPR
Top Democrats Press Trump on Plans to Seize Historic Church Land for Border Wall The Daily Beast
Lady Gaga Slams Mike Pence: He’s ‘The Worst Representation’ Of Christianity Huffington Post
***GOOD NEWS
Plea for birthday cards draws 50,000 well-wishes for Fullerton World War II vet Orange County Register
Salon Welcomes Their Rival Business With Open Arms, After Disaster Closed Their Doors CBS New York
Couple divorces then she gives him her kidney Twin Cities
Along with shave and a haircut, this dementia-friendly barber offers 'a bit of dignity’ Washington Post
***GOOD NEWS ABOUT KIDS
I’m Only 9, And I’m Already In College: Here’s What Life Is Like For Me Huffington Post
A 10-year-old boy had an idea to help poor people: 14 years and 8,000 bikes later, he's still at it Washington Post
11 year old is globally renowned crochet prodigy LaCrosse Tribune
***ART & DESIGN
Should designers learn to code? UX Design
Why designers shouldn’t bother learning to code The Next Web
The Best Prototyping Tools for 2018 Awwwards
A fraudster tried to forge documents: His font choice gave him away Ars Technica
Download Vincent van Gogh's Collection of 500 Japanese Prints, Which Inspired Him to Create "the Art of the Future" Open Culture
***MUSIC
Toto’s ‘Africa’ Will Play Forever—Or at Least Until the Next Windstorm—in the Namib Desert Smithsonian Mag
The economics of streaming is making songs shorter Quartz
Hip Hop uses a more diverse vocabulary than Rock and Country Pudding
***FILM
How Movie Genres Have Changed In Popularity Since 1910, Visualized Digg
X-Men, Mad Max star Nicholas Hoult to play Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien in biopic Winter is Coming
How They Filmed the First El Capitan Climb With No Ropes (video) Vanity Fair
Jodie Foster Teaches Filmmaking in Her First Online Course Open Culture
45 classic movies you can watch for free on YouTube right now Daily Dot
“Roma” reflects on Mexico’s past, and its present Economist
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
He used the journal he edited to rebut allegations of sexual harassment: Now Two Universities Have Found Against Him BuzzFeed News
UN survey finds more than one third of workers experiences sexual harassment in last two years Fox News
***SOCIAL ISSUES
$11 toothpaste: Immigrants pay big for basics at private ICE lock-ups Reuters
Trump administration separated thousands more migrants than previously known Politico
Photos: Built to Separate—Border Barriers Around the World The Atlantic
Pharma spending on doctors is correlated with opioid deaths Wired
The rise of a global class-driven trust divide Axios
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
The Psychology Behind Kids' L.O.L. Surprise! Doll Obsession Mental Floss
The Weakness of Company Wellness Programs Economist
the 10 Hottest Affordable Neighborhoods of 2019 Redfin
Immigrant Entrepreneurs Founded 44 of Fortune 100 Firms Fortune
Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable (book review) Economist
***ENVIRONMENT
Ice loss from Antarctica has sextupled since the 1970s, new research finds Washington Post
Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ The Guardian
Teenage Diver Finds Tons Of Golf Balls Rotting Off California NPR
The world's most popular coffee species are going extinct. And scientists say we are to blame MSNBC
A genetically modified house-plant can purify the atmosphere in buildings Economist
***HEALTH
What It's Like to Be Allergic to Corn The Atlantic
Anti-vax Movement Listed by World Health Organization as One of the Top 10 Health Threats for 2019 Newsweek
Hospitals Must Now Post Prices But It May Take a Brain Surgeon to Decipher Them New York Times
15 articles that challenge the prevailing wisdom, or dogma, from 2018 Medscape
Woman with Rare Condition Couldn’t Hear Male Voices Live Science
Stuck and Stressed: The Health Costs of Traffic New York Times
***MEDICAL RESEARCH
Adding new DNA letters make novel proteins possible: One such, a cancer drug, is now in development Economist
Scientists discover hidden blood networks that cross through bone STAT News
What Marijuana Science Says, and Doesn’t Say Undark
***TRAVEL
Orkin's Top 50 Bed Bug Cities List Orkin
11 Travel Predictions For 2019 Forbes
***FOOD
This Is How to Drink Bubble Tea Without Finishing the Tea First World of Buzz
A brie(f) history of cheese (video)
***FAMILY
Calculating the average effective salary of a stay-at-home mom Salary
Mom sent to hospital by sippy cup explosion Idaho News
The continuing importance of the family Smaller, more heterogeneous, but still indispensable Economist
***PARENTING
Forget Screen Time Rules — Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says NPR
The early years are getting increasing attention Economist
‘Intensive’ Parenting takes a lot of time and money, and many families can’t pull it off The Atlantic
How children interact with digital media Economist
The art and science of parenting: Fewer kids can be a lot more work Economist
Parenting methods are exacerbating social divisions Economist
***SCIENCE
The butterfly effect: It’s not what you think it is Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Science funding is a mess. Could grant lotteries make it better? Vox
***PSYCHOLOGY
How Do People Communicate Before Death? The Atlantic
How to Conquer Perfectionism Before it Beats You Medium
Postpartum Psychosis Often Mishandled NPR
Real-Life Expanding Brain Technique Is Blowing Some Minds Gizmodo
***PRODUCTIVITY
Does Multitasking Really Tire Out My Brain? Medium
***HISTORY
A brief history of the past 100 YEARS as told through the New York Times archives Pudding
***ETHICS
Trump’s interpreters for Putin meetings face ethical dilemma The Conversation
NYT faced hard choice over graphic photo selection Poynter
***RESEARCH
Websites like ResearchGate and Academia.edu “pit scientists against each Nature
Mixed Realities, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality in Scholarly Publishing The Scholarly Kitchen
A Beginner’s Guide to the Peer Review System Inside Higher Ed
Journal websites often do not contain basic info about reviewer selection, review criteria, the use of digital tools, policies on corrections and retractions, etc Science Institute for Science in Society
A common and important statistical mistake: How post-hoc power calculation is like a shit sandwich Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
***HIGHER ED
Michigan State President Steps Down After Insulting Comments About Abuse Survivors NPR
Must Universities Shut Down Constitutionally Protected Speech Forums That Also Enable Student Harassment? Technology & Marketing Law Blog
The rise in American high-school graduation rates looks puffed-up Economist
Liberty U. Senior Official Accepted Bag of Money for Helping Trump in Online Polls, Report Says The Chronicle of Higher Education
Federal judge blocks Trump's religious exemption to birth control Reuters
***STUDENT LIFE
Pew Research decides where Millennials end and Generation Z Pew Research Center
These high school valedictorians set off to change the world: But good grades only got them so far Boston Globe
Professor sends letter to students: 'Please use deodorant' Houston.com
***TEACHING
Colleges Are Getting Smarter About Student Evaluations: Here’s How The Chronicle of Higher Education
No, Rate My Professors Probably Won’t Remove Your Profile The Chronicle of Higher Education
How One Instructor Stopped Himself From Lecturing Too Much Chronicle of Higher Education
MOOCs in Decline: Insights into multi-year data from MIT and Harvard e-Literate