Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Dec 11
/***JOURNALISM
Race to fill local newsrooms https://www.axios.com/race-to-fill-local-newsrooms-28d95883-1378-4301-9263-ff4f3590c395.html
How a San Diego newspaper reporter helped expose Rep. Duncan Hunter's corruption https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/media/duncan-hunter-san-diego-reliable-sources/index.html
Justices debate allowing state law to be “hidden behind a pay wall” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/justices-debate-allowing-state-law-to-be-hidden-behind-a-pay-wall
Scripted KUSI Interview with Duncan Hunter Debated by Journalism, PR Pros https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2019/12/04/scripted-kusi-interview-with-duncan-hunter-debated-by-journalism-pr-pros/
Journalist group condemns governor's method of demanding retraction from Indianapolis Star https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/journalist-group-condemns-governor-s-method-of-demanding-retraction-from/article_30241622-4805-5421-acc1-f812371e21c5.html
How phones are reshaping how we interact with the news https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/12/08/how-phones-are-reshaping-how-we-interact-with-the-news.cnn/video/playlists/video-day-top-5/
Georgia man identified as runner who slapped TV reporter on backside: He’s a youth pastor at a Methodist Church https://nypost.com/2019/12/10/runner-who-slapped-reporters-butt-on-live-tv-identified-as-youth-minister/
China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists https://cpj.org/reports/2019/12/journalists-jailed-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-egypt.php
Atlanta newspaper sues Clint Eastwood over film's portrayal of reporter https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/10/atlanta-newspaper-ajc-sues-clint-eastwood-olivia-wilde-reporter-richard-jewell-film
Greta Thunberg is TIME's Person of the Year https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/
News podcasts go mainstream https://www.axios.com/news-podcasts-pulitzer-prize-audio-journalism-65b0e234-2606-47bd-8c7e-0adffb0f7f1a.html
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Google's next local news investment is in Oakland https://www.axios.com/google-berkeleyside-oakland-local-news-media-f72053ef-88f9-49ce-b21f-48aa99e95768.html
Traffic tools help publishers go viral https://www.axios.com/big-tech-publishers-data-viral-stories-google-2945cde6-3de0-488d-b7e4-f4159870b066.html
***STUDENT MEDIA
CU Student Newspaper Gets Cut https://www.denverpost.com/2019/12/09/cu-independent-university-colorado-student-mediaommunication-and-information/
Central Washington University Board of Trustees student representative proposed defunding student media https://cwuobserver.com/14158/news/board-of-trustees-student-representative-proposed-defunding-student-media/
At least 30 people said they never spoke to ex-Daily Texan reporter accused of making up quotes https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/at-least-30-people-said-they-never-spoke-to-ex-daily-texan-reporter-accused-of-making-up-quotes/
***FAKES
China makes it a criminal offense to publish deepfakes or fake news without disclosure https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/29/20988363/china-deepfakes-ban-internet-rules-fake-news-disclosure-virtual-reality
Politicians Are Getting in Trouble Over Fake Qualifications https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/politicians-are-getting-into-trouble-over-fake-qualifications
Singapore’s fake news law should be a warning to American lawmakers https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/12/3/20991422/singapore-fake-news-law-censorship-politics-usa
I Worked for Alex Jones https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/magazine/alex-jones-infowars.html
Samoa arrests anti-vaxxer amid measles epidemic https://www.dw.com/en/samoa-arrests-anti-vaxxer-amid-measles-epidemic/a-51553140
Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool? https://www.propublica.org/article/why-are-cops-around-the-world-using-this-outlandish-mindreading-tool
Overlooked No More: Rose Mackenberg, Houdini’s Secret ‘Ghost-Buster’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/obituaries/rose-mackenberg-overlooked.html
Everyone Involved In The Viral GoFundMe Scam Involving A Homeless Man Giving A Woman His Last $20 Has Now Pleaded Guilty https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/man-pleads-guilty-viral-gofundme-scam-homeless
***SOCIAL MEDIA
TikTok accused in California lawsuit of sending user data to China https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-accused-in-california-lawsuit-of-sending-user-data-to-china-idUSKBN1Y708Q
The newest strategy for marketing to young people is stealing their jokes. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/12/why-brands-steal-viral-jokes-and-memes/603169/
***GRAMMAR
Apostrophe campaign ends due to 'ignorance and laziness' https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50602665
Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2019-12-09/merriam-webster-2019-word-of-year-they
***LANGUAGE
Argentine teenagers rewrite the rules of language to eliminate gender https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/12/05/teens-argentina-are-leading-charge-gender-neutral-language/
The Hawaiian language nearly went extinct. Now it’s being taught in dozens of immersion schools https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/12/how-hawaiian-language-was-saved-extinction/603097/
The Language You Speak Influences Where Your Attention Goes https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-language-you-speak-influences-where-your-attention-goes/
***LITERATURE
Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614742/machine-learning-has-revealed-exactly-how-much-of-a-shakespeare-play-was-written-by-someone/
Without women the novel would die https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/07/why-women-love-literature-read-fiction-helen-taylor
Nobel literature winner dreams of a new narrative style https://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20191207/AP/312079950
***POETRY
Developing a Strong Poetic Voice Can Be Uncomfortable for the Poet https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/developing-a-strong-poetic-voice-can-be-uncomfortable-for-the-poet#.XeXwST-Ibn4
Poems on how to write poems: Why you should read this award-winning poet's latest book https://www.edexlive.com/people/2019/dec/03/poems-on-how-to-write-poems-why-you-should-read-this-award-winning-poets-latest-book-9377.html
How standardized education tortures all meaning out of studying poetry (opinion) https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/12/03/how-standardized-education-tortures-all-meaning-out-of-studying-poetry/
Best poetry of 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/30/best-poetry-of-2019
Three new poetry collections grapple with injustice, grief — and the nature of truth https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/three-new-poetry-collections-grapple-with-injustice-grief--and-the-nature-of-truth/2019/12/09/2a005c50-f68d-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html
A decade of instapoets and what they mean for poetry https://www.michigandaily.com/section/arts/decade-instapoets-and-what-they-mean-poetry
***FILM
Filmmakers Sue Over Visa Social Media Disclosure Requirement https://www.courthousenews.com/filmmakers-sue-over-visa-social-media-disclosure-requirement/
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Government may require U.S. citizens on international flights to be photographed at airports https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-03/us-proposal-photograph-citizens-airports