Articles of Interest - May 13
/***JOURNALISM
The White House revoked my press pass: It's not just me Washington Post
The do’s and don'ts of religion reporting The GroundTruth Project
How one reporter got the Sandra Bland cell phone video Columbia Journalism Review
Trump-Russia is too complex to report. We need a new kind of journalism (opinion) The Guardian
It’s more common for white, older, more-educated Americans to have spoken with local journalists Pew Research Center
Teaching Journalism in the Age of Trump Inside Higher Ed
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The Last Family-Owned Daily in Mississippi The Atlantic
***FAKE NEWS
'Fake news victims' meet with Twitter and Facebook Wired
Trump’s New Favorite Network Embraces Russian Propaganda The Daily Beast
Facebook is inadvertently making use of propaganda by militant groups Associated Press
These fact-checkers won $2 million to implement AI in their newsrooms Poynter
Confusing Facebook With the Internet is the Perfect Storm for Fake News Monday Note
RT America, a network known for sowing disinformation, has a new alarm: the coming ‘5G Apocalypse’ New York Times
***TECHNOLOGY
A new camera can photograph you from 45 kilometers away MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
An infographic explaining big data Daily Infographic
What happens when you stick your head in a particle accelerator Curiosity
Some examples of using AI to make “knowledge workers” more effective Harvard Business Review
Rushing into AI? “AI is an expensive and complex solution without evidence of direct ROI.” A warning for small business owners Tech Republic
“Data is great, but without designers to help make it come alive through visualizations UX Planet
***SOCIAL MEDIA
10 Tools and tricks to verify Instagram posts Fact Checking Day
Instagram is an engagement powerhouse Axios
What content does well on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google Axios
Facebook updates its video guidelines to promote original content, loyal and engaged viewership TechCrunch
These bogus quotes just won’t die on Facebook Poynter
The dark reason new mothers share photos of their kids on Facebook Quartz
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
What Chrome’s browser changes mean for your privacy and security Tech Crunch
Inside China's massive surveillance operation Wired
***PRODUCING MEDIA
A tool to see what the media is covering Tools for Reporters
***INTERNET
Kentucky’s $1.5 Billion Information Highway to Nowhere Propublica
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Encouraging children to think independently Becoming (my blog)
The Peculiar Blindness of Experts The Atlantic
***WRITING & READING
Laundromats are playing an unlikely role in the effort to shrink America’s literacy gap Quartz
How do you turn kids into bookworms? All 10 children's laureates share their tips The Guardian
How to Understand, Detect, and Avoid Plagiarism Dermatologic Surgery Journal
Danielle Steel's surprising secret to success Quartz
Novels rule when it comes to e-book sales, children's books dominate print Thinkum
What Is Writing and Does This Count as It? The New Yorker
***LANGUAGE
Are We Being Framed? How the linguistic trick of framing shapes meaning–and can lead to deception Daily Jstor
U.S. Military Slashes Foreign-Language Training Foreign Policy
***LITERATURE
What The Great Gatsby Reveals About The Jazz Age and the racist caricatures associated with it Daily Jstor
Was Shakespeare a Woman? The Atlantic
When an Argument Over Macbeth Incited a Bloody Riot Daily Jstor
***GENDER
When should a woman have children if she’s thinking about running for office? Pew Research Center
Google creates 53 gender-neutral emojis Android Police
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Disturbing Thing I Learned Studying White Privilege and Liberals Vice
Cubs ban fan who used 'offensive' hand gesture Chicago Tribune
Can the Racial Wealth Gap Be Closed Without Speaking of Race? New York Times
Turning Point USA Chapter President Booted After Declaring “White Power” in Viral Video Vice News
***FREE SPEECH
A reporter declined to reveal his source: Then police showed up at his front door with guns Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Does using a trademark as a hashtag create a false impression of association? Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Lawyers Are Uniquely Challenging Audience for Anti-Bias Training Boomberg
Federal Judge Says Flashing Headlights To Warn Drivers Of Hidden Cops MIGHT Be Protected Speech TechDirt
Paper wins contempt case over Parkland shooting suspect Washington Post
***RELIGION
Teaching Scripture in public schools Washington Post
CT apologies for piece on Rachel Held Evans Christianity Today
What Happens When Christian Movies Go Mainstream? BuzzFeedNews
Muslim Children's beheading chant in video stirs city probe Associated Press
Amazon re-trains employees who banned religious ads Axios
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Far-right US pastor becomes first person banned from Ireland under exclusion powers The Hill
Russian Evangelicals Penalized Most Under Anti-Evangelism Law Christianity Today
European countries that have mandatory church taxes are about as religious as their neighbors that don’t Pew Research Center
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Trump's white evangelical support softer than you think, report says The Christian Post
***GOOD NEWS
Video: Austin police save 3 women, dog from rushing flood waters before car swept away (start video at 4 minutes in) My San Antonio
Girl saves best friend from choking one day after learning Heimlich maneuver CBS-LA
Sons encourage their mother to attend college with them to fulfill her lifelong dream Tallahassee Democrat
NYC pizzeria waiter returns half-million dollar cashier’s check to retired social worker who failed to tip him NY Daily News
***ART & DESIGN
How Instagram Is Changing Life For Artists NPR
Why Do Facebook, Google, And Pinterest All Have Such Similar Logos? Fast Company
Students paint "rain poetry" on Florence streets--it's visible when wet SC Now
I wrote the book on user-friendly design: What I see today horrifies me Fast Company
***MUSIC
Tangled Up in Blue: Deciphering a Bob Dylan Masterpiece Open Culture
***FILM
Review: 'Tolkien' Is A Tale Of Tweed And Trees NPR
Nicholas Hoult On Becoming J.R.R. Tolkien NPR
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
BuzzFeed’s video strategy moves to more TV-like digital shows tied to verticals Digiday
A New-Look TV Industry Descends on Madison Avenue (sub. req’ed) Wall Street Journal
Upfront 2019: TV Advertising Isn’t Dead (Yet) Variety
***JOBS/FELLOWSHIPS
Portfolio Advice Freelancer Sonia Weiser
Career advice from journalists on entering the professional media industry Medium
Senior Multi Media Producer Kaiser Permanente, Oakland
Investigations reporter BuzzFeed News (Remote)
***FREELANCE WRITING
Advice Thread on Freelancing Mariko Lochridge
Freelance Workshop: How to Send an Effective Email Pitch AAJA (Los Angeles)
Story or op-ed ideas High Country News
Story Pitches The Texas Observer
Freelance Writing Submissions Heated
Election-related stories This Magazine
Rural, urban, and suburban communities in Indiana Belt Magazine
Pitches related to working for public radio & TV Current
Music-related pitches Gadget Hacks is seeking
Audio Fiction about Relationships Dipsea
Freelance copy editor Axios, Remote
***FREELANCE WRITING: FOOD & DRINK
Sonoma County food stories Made Local Magazine
Stories about vices like drinking, smoking, sex, gambling Forbes Vices
Food-focused Pitches Mark Bittman’s Medium publication
Pitches about The Life of Sobriety The Temper
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
A football player raped her: She blames William Jewell College for not preventing it The Kansas City Star
Professor admits sharing photos, denies grades for sex allegations The News-Gazette
Pope Francis Issues New Rules On Reporting Sexual Abuse NPR
Indiana Law Prof Ian Samuel Resigns After Misconduct Probe Law.com
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime? New York Times
Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption Pew Research Center
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia: Now They Say It Was a Fraud New York Times
***ENVIRONMENT
The evidence is strong: air pollution seems to cause dementia Wired
The climate crisis is a story for every Journalism beat Columbia Journalism Review
Climate Change effects Surfing Waves Axios
Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag BBC
***HEALTH
The Problem With Supplements Elemental
Genetically Modified Viruses Help Save A Patient With A 'Superbug' Infection NPR
Rural Areas Drive Increases in Global Obesity Scientific American
Placebos May Be A Powerful Tool That Medicine Has Overlooked NPR
100 Rural Hospitals have shut down in the last decade Washington Post
America’s health care costs are scaring patients away from the ER Vox
The Right Way to Wear Sunscreen Consumer Reports
Disease that can be transferred from dog to human confirmed in Iowa, officials say USA Today
Experimental brain implants studied as opioid deaths rise Associated Press
***VACCINES
A new study ranks the risks in U.S. counties by the numbers of unvaccinated children New York Times
A Teenager Sued His School for Banning Unvaccinated Students. Now He Has Chickenpox TIME
Instagram is still trying to get vaccine misinformation under control CNN
RFK Jr. Is Our Brother and Uncle. He’s Tragically Wrong About Vaccines Politico
Teaching anti-vax parents to trust science and the MMR vaccine CBS News
Anti-vaxxers are attacking vocal pro-immunization doctors by smearing them with derogatory online reviews Boston Globe
***TRAVEL
The Best Weekend Getaways in the United States Afar
The 18 Best City Parks in America Thrillist
***FOOD & DRINK
SoCal shop brews $75 cups of coffee ABC-7
***FAMILY
Teaching kids to be independent thinkers Wired
Led by Baby Boomers, divorce rates climb for America’s 50+ population Pew Research Center
U.S. Government Bars Gay Couple's 2-Year-Old from Citizenship MSNBC
***MOTHERS
6 facts about U.S. moms Pew Research Center
Psychology behind why your mom may be the mother of all heroes The Conversation
***NEUROSCIENCE
If you grew up playing Pokémon games, there's something quite different with your brain Science
Mapping Emotions in the Body: A Finnish Neuroscience Study Reveals Where We Feel Emotions in Our Bodies Open Culture
Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next Quanta
***CRITICAL THINKING
3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking Harvard Business Review
That illusion where you think the other side is united and your side is diverse Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
***PHILOSOPHY
Against cheerfulness Aeon
How the dualism of Descartes ruined our mental health Aeon
Publication Ethics in Philosophy
***PRODUCTIVITY
Adam Savage on lists, more lists, and the power of checkboxes Wired
Just thinking about coffee can improve your focus, researchers say Quartz
***HISTORY
What was Leonardo da Vinci doing at your age? CNN
Why Are We Living in a Golden Age of Historical Fiction? New York Times
***RESEARCH
Not Reporting Results of a Clinical Trial Is Academic Misconduct Annals of Internal Medicine
The “condensation revolution” begins as a journal mandates “a new, two-word title format” Collectively Unconscious
New Report Examines Reproducibility and Replicability in Science, Recommends Ways to Improve Transparency and Rigor in Research U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Early-career researchers commonly ghostwrite peer reviews: That’s a problem Science Mag
***HIGHER ED
Elaborate phishing scams increasingly target universities WHYY
Stratford University shutting down three Virginia campuses Richmond Times Dispatch
College Admissions Scandal to become Limited TV Series Variety
I Ran a College Cheating Business Out of My Frat Vice
Colleges Are Getting Smarter About Student Evaluations: Here’s How Chronicle of Higher Ed
Northwest Christian University professor awarded $127,000 in racial discrimination case against university Oregon Live
Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos Reuters
Vice President Mike Pence talks Christian values, job market at Liberty Graduation WSET
***HUMANITIES
Humanities are crucial for technological innovation San Francisco Chronicle
***TEACHING
3 Cool Tech Tools to Consider for the Digital Classroom Faculty Focus
This Is What It Sounds Like Hiding In A Dark Classroom During A School Shooting BuzzFeed News
A new twist on end of semester evaluations Faculty Focus
Are Students Just Telling Us What We Want to Hear? Daily Jstor
***STUDENT MEDIA
Future of Transylvania student news site in doubt after school stops payments Lexington Herald-Leader
Student Newspaper Outlines Administration attempts to Undermine its operation Transylvania Rambler
UGA grad student cleared after racially-charged campus speech dispute Atlanta Journal-Constitution
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Just thinking about coffee can improve your focus, researchers say Quartz