Articles of Interest - May 20
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Fears of social media manipulation rock the developing world Axios
Queen Elizabeth II Social Media Manager Job Salary and Description Harpers Bazaar
10 facts about Americans and Facebook Pew Research Center
How to save a Tweet thread Tools for Reporters
Instagram killing another feature: Should I just quit? SlashGear
Instagram is killing Direct, its standalone Snapchat clone app, in the next several weeks TechCrunch
Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed Tech Crunch
***SNAPCHAT
#1 app YOLO Q&A is the Snapchat platform’s 1st hit TechCrunch
Snapchat has become a content creation tool for Instagram and Twitter users The Verge
Facebook Announces Restrictions To Its Live Feature NPR
Facebook busts Israel-based campaign to disrupt elections in various countries NBC News
Facebook Releases a Trio of Maps to aid with Fighting Disease Outbreaks TechCrunch
***MOBILE
How Ditching My Smartphone Let Me Recharge and Reconnect Discover Magazine
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist Reuters
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
It’s Almost Impossible to Tell if Your iPhone Has Been Hacked Vice
Microsoft’s First Windows XP Patch in Years Is a Very Bad Sign Wired
All Four Major Wireless Carriers Hit With Lawsuits Over Sharing, Selling Location Data Techdirt
iOS Users Locked Out Of Accounts As Google Confirms Security Vulnerability To Blame Forbes
UCSD stonewalled attempts to notify women in an HIV research study that their confidential data was breached iNewsSource
Microsoft Updates Old System To Respond To New Threat NPR
Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy — and it’s hard to delete CNBC
***FACIAL RECOGNITION
Face It, You're Being Watched (video) Bloomberg
Like It Or Not, Your Face Is In A Database Digg
***TECHNOLOGY
San Francisco looks to ban use of facial recognition technologies by city agencies PS Magazine
Experts Talk Best Practices For Facial Recognition Technology NPR
Google’s AI can now translate your speech while keeping your voice MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
Are p-values a gateway drug to dichotomous thinking? Or is it the other way round? Replication Network
Google’s AI improves accuracy of lung cancer diagnosis, study shows Stat News
A.I. Took a Test To Detect Lung Cancer; It got an A New York Times
Meet one of the data sciences (and former hoops player) working with the Philadelphia 76ers to improve the team’s on court strategy (video) Bloomberg
Which is the bigger threat: fake news generated by AI or fake news about AI? PC Mag
Deep learning could be the end of end to end encryption Forbes
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop Vice
***INTERNET
The Best Free Apps and Software You're Not Already Using Gizmodo
Where The Algorithms Can’t Find You FiveThirtyEight
***JOURNALISM
The other conservative news network Trump keeps tweeting about, explained Vox
California journalists shield law one of the strongest in nation San Francisco Chronicle
Study Finds US Journalism Is Becoming More Subjective Courthouse News
Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major news outlets Columbia Journalism Review
The cable network that is Foxier than Fox -- and that Trump is promoting CNN
Bad news, Journalists: Robots are writing really good headlines now The Next Web
Reporter shot and killed in Mexican tourist resort Reuters
Journalism schools need to focus on data, local news, social media and business models StoryBench
Advice for military veterans in journalism Twitter
The power of journalism collaboration is also the power of inclusion — here’s how to harness it Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Don't 'Fact Vomit:' 'Write Like You Talk' RTDNA
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Should a Colorado library publish local news? Columbia Journalism Review
Gannett shareholders reject efforts to push the country’s biggest newspaper chain to sell itself Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
Poynter’s list of 515 ‘unreliable’ sites was itself unreliable: Why did Poynter fail to contact websites or list creators? iMedia Ethics
'Fake News' Is a Really Dangerous Excuse for Censorship Reason
Finnish kids are better at spotting fake news than Americans Quartz
When The New York Times Got Duped into Publishing "The Lexicon of Grunge" in 1992 Open Culture
Finland is winning the war on fake news CNN
***SCAMS
Virtual kidnappings are rattling families across the US CNN
US pastor runs network giving 50,000 Ugandans bleach-based 'miracle cure' The Guardian
Trump supporters who donated to GoFundMe wall now worry they got scammed Salon
Heiress allegedly faked lavish, star-studded wedding for attention New York Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Clever or Pleasant Becoming (my blog)
Howard Stern’s new Self-awareness Hollywood Reporter
Stop trying to ‘find’ meaningful work (and create it instead) Fast Company
Breaking My Own Silence: Power is the confidence to speak for yourself New York Times
***WRITING & READING
Your Complete Guide to Popular Literary Devices in Great Book Riot Writing
How to answer when someone asks how you’ll make money as a writer Slate
***LITERATURE
The story of Ernest Hemingway’s $187,000 magazine expenses claim Columbia Journalism Review
Jia Zhangke Begins Shooting Documentary About Chinese Literature Hollywood Reporter
***POETRY
Who needs poetry? We all do – and we need it now The Guardian
New website uses AI to generate stories, articles and poetry Critical Hit
A poetry-writing AI has just been unveiled. It’s ... pretty good Vox
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry Cleveland Scene
Finding Your Inner Poet The Nerd Daily
When giving advice to graduates, I turn to Chicago Tribune poetry
Yemeni poetry thrives despite trauma of civil war The Guardian
Writing poetry saves a suffering modern woman The Japan News
Are we writing for other disabled people, for the nondisabled, or for everyone? The work of these poets speaks for itself New York Times
Manga: Writing poetry saves a suffering modern woman Eleven Myanmar
No rhyme or reason for age limit on Oxford poetry professorship The Guardian
How Poetry Helps Me Face an Invisible Illness Sojourner Magazine
***GENDER
Female authors listed on just 30% of recent UK academic research The Guardian
America’s Growing Gender Jail Gap New York Books
Why less that one-in-five data scientists are women Tech Republic
New studies on student evaluations of teaching say a simple intervention can fight gender bias Inside Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Data: race and class affect who gets ahead educationally regardless of academic talent: Spoiler alert: it helps to be wealthy and white Inside Higher Ed
The return of white supremacy The Week
Cure for hate: Former skinheads recall what turned them around Union Tribune
Al Jazeera suspends journalists for Holocaust denial video BBC
***FREE SPEECH
TV station takes First Amendment battle to high court WCAX-TV
First Amendment vitals: Taking Gen Z’s pulse on free expression and inclusion College Pulse
***LEGAL ISSUES
Paparazzi Photographer Sues Ariana Grande For Instagram Pics BuzzFeed News
Soon You May Not Even Have to Click on a Website Contract to Be Bound by Its Terms Propublica
School Accreditor Raises Bar-Passage Standard Inside Higher Ed
***CRIME
Junk Science: With the exception of DNA analysis, no forensic method has been rigorously shown to be effective The Intercept
Justice Department Forces Alabama To Address Deadly Prison Conditions NPR
***RELIGION
Christian apologetics group at UCCS to be granted student club status under lawsuit settlement Gazzette
After 40 years, 'megachurch' pastor slams Christianity and quits Christian Post
Conservatives working on a bill in Congress that would both create new federal LGBT rights and add religious exemptions (a leading advocate is CCCU) BuzzFeed News
Celebrity prayer candles are a thing Vox
Here's why Sikhs were offended by this $790 Gucci turban CNN
Nearly 7 in 10 Millennial Evangelicals Give, Says New Study The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Many Americans see religious discrimination in U.S. – especially against Muslims Pew Research Center
Evangelical Lutheran Church Rallies Around Pastor, Family Detained By ICE Huffington Post
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston: The church I grew up in was so big we called it the Repentagon The New Yorker
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Southern Baptist seminary turmoil leaves stained glass artists picking up the pieces Religious News Service
Jerry Falwell Jr. Just Accused Dr. Russell Moore of Being a Part of the ‘SBC Deep State’ Relevant Magazine
10 Women Who Are Changing the Southern Baptist Response to Abuse Christianity Today
Debate over women in Southern Baptist pulpits flares on social media Baptist News
***GOOD NEWS
Man panhandling near freeway rushed to save people from fiery crash KDVR-TV
Marathon runners in last place inspire each other to cross the finish line NBC News
Blind teen creates Braille menus for local restaurants ABC-7
Teens stranded at sea cried out to God for help: Then a boat named "Amen" rescued them CBS News
92-year-old World War II veteran gets high school diploma with his grandson WTAE-TV
A former college football wide receiver stops an armed student in a high school parking lot ESPN
He couldn’t speak as a child. Now this autistic student is giving a commencement address MSNBC
***REALLY?!
Costly face tattoo removals on the rise as regret sets in New York Daily News
The boy in the photo A napalm attack, an orphan and a life-changing message three decades later BBC
A billboard worker fell while working on a billboard advertising personal injury lawyers New York Post
Cafeteria worker fired for giving free lunch to boy who couldn't pay Associated Press
Florida city fines man $30,000 for tall grass; Now the city is foreclosing on his home Tampa Bay Times
Long Island man busted using dummy to drive in carpool lane New York Post
***ART & DESIGN
Sacred Spaces: The Grand Interiors of Modern Churches Across Europe and Japan This is Colossal
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Spanish-language media is having a local news boom Axios
Quartz, built on free distribution, has put its articles behind a paywall Harvard Nieman Lab
Judge: Florida-based broadcaster is Russian foreign agent ABC News
Coming to a TV near you: personalized ads Axios
Radhika Jones Introduces Vanity Fair’s Full Digital Archive Vanity Fair
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student journalists at Transylvania University say administrators have taken away their pay in an attempt to stop their work Inside Higher Ed
Moody Bible Institute to stop publishing student paper Religious News Service
This teen journalist got the scoop on Bill de Blasio's presidential campaign NBC News
Rutgers newspaper launches GoFundMe campaign after student funding support falls short North Jersey
***FREELANCING
18 newsletters every freelance journalist needs to subscribe to Muckrack
Essays about mother love for a series Longreads
Freelance pitches Ms. Magazine
Disability stories Gal-Dem Magazine
Freelance writers Crunchbase News
Opinion pieces about games and diversity Queerly Represent
Freelance contributor Lit Reactor
Freelance writers Blop Culture
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Surging Suicide Rate Among Young Girls Raises Questions About Role of Social Media Bloomberg
Whats Polls Say About Abortion Views NPR
Map: The richest and poorest parts of America Axios
Mexican Government Helped Surveillance Effort On Journalists, Attorneys, and Others at U.S.-Mexico Border NBC San Diego
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Work experience poor predictor of future job performance Phys.org
I took Yale’s ‘most popular class ever’—and it completely changed how I spend my money CNBC
***ENVIRONMENT
Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment The Guardian
***HEALTH
Allegations of widespread fraud raise questions about the safety of generic drugs made overseas CBS News
Why Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health New York Times
A $330 Thermometer Claimed To Be 99.4% Accurate In Preventing Pregnancy: The Study It Was Based On Just Got Retracted BuzzFeed News
Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines The Atlantic
***HEALTH: PREVENTATIVE
Why Walking is the Key to Being More Productive GQ
It's Not Just Salt, Sugar, Fat: Study Finds Ultra-Processed Foods Drive Weight Gain NPR
Sunscreens may enter bloodstream, but health effect unknown, study finds NBC News
***HEALTHCARE COSTS
A Wave Of Rural Hospital Closures Tests Communities Across The U.S. NPR
Many Americans Will Need Long-Term Care: Most Won’t be Able to Afford It New York Times
***TRAVEL
He visited all 419 national park sites in 3 years to honor his late father. Here's how USA Today
A Bird’s-Eye View of Beaches Around the World Condé Nast Traveler
Rocks, tarantulas and the subtle poetry of a walk along the San Andreas fault LA Times
***SPORTS & GAMES
The eSports Boom, and the Numbers Behind the Sector’s Explosive Growth Visual Capitalist
A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches The Week
Softball Team Pulls Off Hidden Ball Trick To Absolute Perfection (video) Trine SportsInfo
***FOOD & DRINK
Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia's pop tax PopSci
Researchers Say Evidence Shows What You Eat Really Does Matter NPR
Vanilla Fever: How did hunger for the humble vanilla pod lead to greed, crime and riches? 1843 Magazine
***FAMILY
The most popular baby names from 2018 Social Security Admin Social Security
Americans' support for same-sex marriage has doubled since 2004 People-Press
Co-parenting apps help divorced parents with childrearing WGN-TV
Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in historic first for Asia CNN
A global snapshot of same-sex marriage Pew Research Center
Raise a Problem-Solving Kid by Talking Less and Questioning More Life Hacker
***ANIMALS
Face Swap Your Pet Into Another Species With This AI Tool Vice
Grumpy Cat, titan of the internet, is dead CNN
Man Jumps Into New York River to Rescue Dog Inside Edition
25 Benefits of Adopting a Rescue Dog Mental Floss
***SCIENCE
Billions of black holes The Week
The story of the birth of chaos theory has left out two programming pioneers Quanta Magazine
Billion-Dollar Gamble: How A 'Singular Hero' Helped Start A New Field In Physics NPR
***POLITICS
Which FL election offices were hacked? Supervisors are asked Miami Herald
***PSYCHOLOGY
The Troubled History of Psychology The New Yorker
How your friends change your habits - for better and worse BBC
How Stack Up uses video games to save veterans from mental illness and suicide Venture Beat
Death of a close friend 'can impact health for years' BBC
***NEUROSCIENCE
Scientists start to unravel how the brain forgets Axios
Why Does The Brain Connect Pain With Emotions? NPR
Why can’t some people remember their dreams? BBC
Does aging make us more susceptible to financial scams? Marketplace
***PHILOSOPHY
What is the most important philosophy book of all-time? WGN Radio
***HISTORY
How Upton Sinclair’s 1934 run for governor of California inspired a cult Lapham’s Quarterly
Aztec allies ritually disfigured captured Spaniards' remains ABC News
***RESEARCH
Are p-values a gateway drug to dichotomous thinking? Or is it the other way round? Replication Work
25 Ways to Increase Your Chances at Publication Inside Higher Ed
Study: Academics rarely comment on articles Scholarly Kitchen
***HIGHER ED
Portland State President, Under Fire, Resigns Inside Higher Ed
Dozens walk out of Pence address to Christian University graduates The Hill
Liberty U vs. Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary Inside Higher Ed
What if evangelical students heard more than one side of the global warming debate? (opinion) Christian Post
Drew University rethinks ties to Methodist church NewJersey.com
Evangelical college announces cuts to majors, 11 faculty members laid off Inside Higher Ed
Facing Rising Costs And Charges Of Intolerance, Gordon College Plots A Future WBUR
Faculty, Department Cuts Rock Christian University Tartan (student newspaper)
Southwestern College journalism professor battle cancer Times of San Diego
***TEACHING
Are Students Just Telling Us What We Want to Hear? Daily Jstor
Can Schools ‘Teach Students to Think’? The Atlantic
***STUDENT LIFE
This Is the Best Way to Take Notes, According to Science Curiosity
College grads still earn more than workers with no university degree: This map shows the states with the widest salary gaps Business Insider
***ACADEMIC LIFE