Articles of Interest - June 10
/***JOURNALISM
“You put that many people together from so many backgrounds, of course they’re going to start chasing each other with machetes” Columbia Journalism Review
What to Ask Yourself Before You Start a Crowdsourcing Project Propublica
Rural teens seek (but rarely find) themselves in local news coverage Reynold’s Journalism Institute
Redacted briefs before Supreme Court violate First Amendment (opinion) Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
The value of bias in a quest for inclusive journalism RTDNA
**THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Micropayments-for-news pioneer Blendle is pivoting from micropayments Harvard’s Nieman Lab
These Reporters Lost Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back Against Big Tech BuzzFeed News
Five futures for journalism Salon
Sobering reality for news outlets: Your readers are somewhere else 99% of the time Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Google Made $4.7 Billion From the News Industry in 2018, Study Says New York Times
That “$4.7 billion” number for how much money Google makes off the news industry? It’s imaginary Harvard’s Nieman Lab
How the Star Tribune became the most successful metro paper in America — a decade after going broke Traffic
***FAKE NEWS
Americans think fake news is big problem, blame politicians Associated Press
Congress to investigate deepfakes as doctored Pelosi video causes stir CNN
The Real Problem With Fake News The Atlantic
The one Weird Trick will help you spot Clickbait TED
To detect fake news, this AI first learned to write it Tech Crunch
***TECHNOLOGY
When Grown-Ups Get Caught in Teens’ AirDrop Crossfire The Atlantic
Machine Learning Experts Have Found A Way To Edit Videos Of People Saying Words They've Never Said Digg
Why Is It So Hard to Solve Problems with Technology? Scholarly Kitchen
***BIG DATA & AI
Google’s AI can create videos from start and end frames alone VentureBeat
How do neural networks see depth? ZD Net
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Pizza Place In California Wants Patrons To Put Away Their Cellphones NPR
Facebook bans health and conspiracy site Natural News ArsTechnica
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ has Instagram influencers flocking to the site of the disaster BGR
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Schools Are Deploying Massive Digital Surveillance Systems: The Results Are Alarming Ed Week
How to stop robocalls—or at least slow them down Wired
Privacy concerns don’t stop people from putting their DNA on the internet to help solve crimes The Conversation
CBP says traveler photos and license plate images stolen in data breach Tech Crunch
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Danger of Love Becoming (my blog)
Work-Life Balance Is a Myth: Do This Instead TIME
Be a Better Conversationalist by 'Supporting' Instead of 'Shifting' Life Hacker
***WRITING & READING
13 methods for achieving your writing goals PR Daily
Why Writing Better Will Make You a Better Person Chronicle of Higher Ed
How I Taught My Kid to Read The Atlantic
***LITERATURE
Dispute Arises Over ‘No-No Boy,’ a Classic of Asian-American Literature With a Complex History New York Times
10 Facts About Dr. Seuss’s Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Mental Floss
***POETRY
How poetry influenced scientists Cosmos Magazine
Jim Harrison’s Essential Poetry National Review
The Making of Poetry by Adam Nicolson review — a superb study of Coleridge and Wordsworth The Times
When Poets Pray Presbyterian Outlook
Poetry and the Art of Minimalism Thrive Global
How Instagram Could Stifle a New Generation of Poets Ozy
There's a Poem for Every Reader (sub. req’ed) Wall Street Journal
For Poet Billy Collins, the Vineyard Is an Entrancing Isle Vineyard Gazette
***GENDER
Bias in Science Hiring: New study finds discrimination against women and racial minorities in hiring in the sciences Inside Higher Ed
Women in Animated Films Make Up Only 17% of Lead Characters The Wrap
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Racial and gender biases plague postdoc hiring Science Mag
Inside an all-white town’s divisive experiment with cryptocurrency Wired
A new podcast amplifies Asian American stories Columbia Journalism Review
***FREE SPEECH
Texas becomes 17th state to enact campus free speech legislation The FIRE
Alabama governor signs campus free speech bill into law The Hill
***LEGAL ISSUES
Sorry, but you can’t copyright a meme The Next Web
InfoWars Pays $15K to Settle 'Pepe the Frog' Copyright Lawsuit Hollywood Reporter
***RELIGION
Amber Scorah On Losing Her Faith, And Her Son, In 'Leaving The Witness' NPR
Southern Baptists discuss whether one woman can preach AL.com
Evangelicals opening to science-friendly “process” theology, says Thomas Jay Oord Vancouver Sun
Univision, sued for news story about Evangelical Church Miami Herald
Former Liberty University professor convicted of child sex solicitation News Advance
Her Evangelical Megachurch Was Her World. Then Her Daughter Said She Was Molested by a Minister New York Times
***GOOD NEWS
97-year-old vet with the 101st parachutes again over Normandy Clarksville Now
Woman given just 3 days to live at birth graduates from college — with honors The Week
Formerly homeless man readmitted to University of Texas after leaving school in 1975 NBC News
Indiana teacher takes students' drawings and turns them into stuffed animals The Week
He checked on elderly resident, fed neighborhood cats and gave hugs to people going through hard times BuzzFeed News
***REALLY?!
The restaurant owner who asked for 1-star Yelp reviews Hustle
***MUSIC
Learning to Love the Music You Hate Topic
The sociology of country music lyrics Economist
***FILM
Watch 3,000 Films Free Online from the National Film Board of Canada Open Culture
The Films that Defined Generation X BBC
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Mobile Internet Usage Reaches 800 Hours A Year Media Post
America's rural radio stations are vanishing – and taking the country's soul with them The Guardian
What Loosening Restrictions On Radio Consolidation Could Do, And What It Already Has NPR
***JOBS
You’re probably answering these 5 common interview questions wrong Fast Company
Career advice for TV Journalists Twitter
Three men who all told very different lies on their resumes (and still got the job) Mel Magazine
***FREELANCING
Personal essays and reported features on the integral role pets play in millennials' lives Bustle
The Sierra Club is looking for new environmental writers
Food pitches Topic magazine
Pitches for an upcoming “Books & Authors" issue High Country News
Writers and photographers to produce Portland-based neighborhood guides Portland in Color and Travel Portland
Freelance pitches Medium's new publication for women of color
Freelance games writer Radar
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Boom in electric scooters leads to more injuries, fatalities Associated Press
Americans’ views flipped on gay rights. How did minds change so quickly? Washington Post
Better Schools Won’t Fix America (opinion) The Atlantic
***SOCIAL ISSUES: ABORTION
5 facts about the abortion debate in America Pew Research Center
In Alabama where lawmakers banned abortion for rape victims—rapists' parental rights are protected Washington Post
A majority of Americans think abortion will still be legal in 30 years, but with some restrictions Pew Research Center
***IMMIGRATION
3 myths about Mexico and migration, debunked CNN
Migrants in Custody at Hospitals Are Treated Like Felons, Doctors Say New York Times
Not content with merely providing unsanitary conditions for border detainees, CBP decides to poison the entire El Paso area Washington Examiner
Georgia professor’s immigration comments cause stir on social media AJC
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
More Americans Are Living Solo, and Companies Want Their Business Wall Street Journal
The weakness of online consumer reviews The Week
***ENVIRONMENT
Art from invasive species creates conversations about conservation MPR News
Record-Breaking Heat in Alaska Wreaks Havoc on Communities and Ecosystems Smithsonian
More People See Climate Change In Record Flooding NPR
Amazon Rainforest Deforestation in Brazil on the Rise for Years Bloomberg
***HEALTH
How Early Trauma Can Shape The Brain's Response To Pain NPR
A new study of how spin in coverage of medical studies affects perceptions BMC Medicine
How Safe is Sunscreen? New York Times
How old are your organs? To scientists’ surprise, organs are a mix of young and old cells Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Apple's 'noise' app Buzzes your wrist whenever you're in a loud environment Wired
Don’t trust advice from streaming ‘health’ films, experts say New York Post
More evidence that autism is linked to gut bacteria Economist
***TRAVEL
136 Maps Reveal Where Tourists & Locals Take Photos in Major Cities Across the Globe Open Culture
Forget the Bahamas. China's cruises are where it's at Wired
***FOOD
The Majic of Japan’s Convenience Store BBC
***IMMIGRATION
Trump Administration Cancels English Classes Soccer Legal Air for Unaccompanied Child Migrants in US Shelters Washington Post
Taking on the system: 'Dreamers' are getting law degrees Associated Press
American Bar Association Says Immigration Courts Are 'On The Brink Of Collapse' NPR
***ANIMALS
A New Photo Book Documents the Wonderful Homemade Cat Ladders of Switzerland Open Culture
Prison Dogs Of Angola New York Times
Ogden restaurant won’t allow service dogs; customers upset Fox-13
Stressed out? Your dog may feel it too, study suggests Associated Press
Bees can link symbols to numbers: study RMIT University
How to Get Your Neighbor’s Dog to Stop Barking Incessantly Life Hacker
***SCIENCE
Physicists see a quantum leap, halt it, and reverse it Wired
Share your science with a story Science Mag
***PSYCHOLOGY
Human Brains Are Sensitive To Musical Pitch, Unlike Those Of Monkeys NPR
The Men’s Mental Health Double-Bind Psychology Today
***NEUROSCIENCE
How Did You Learn to Type? Life Hacker
How the brain changes when mastering a new skill Science Daily
***PRODUCTIVITY
How Did You Learn to Type? Life Hacker
I've been working from home for 9 years — here are my best productivity hacks Business Insider
***HISTORY
The Roads of Ancient Rome Visualized in the Style of Modern Subway Maps Open Culture
***RESEARCH
Conflict Over Sociologist's Narrative Puts Spotlight on Ethnography Chronicle of Higher Education
Exposing Hidden Defects in Citation Statistics and Journal Impact Factors Clarivate Analytics
Knowledge and attitudes among life scientists towards reproducibility within journal articles Bio Rxix
After outcry, USDA will no longer require scientists to label research ‘preliminary Washington Post
***HIGHER ED
Bakery awarded $11 million in libel lawsuit against Oberlin College over alleged racial profiling CNN
Study: College degree a good investment, despite cost KSNT
Oral Roberts University pays $300K in recruiting settlement Associated Press
Jerry Falwell Jr. Deletes Crude Tweet over Prayer Over Trump at Church Christian News
Louisville's Southern Baptist seminary rejects call to make slavery reparations Courier Journal
Psychology and Christianity intersect at new Houston Baptist University institute Houston Chronicle
***TEACHING
How to Make the Best of Bad Course Evaluations Chronicle of Higher Education
***STUDENT MEDIA
Newspapers thrown away at two universities following publication of controversial articles Student Press Law Center
Civil Liberties Watchdog accuses Rutgers of using unconstitutional process to found student press Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
An astounding number of American college students are going hungry or homeless Business Insider
After Restraint And Seclusion, Students With Disabilities Pay An Emotional Toll NPR
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Sexual harassment, misconduct behind medicine professor’s dismissal Stanford Daily
A warning from the academic underground of adjuncts and contingent faculty Science Magazine