Articles of Interest about Lit, Journalism, Writing & Languages - Sept 10
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
The phone numbers of 419 million Facebook accounts have been leaked
Facebook Dating has launched in the United States
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/5/20850307/facebook-dating-united-states-launch
Is TikTok a time bomb?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90395898/is-tiktok-a-time-bomb
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Local newspapers are suffering, but they’re still (by far) the most significant journalism producers in their communities
ThinkProgress, the Progressive News Site, Shuts Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/business/media/thinkprogress-closing.html
One America News Sues Rachel Maddow, NBC Over "Russian Propaganda" Claim
How an MSNBC Producer Gets Dressed for Work
https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/in-her-shoes-interview-daniela-pierre-bravo.html
***JOURNALISM
EIJ convention’s brand-new Code of Conduct (opinion)
https://journoterrorist.com/2019/09/03/conduct/
News Anchor Files $10M Lawsuit After Sexualized Image of Her Was Used in Dating, Erectile Dysfunction Ads
Why NPR uses the word Queer
https://www.imediaethics.org/why-npr-uses-the-word-queer/
A School for Scandal Is a Haven for Student Journalists
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Texas Monthly names first ever taco editor
https://www.austin360.com/entertainmentlife/20190910/texas-monthly-names-first-ever-taco-editor
Guide to Native Advertising
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/native-ads.php
NBC local TV group will no longer use ratings to sell ads
***WRITING & READING
For Many Authors, Celebrity Book Clubs Are A Ticket To Success NPR
Everything About Banned Books In The US
https://www.dailyinfographic.com/us-banned-books
***LANGUAGE
A Rare Universal Pattern in Human Languages
Historic Recordings Revitalize Language For Passamaquoddy Tribal Members
How do we Measure Language Fluency?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190903-linguistic-fluency-proficiency-second-language-learning
Emojis Have Unsettled Grammar Rules
About one-in-five U.S. adults know someone who goes by a gender-neutral pronoun
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/05/gender-neutral-pronouns/
Why Learn Latin?: 5 Videos Make a Compelling Case That the “Dead Language” Is an “Eternal Language”
www.openculture.com/2019/09/why-learn-latin.html
***ENGLISH
The Easiest Languages for English Speakers to Learn
https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-easiest-languages-to-learn-for-english-speakers
Rise up, rebel, revolt: how the English language betrays class and power
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/06/language-of-division-english-fractured-society
***LITERATURE
Where are all the women in early modern English literature?
30 great opening lines in literature
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/30-great-opening-lines-literature/
***POETRY
Former US poet laureate Rita Dove wins $100,000 prize
http://www.startribune.com/former-us-poet-laureate-rita-dove-wins-100-000-prize/559458562/
Poetic Underground: Group therapy through poetry
https://info.umkc.edu/unews/poetic-underground-group-therapy-through-poetry/
Martín Espada, Poet for the People
https://www.wortfm.org/martin-espada-poet-for-the-people/
A murderer wrote poetry for biker magazines. It could be key to solving a 47-year-old cold case
***FILM
Overlooked No More: Alice Guy Blaché, the World’s First Female Filmmaker
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/obituaries/alice-guy-blache-overlooked.html
***INTERNET
Why survey estimates of the number of Americans online don’t always agree