Articles of interest about journalism, fakes, the virus, writing, and more - December 10
/***THE VIRUS
First signs of Thanksgiving COVID-19 wave emerge
Your Old Radiator Is a Pandemic-Fighting Weapon
Should I wipe down groceries during the pandemic?
Nearly all coronavirus transmission happens in these 5 places
British Study: Low infection rates in schools
***THE VACCINES
The vaccines will be much less effective if introduced where the coronavirus is raging
Here’s Why Vaccinated People Still Need to Wear a Mask ($)
C.D.C. Call for Data on Vaccine Recipients Raises Alarm Over Privacy ($)
***VENTILATORS
Who Decides Which COVID-19 Patients Get Ventilators?
The U.S. Has Passed the Hospital Breaking Point
***JOURNALISM
Neo-Nazi group member who threatened journalist gets prison time
A massive cross-border collaboration to finish the investigations of a murdered Mexican journalist
Appeals Court hands journalists big Freedom of Information Act win for gun data access
Half of U.S. adults don't know that Facebook does not do original news reporting
ICE Is Trying To Force BuzzFeed News To Divulge Its Sources
A scientific search engine that generates one-sentence summaries of research papers
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Substack isn’t a new model for journalism — it’s a very old one
Inside Patch's new local newsletter platform
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Radio Disney Shutting Down Amid Restructuring
Did Google and Facebook kill the media revenue model? The Platforms vs legacy media
***WRITING & READING
When sound science meets imperfect grammar
The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2020
Sri Lankan man and his mobile library bring books to kids in remote areas
How to Gather the Oral Histories of COVID-19
Independent Bookstores Are Fighting Back Against Amazon Via a New Online Platform
The Future of Online Marketing: Automated Copywriting
***FAKES & FRAUDS
Anti-Vaccine Doctor Has Been Invited to Testify Before Senate Committee
Former Harvard cancer researcher faked a dozen images, say Feds
I Published a Fake Paper in a ‘Peer-Reviewed’ Journal
The internet is not ready for the flood of AI-generated text
***QANON
Former Trump lawyer finds an ally in operator of QAnon’s Internet home
The making of the QAnon conspiracy cult
The QAnon conspiracy is fake. The harm it's doing to child welfare groups is real
QAnon's Rise in Japan Shows Its Global Spread ($)
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitch Cracks Down on Hate Speech and Harassment ($)
Facebook hit with massive antitrust lawsuit from 46 states
Facebook reportedly tweaked its algorithm but it failed to decrease engagement on ideologically aligned pages
Reddit reveals daily active user count for the first time: 52 million
***LANGUAGE
The words that actually persuade people on the pandemic
Merriam-Webster's top word of 2020 not a shocker: pandemic
Research Finds Brains Work Harder While Processing Descriptions Of Motion In Other Languages
***LITERATURE
"The Great Gatsby" and other 1925 Works Will Soon Enter the Public Domain
Dispute Erupts Over Translation Rights to New Nobel Laureate ($)
Questions raised over charity seeking to buy JRR Tolkien's Oxford house
Louise Glück, forgoing fanfare, accepts Nobel Prize in Literature at home
John Steinbeck, Bard of the American Worker
***CS LEWIS
Ten Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About C. S. Lewis
CS Lewis Expert Walter Hooper dies
***POETRY