Articles of interest about journalism, social media, language & more - May 15
/***COVID-19
How to be around people again: A guide for back-to-office anxiety and awkwardness
Is it legal for an employer to ask if you are vaccinated?
The Teeny, Tiny Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
CDC Advisers Recommend Pfizer Vaccine For Adolescents
COVID-19’s impact on Asian Americans in the workplace
***JOURNALISM
What is Journalism: The existential issue
New Study Shows Local TV Crews ‘Under Attack’
Women journalists face escalating violence online
There can be no free press unless journalists are able to do their jobs safely
A new tool called allows you to make annotations on live webpages
***REPORTING
5 things journalists should know before covering research
Covering hospital mergers of physician practices: 3 tips from experienced health care journalists
How student reporters investigated their campuses
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
A record 44% of the 'New York Times'' subscription growth came from non-news products in Q1
More NYT subscriptions coming from non-news products in the Biden era
***JOURNALISM & RACISM
National Geographic faced up to its racist past. Did it actually get better?
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How Apple’s new audio subscriptions are upending podcasting
***WRITING & READING
Neural Interface Lets Man Type On Computer By Imagining Handwriting
Engaging With Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month: A Reading List
***FAKES, FRAUDS & SCAMS
To navigate the dangers of the web, you need critical thinking – but also critical ignoring
How journalists can avoid amplifying misinformation in their stories
The Real Reason Behind the Misinformation Epidemic in Online Moms’ Groups
Psych professor: anger motivates anti-maskers, they’ll likely reform around the next divisive issue
***COVID FRAUDS
Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media
How COVID-19 conspiracy theories reach millions of people online
The unwitting are the target of COVID-19 falsehoods online
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Why Reddit is building an in-house agency to work with brands
Most U.S. social media users rarely or never post about politics, social issues
Twitter acquires news tech startup Scroll
A 28-year-old woman dressed like teen and walked into a high school to promote her Instagram
On Spotify, an Arranged Marriage Between Music and Podcasts ($)
***TIKTOK
How TikTok personalities are making a name for themselves by delivering news to Gen Z
How TikTok Is Changing Starbucks
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
It turns out no one wants to be tracked all across their iPhones by Facebook (or anyone else)
Colonial Pipeline paid close to $5 million in ransomware blackmail payment
How private is your Gmail, and should you switch?
***LANGUAGE
Why We Speak More Weirdly at Home
Irish language ‘definitely endangered’ as linguists predict it will vanish in the next century
Beautiful or handsome? Neural language models try their hand at word substitution
The way your name or a word rolls off the tongue can have some surprising effects
***LITERATURE
A Jane Austen museum addressing Regency-era slavery? (opinion)
***POETRY
The incredibly complicated question of how to translate inaugural poet Amanda Gorman
Poetry Foundation hires new president
Poem drops stock price of China’s largest food delivery platform
Maya Angelou to be among first women to appear on the quarter