Articles of interest about journalism, writing, privacy & more - May 27
/***COVID-19
New York will raffle off scholarships to kids who get vaccinated
Learning How To Smell Again After COVID-19
***JOURNALISM
These Ex-Journalists Are Using AI to Catch Online Defamation
The news doesn’t set with the sun. What it’s like to be a night-shift journalist.
Google AMP is dead! AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search
California City Ends Lawsuit Against Bloggers For Publishing Police Records
Russia’s attack on U.S. media has become a test case (opinion) ($)
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Local TV news employment confounds expectations in 2020
Newspaper Layoffs Grew In 2020
New Owner Set for Chicago Tribune, Daily News and Baltimore Sun
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How Did the Pandemic Impact the Video Production Industry?
Vice Media Group now produces more Stories than text or video
In Google’s new world, your phone camera is for way more than taking photos
Spotify will auto-transcribe podcasts over the coming weeks
Why QR codes are here to stay after the COVID-19 pandemic
***WRITING & READING
Does your writing transgress this editor’s pet peeves?
Checking In With Black Bookstores Nearly A Year After 2020's Book Boom On Racism
John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel
***PLAGIARISM
You Say Plagiarism. I Say Provocation
Plagiarism and how to not do it
***FAKES, FRAUDS & SCAMS
Trump Continues To Push Election Falsehoods. Here's Why That Matters
Covid Vaccines: Could they be magnetic?
Science Had a Misinformation Problem Before COVID. Scientists Want to Fix It
Unvaccinated TikTok Users Believe They Will Be ‘Lone Survivors’
Google now fights fake news in search results. Here's how it works
QAnon believers go undercover to spread conspiracies online…and it’s working
***SOCIAL MEDIA
TikTok Radio is coming to SiriusXM as companies join forces to create ‘exclusive audio experiences’
Twitter axes AI cropping after tests prove racial bias
The Case For Deleting Everything
***DATA PRIVACY
Google Must Face Privacy Claims Over Data Transfers To App Developers
Data privacy bill: All tech giants would have to follow Apple lead
Experian exposes credit scores through unprotected API
Apple’s iOS 14.5 update comes with App Tracking Transparency for better privacy
***LANGUAGE
DARPA helped make a sarcasm detector, because of course it did
Scientists find 'missing link' behind first human languages
Meet the mystery woman who mastered IBM’s 5,400-character Chinese typewriter
How Far Back in Time Could an English Speaker Go and Still Communicate Effectively? (video)
***POETRY
Poetry Challenge: How Has The Pandemic Changed You?
“Dead Souls” is an exceedingly cerebral comedy about the viability of contemporary poetry