Literature as antidote

Poetry was always more than poetry in Russia. Former Soviet prisoners are said to have attested that Russian classics saved their lives in the labor camps when they retold the novels of Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky to other inmates. Russian literature could not prevent the Gulags, but it did help prisoners survive them.

Slaves give birth to a dictatorship and a dictatorship gives birth to slaves. There is only one way out of this vicious circle, and that is through culture. Literature is an antidote to the poison of the Russian imperialist way of thinking. The road to the Bucha massacre leads not through Russian literature, but through its suppression.

Mikhail Shishkin writing in The Atlantic

Two Ways to Understand the World

The psychologist Jerome Bruner has argued that human beings understand the world in two very different ways. The first he calls the “paradigmatic mode” of thought. In the paradigmatic mode, we seek to comprehend our experience in terms of tightly reasoned analyses, logical proof, and empirical observation. In the second, “narrative mode” of thought, we are concerned with human wants, needs and goals. This is the mode of stories, wherein we deal with “the vicissitudes of human intention” organized in time. 

Masters of the Heritage Matic mode try to “say no more than they mean.” Examples are scientists or logicians seeking to determine cause-and-effect relationships in order to explain events and help predict and control reality. Their explanations are constructed in such a way as to block the triggering of presuppositions.

By contrast, good poets and novelists are masters of the narrative mode. Their stories are especially effective when, in Bruner’s words, they “mean more than they can say.” A good story triggers presuppositions. Good stories give birth to many different meanings, generating “children” of meaning in their own image.

Dan McAdams, The Stories We Live By

He Dropped Out to Become a Poet. Now He’s Won the top award for Mathematics

June Huh has been awarded the Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics, for his ability to wander through mathematical landscapes. One might say the same of his path into mathematics itself: that it was characterized by much wandering and a series of small miracles. When he was younger, Huh had no desire to be a mathematician. He was indifferent to the subject, and he dropped out of high school to become a poet. That poetic detour has since proved crucial to his mathematical breakthroughs. His artistry, according to his colleagues, is evident in the way he uncovers those just-right objects at the center of his work, and in the way he seeks a deeper significance in everything he does. “Mathematicians are a lot like artists in that really we’re looking for beauty,” said Federico Ardila-Mantilla, a mathematician at San Francisco State University and one of Huh’s collaborators. “But I think in his case, it’s really pronounced. And I just really like his taste. He makes beautiful things.”       

Jordana Cepelewicz writing in Quanta Magazine

Articles of Interest about the virus, journalism, fakes, and more - May 15

***THE VIRUS  

Scientists reveal an alarming unintended consequence of wearing masks

When Can We Expect A Coronavirus Vaccine?

Loud Talking Makes transmission of Coronavirus worse 

How Skype lost its crown to Zoom

***JOURNALISM 

This year’s AP Stylebook updates

U.S. drops to 45 in ranking of countries based on freedom of the press

A Guide to Photogrammetry Photography

Audio journalism is a powerful tool for stories that fall through cracks

‘Numbers alone aren’t enough’: an interview with Caroline Chen

***REPORTING ON THE VIRUS

Explanatory journalism is entering a golden age in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic

Trump supporters harassed Arizona reporters for wearing masks

Covering science at dangerous speeds

Reporting on colleges’ finances amid COVID-19: 6 tips from Moody’s Investors Service

Journalists accused of trespassing on Liberty University campus will not be prosecuted  

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM

NYT reports record new subscriptions, warns of major ad losses 

Quartz to Lay Off 80 Employees 

***FAKES & FRAUDS

Hackers are impersonating Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet for phishing scams

American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase

UFO Conspiracy Theorists Offer 'Ascension' From Our Hell World for $333

 A disgraced scientist and a viral video: how a Covid conspiracy theory started

***SOCIAL MEDIA 

TikTok Boom! How the Exploding Social Media App Is Going Hollywood

Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job

***WRITING & READING

Two Book Startups Compete Where Amazon Won’t

For Bookstore Owners, Reopening Holds Promise and Peril

***LANGUAGE

How to use Gboard's translate feature on your iPhone to translate texts as you type them

French Linguists Conclude The Debate Over The Gender Of The Word 'COVID-19'

***LITERATURE

17 Historical Fiction Books That Will Immerse You In A Different Era

Five novels from the 19th century that will help you understand modern America better

***POETRY

Poet’s work published in Cherokee language

Corrugated Steel Shelves Line a Church-Turned-Poetry-Shop in Shanghai 

The Fearless Invention of One of L.A.’s Greatest Poets 

A poet's distanced farewell to his students is an anthem for the times

Beyond Meaning: Joseph Brodsky’s Poetry of Exile

Learning the Lyrics of God: How to Read the Bible’s Poetry 

***PRIVACY & SECURITY 

Your Boss Is Watching You: Work-From-Home Boom Leads To More Surveillance

How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home

How COVID-19 is changing the way we think about privacy

Articles of Interest about the virus, journalism, lit, writing, and more - Good Friday Edition

***THE VIRUS

Hospital are laying off workers in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic

‘By December, we are going to go through this again’

The Asian Countries That Beat Covid-19 Have to Do It Again  

Grandma whose misfired text to teen led to Thanksgiving invite loses husband to coronavirus

Coronavirus Will Shape the Future of Surveillance 

MIT Will Post Free Plans Online for an Emergency Ventilator That Can Be Built for $100 

***THE VIRUS AT HOME

Should Young Children Wear Masks?

Why You Shouldn’t Wash Produce With Soap During The Coronavirus Crisis

You’re not imagining it: We’re all having intense coronavirus dreams

***VIDEO CONFERENCING 

How Microsoft Teams will use AI to filter out typing, barking, and other noise from video calls 

Zoom vs. Google Hangouts: Video chat apps for working and keeping in touch compared

Google is rebranding Hangouts Chat as just Google Chat

The Zoom privacy and security issues you still need to worry about

Stolen Zoom passwords and meeting IDs are already being shared on the dark web

Racial Slurs And Swastikas Fuel Civil Rights Pressure On Zoom

***JOURNALISM: COVERING THE VIRUS 

Jerry Falwell Jr. Apparently Thinks It’s Criminal to Report on Liberty University

In the ‘new normal’ of covid-19, local TV news proves to be the medium of choice for news and information 

How Journalists Can Address Mistrust in Pandemic Coverage and Help “Flatten the Curve”

An Oklahoma newspaper has apologized for a coronavirus April Fools' story after facing backlash  

Covering biomedical research preprints amid the coronavirus: 6 things to know    

What is HIPAA and how does it affect our understanding of the coronavirus?

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM

US newspapers face 'extinction-level' crisis

Pandemic Threatens Local Papers Even As Readers Devour Their Coverage

Media The newspaper industry was already faltering. Will coronavirus obliterate it? 

Removing paywalls on coronavirus coverage is noble. It also makes no sense.  

The Plain Dealer lays off 22 journalists, citing 'industry challenges'  

400 Local Newsrooms Receive Grants to Support Coronavirus Work

***JOURNALISM 

John Oliver takes on OAN

Reciting the First Amendment lines up with CDC hand washing guidelines

***STUDENT MEDIA 

The news must go on: App State’s student-run media continue remotely

Can (and should) we publish the name of a student who tested positive for COVID-19?

How Twitter outrage helped kill part of a student media contest and why that makes no sense (opinion)  

Salve students rise to challenge of keeping school’s media running in face of coronavirus

***FAKES & FRAUDS

Nearly three-in-ten Americans believe COVID-19 was made in a lab

Coronavirus in US: FDA orders Texas church to stop selling fake coronavirus medicine 

Misinformation, Distrust May Contribute To Black Americans' COVID-19 Deaths 

What Role Should Newsrooms Play in Debunking COVID-19 Misinformation?

Decades of science denial related to climate change has led to denial of the coronavirus pandemic 

Misinformation about an outbreak like Covid-19 is important public health data 

 Facebook's lack of moderators is hurting its fight against misinformation

***WRITING & READING

A Bookstore That Closed During the Pandemic Started a Literature Hotline. Now People Are Calling in for Life Advice

Female Writers Examine The Words That Undermine Women  

Plagiarism in Plaguetime

Amazon’s Self-Publishing Arm Is a Haven for White Supremacists

How to edit your own writing

How to read coronavirus news like a science writer

***LITERATURE

What Literature Can Teach Us About Epidemics

‘Weird tale’ by Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett discovered

The Nobel-Winning Economist who wants you to read more Fiction 

***POETRY

Bruce Dawe's passing is a great loss but his remarkable, socially aware poetry will remain relevant

Joyelle McSweeney’s Poetry of Catastrophe 

National Poetry Celebrations go online

***INTERNET

How the coronavirus will change how we use the internet

How Has the Coronavirus Changed How You Use the Internet?

Articles of Interest about Lit, Journ, Writing & Lang (plus the virus) – March 15

***THE VIRUS

A list of disinfectants and wipes to protect against spread of the coronavirus 

The most ridiculous ways companies are trying to profit from the coronavirus outbreak  

What Does “Exponential Growth” Mean? 

Apple Confirms That Cleaning Your Phone With a Disinfectant Wipe Is Totally Fine  

***EDUCATION & THE VIRUS

If you are going online, the #1 question is not 'what tech?', the #1 question is 'how will you support your most struggling students?'

How to Make College Decisions When Campuses Are Closed  

Amazon Educational Resources  

Your college closed early because of coronavirus. You might not get your money back

Liberty students react to decision to continue in-person classes 

What will happen to college food service and custodial workers when campuses are empty? 

As Coronavirus Fears Close Classes, Some Kids Are Left Behind

Why I stopped using my university-licensed Zoom account (Twitter thread)

 ***WORKING REMOTE 

How to hide your messy room for a Zoom video conference  

Not all tech employees can work from home 

Resources for teaching production courses online in case of emergency  

What are my rights if I stay home and miss work because of coronavirus? 

***GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DO 

List of Live Streaming Concerts 

19 Bizarre Wikipedia Pages You'll Want To Read Next Time You're Bored 

Making a Plan When Planning Is Impossible 

***WRITING & READING

Do Authors Write Where They Know? 

The era of fake writing is upon us

Top 10 Writing and Grammar Mistakes That Even Published Authors Make

Oprah admits to 'not looking for Latinx writers' as American Dirt controversy continues

***JOURNALISM 

18 journalism work-from-home tips

Illinois Gov’s office pressures newspaper to unpublish news story on progressive tax 

Journalists May Get Reprieve From California Contractor Law   

IPI launches new protocol for newsrooms to address online harassment 

A guideline for inclusion in sports and the wider media industry 

***STUDENT MEDIA 

Change to Clery investigation process helps student journalists get information faster 

Sacramento State's new campus media policy called unconstitutional 

Retraction and apology for racist op-ed illustration choice 

High school students fill gap in coverage of their Minneapolis neighborhood through community-driven newspaper 

Article Retraction: “Sexual harassment in English Department” at Mills College

***FAKES & FRAUDS

Elite Hackers Are Using Coronavirus Emails to Set Traps

The Nigerian prince scam is still fooling people. Here’s why

***LANGUAGE

From Uptalk to Vocal Fry, Women Are Prolific Language Innovators (podcast) 

***LITERATURE

Pete Buttigieg’s favorite author would maybe hate Pete Buttigieg

How to support your local indie bookstore without leaving your house 

***POETRY

Broadway Is Closed. Write Poems Instead 

Pulitzer Prize-Winning N. Scott Momaday Talks About His New Collection Of Poetry 

In Defense of Poetic Nonsense 

John Carey: ‘In my teens I fancied myself as a poet’ 

Poetry Challenge: Paint A Picture With Words 

***PRIVACY & SECURITY  

Why so many Americans don’t talk about money 

Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.

Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Jan 29

***WRITING & READING

The Enemies of Writing: A writer who’s afraid to tell people what they don’t want to hear has chosen the wrong trade  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/packer-hitchens/605365/

 JRR Tolkien's son Christopher dies aged 95 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/16/jrr-tolkiens-son-christopher-dies-aged-95

 Exploring various scholars' rationales for self-plagiarism https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/01/10/essay-rationales-self-plagiarism

***GRAMMAR 

Who do they think they are? The battle over the singular use of “they” has been waged for centuries https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/01/18/who-do-they-think-they-are   

English's pronoun problem is centuries old https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/english-s-pronoun-problem-is-centuries-old-120012301829_1.html

***JOURNALISM

7 things to consider before adopting AI in your news organisation: A training module for newsrooms https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2019/12/12/7-things-to-consider/

Journalism still has power: But not the way you’d hope  https://www.cjr.org/cjr_outbox/hegseth-trump-gallagher.php

The latest newspaper chain to face Alden Global Capital cost-cutting  https://www.axios.com/media-local-newspapers-private-equity-0add6bce-f44a-4938-82bb-6d4bb01068c8.html

Jim Lehrer's 16 Rules for Practicing Journalism with Integrity www.openculture.com/2020/01/jim-lehrers-16-rules-for-being-a-journalist-with-integrity.html

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM

Flipboard expands into local news https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/28/flipboard-expands-into-local-news/

Facebook awards $700,000 in local news grants  https://www.axios.com/facebook-local-news-grants-advertising-f9f7048b-2bd2-4eb6-9bfc-6fe72fb5c359.html

The New York Times used to be afraid of BuzzFeed. Now it’s hired its biggest star. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/28/21112608/ben-smith-new-york-times-buzzfeed-media-revenue-jonah-peretti

***FAKES & FRAUDS

Big Tech platforms struggle to police deepfakes ahead of the 2020 elections    https://www.axios.com/deepfakes-big-tech-policy-facebook-reddit-tiktok-ca7a99b8-e571-4b0b-933a-27e4b2c0b0f7.html   

2020 rules of the road for the Age of Misinformation https://www.axios.com/2020-rules-of-the-road-for-the-age-of-misinformation-87bc3f7e-b064-4b47-bc71-7639b9a82b8a.html

How Swedes Were Fooled By One Of The Biggest Scientific Bluffs Of Our Time https://medium.com/@Soccermatics/how-swedes-were-fooled-by-one-of-the-biggest-scientific-bluffs-of-our-time-de47c82601ad

A new text message scam is disguising itself as a FedEx notification https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/business/fedex-text-scam-trnd/ 

How To Spot 2020 Election Disinformation https://www.npr.org/2020/01/23/798809217/how-to-spot-2020-election-disinformation

Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect: The Cops Say That's Not True https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-nypd-facial-recognition

Half of Americans don’t know 6m Jews were killed in Holocaust, survey says    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/holocaust-survey-americans-pew-research-center

American Distrust Of The Voting Process Is Widespread, Poll Finds https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798088827/american-distrust-of-the-voting-process-is-widespread-npr-poll-finds

Is this video “missing context,” “transformed,” or “edited”? This effort wants to standardize how we categorize visual misinformation https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/is-this-video-missing-context-transformed-or-edited-this-effort-wants-to-standardize-how-we-categorize-visual-misinformation/

Misinformation about coronavirus tests Facebook, Google and China  https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-misinformation-facebook-twitter-google-china-246a0325-b4ea-4465-92ae-5f364a7e965c.html

The New York Times tested blockchain to help you identify faked photos on your timeline https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/heres-how-the-new-york-times-tested-blockchain-to-help-you-identify-faked-photos-on-your-timeline/

***SOCIAL MEDIA 

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey on edit button: ‘We’ll probably never do it’ https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21066815/twitter-edit-button-jack-dorsey-says-no

Twitter apologises for letting ads target neo-Nazis and bigots https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51112238

Targeting TikTok’s privacy alone misses a larger issue: Chinese state control https://qz.com/1788836/targeting-tiktoks-privacy-alone-misses-a-much-larger-point/

***LANGUAGE 

 How we use language, with a look under the hood https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/mcintyre/bs-ed-mcintyre-20200111-tmf465vuubdebmtpu3p6ngsz2q-story.html

Things You Didn't Know Had Names  https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63034/48-things-you-didnt-know-had-names 

Using a child’s identified pronouns might feel complicated, but it’s crucial. Here’s why (opinion) https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/01/16/using-childs-identified-pronouns-might-feel-complicated-its-crucial-heres-why/ 

The alphabets at risk of extinction https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200121-the-alphabets-at-risk-of-extinction

Author Interview: Dennis Baron On 'What's Your Pronoun?' https://www.npr.org/2020/01/26/799629318/author-interview-dennis-baron-on-what-s-your-pronoun

'Baby Shark,' Now In 19 Languages And Counting — Including A Navajo Tongue https://www.npr.org/2020/01/28/800557518/baby-shark-now-in-19-languages-and-counting-including-a-navajo-tongue

Discover the Disappearing Turkish Language That is Whistled, Not Spoken www.openculture.com/2020/01/discover-the-turkish-language-that-is-whistled-not-spoken.html

***LITERATURE

The Obscure Editions of Jane Austen Novels That Made Her Internationally Known  https://lithub.com/the-obscure-editions-of-jane-austen-novels-that-made-her-internationally-known/

UCLA receives $25 million from Uniqlo founder for Japanese literature and culture studies http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/25-million-uniqlo-founder-japanese-literature-and-culture

Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore home was named a literary landmark https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/edgar-allan-poe-baltimore-literary-landmark-trnd/index.html

Virginia Woolf Books To Read If You Want To Explore 20th Century Literature https://www.republicworld.com/lifestyle/books/virginia-woolf-books-to-read-to-explore-20th-century-literature.html

Is Jane Austen the Antidote to Social Media Overload? https://daily.jstor.org/is-jane-austen-the-antidote-to-social-media-overload/

Jeanine Cummins' migrant book 'American Dirt' is problematic; author’s note makes it worse https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/01/21/american-dirt-jeanine-cummins-book-review-mexican-migrant/4497859002/

***POETRY

What happens when machines learn to write poetry: should artificial intelligence alter our appreciation of art? http://bit.ly/30CkvI3

Have You Abandoned Your New Year's Resolutions? Tell Us In A Poem https://www.npr.org/2020/01/16/795953834/have-you-abandoned-your-new-years-resolutions-tell-us-in-a-poem

'Ghost poetry': fight over Samuel Beckett's Nobel win revealed in archives https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/17/ghost-poetry-fight-over-samuel-beckett-nobel-win-revealed-in-archives

***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA  

Augmented reality contacts are real, and could be here sooner than you think https://mashable.com/article/augmented-reality-contact-lenses-mojo-vision/

The Culling Has Begun’: Inside the iHeartMedia Layoffs  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/iheartmedia-mass-layoffs-937513

Could iHeart layoffs be the beginning of local radio’s endgame? https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/01/could-iheart-layoffs-be-the-beginning-of-local-radios-endgame.htm

2020 won't be the year digital election ads surpass TV  https://www.axios.com/2020-digital-election-ads-tv-75cd82b1-b9a1-4637-b885-8aa654e63291.html

***PRIVACY & SECURITY

Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo, report says  https://www.cnet.com/news/clearview-app-lets-strangers-find-your-name-info-with-snap-of-a-photo-report-says

Facial Recognition could replace the fingerprint https://story.californiasunday.com/facial-recognition

The Secret History of Facial Recognition https://www.wired.com/story/secret-history-facial-recognition/

Most Americans support right to have some personal info removed from online searches  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/27/most-americans-support-right-to-have-some-personal-info-removed-from-online-searches/

Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Dec 11

***JOURNALISM

Race to fill local newsrooms https://www.axios.com/race-to-fill-local-newsrooms-28d95883-1378-4301-9263-ff4f3590c395.html

How a San Diego newspaper reporter helped expose Rep. Duncan Hunter's corruption https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/media/duncan-hunter-san-diego-reliable-sources/index.html

Justices debate allowing state law to be “hidden behind a pay wall” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/justices-debate-allowing-state-law-to-be-hidden-behind-a-pay-wall

Scripted KUSI Interview with Duncan Hunter Debated by Journalism, PR Pros https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2019/12/04/scripted-kusi-interview-with-duncan-hunter-debated-by-journalism-pr-pros/

Journalist group condemns governor's method of demanding retraction from Indianapolis Star https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/journalist-group-condemns-governor-s-method-of-demanding-retraction-from/article_30241622-4805-5421-acc1-f812371e21c5.html

How phones are reshaping how we interact with the news https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/12/08/how-phones-are-reshaping-how-we-interact-with-the-news.cnn/video/playlists/video-day-top-5/

Georgia man identified as runner who slapped TV reporter on backside: He’s a youth pastor at a Methodist Church https://nypost.com/2019/12/10/runner-who-slapped-reporters-butt-on-live-tv-identified-as-youth-minister/

China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world's worst jailers of journalists https://cpj.org/reports/2019/12/journalists-jailed-china-turkey-saudi-arabia-egypt.php

Atlanta newspaper sues Clint Eastwood over film's portrayal of reporter https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/10/atlanta-newspaper-ajc-sues-clint-eastwood-olivia-wilde-reporter-richard-jewell-film

Greta Thunberg is TIME's Person of the Year https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/

News podcasts go mainstream https://www.axios.com/news-podcasts-pulitzer-prize-audio-journalism-65b0e234-2606-47bd-8c7e-0adffb0f7f1a.html

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM

Google's next local news investment is in Oakland https://www.axios.com/google-berkeleyside-oakland-local-news-media-f72053ef-88f9-49ce-b21f-48aa99e95768.html

Traffic tools help publishers go viral https://www.axios.com/big-tech-publishers-data-viral-stories-google-2945cde6-3de0-488d-b7e4-f4159870b066.html

***STUDENT MEDIA

CU Student Newspaper Gets Cut https://www.denverpost.com/2019/12/09/cu-independent-university-colorado-student-mediaommunication-and-information/

Central Washington University Board of Trustees student representative proposed defunding student media https://cwuobserver.com/14158/news/board-of-trustees-student-representative-proposed-defunding-student-media/

At least 30 people said they never spoke to ex-Daily Texan reporter accused of making up quotes https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/at-least-30-people-said-they-never-spoke-to-ex-daily-texan-reporter-accused-of-making-up-quotes/

***FAKES

China makes it a criminal offense to publish deepfakes or fake news without disclosure https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/29/20988363/china-deepfakes-ban-internet-rules-fake-news-disclosure-virtual-reality

Politicians Are Getting in Trouble Over Fake Qualifications https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/politicians-are-getting-into-trouble-over-fake-qualifications

Singapore’s fake news law should be a warning to American lawmakers https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/12/3/20991422/singapore-fake-news-law-censorship-politics-usa

I Worked for Alex Jones https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/magazine/alex-jones-infowars.html

Samoa arrests anti-vaxxer amid measles epidemic https://www.dw.com/en/samoa-arrests-anti-vaxxer-amid-measles-epidemic/a-51553140

Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool? https://www.propublica.org/article/why-are-cops-around-the-world-using-this-outlandish-mindreading-tool

Overlooked No More: Rose Mackenberg, Houdini’s Secret ‘Ghost-Buster’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/obituaries/rose-mackenberg-overlooked.html

Everyone Involved In The Viral GoFundMe Scam Involving A Homeless Man Giving A Woman His Last $20 Has Now Pleaded Guilty https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/man-pleads-guilty-viral-gofundme-scam-homeless

***SOCIAL MEDIA

TikTok accused in California lawsuit of sending user data to China https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-accused-in-california-lawsuit-of-sending-user-data-to-china-idUSKBN1Y708Q

The newest strategy for marketing to young people is stealing their jokes. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/12/why-brands-steal-viral-jokes-and-memes/603169/

***GRAMMAR

Apostrophe campaign ends due to 'ignorance and laziness' https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50602665

Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2019-12-09/merriam-webster-2019-word-of-year-they

***LANGUAGE

Argentine teenagers rewrite the rules of language to eliminate gender https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/12/05/teens-argentina-are-leading-charge-gender-neutral-language/

The Hawaiian language nearly went extinct. Now it’s being taught in dozens of immersion schools https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/12/how-hawaiian-language-was-saved-extinction/603097/

The Language You Speak Influences Where Your Attention Goes https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-language-you-speak-influences-where-your-attention-goes/

***LITERATURE

Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614742/machine-learning-has-revealed-exactly-how-much-of-a-shakespeare-play-was-written-by-someone/

Without women the novel would die https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/07/why-women-love-literature-read-fiction-helen-taylor

Nobel literature winner dreams of a new narrative style https://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20191207/AP/312079950

***POETRY

Developing a Strong Poetic Voice Can Be Uncomfortable for the Poet https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/developing-a-strong-poetic-voice-can-be-uncomfortable-for-the-poet#.XeXwST-Ibn4

Poems on how to write poems: Why you should read this award-winning poet's latest book https://www.edexlive.com/people/2019/dec/03/poems-on-how-to-write-poems-why-you-should-read-this-award-winning-poets-latest-book-9377.html

How standardized education tortures all meaning out of studying poetry (opinion) https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/12/03/how-standardized-education-tortures-all-meaning-out-of-studying-poetry/

Best poetry of 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/30/best-poetry-of-2019

Three new poetry collections grapple with injustice, grief — and the nature of truth https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/three-new-poetry-collections-grapple-with-injustice-grief--and-the-nature-of-truth/2019/12/09/2a005c50-f68d-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html

A decade of instapoets and what they mean for poetry https://www.michigandaily.com/section/arts/decade-instapoets-and-what-they-mean-poetry

***FILM

Filmmakers Sue Over Visa Social Media Disclosure Requirement https://www.courthousenews.com/filmmakers-sue-over-visa-social-media-disclosure-requirement/

***PRIVACY & SECURITY

Government may require U.S. citizens on international flights to be photographed at airports https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-03/us-proposal-photograph-citizens-airports

Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Nov 29

***WRITING & READING 

The Weirdest Book Titles On Amazon https://www.sadanduseless.com/weird-amazon-books-list/

How do you cope with knowing that the project you poured years of your life into is not quite setting the world on fire? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/25/writing-is-tough-my-book-went-so-unnoticed-i-won-an-award-for-it

The Last Decade Has Been Tumultuous For The Publishing Industry https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782867252/the-last-decade-has-been-tumultuous-for-the-publishing-industry

Prisons Around the U.S. Are Banning and Restricting Access to Books www.openculture.com/2019/11/prisons-around-the-u-s-are-banning-and-restricting-access-to-books.html

Messy handwriting reveals mystery translator: Queen Elizabeth I https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/29/handwriting-identifies-elizabeth-i-tacitus-translation

***JOURNALISM

New York Times dropping most social media trackers https://www.axios.com/new-york-times-social-media-trackers-47f547d5-a241-424a-a398-12344c78ac32.html  

Reporting That Hits People Where They Live — by Reporters Who Live There Too https://cronkitenewslab.com/broadcast/2019/11/14/new-generation-storytellers-changing-rules-abc

How one woman captured 30 years’ worth of broadcast news https://lwlies.com/articles/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project-director-interview/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

5 Photojournalists Sue Homeland Security for First Amendment Violations https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/11/5-photojournalists-sue-homeland-security-for-first-amendment-violations.html

Americans favor mobile devices over desktops and laptops for getting news https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/19/americans-favor-mobile-devices-over-desktops-and-laptops-for-getting-news/ 

An Exhaustive Ranking of Movie Journalists  https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/11/25/20974644/movie-journalists-ranked  

***JOURNALISM & AI

The relationship of journalism to AI http://bit.ly/35z5F6s    

Relevance of AI in Accelerating Journalism and Newsroom Workflow https://www.analyticsinsight.net/relevance-ai-accelerating-journalism-newsroom-workflow/

Actually, it’s about Ethics, AI, and Journalism: Reporting on and with Computation and Data https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/ai-ethics-journalism-and-computation-ibm-new-york-times.php

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM

9 charts about America’s newsrooms https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/26/9-charts-about-americas-newsrooms/

Putting a price tag on local news https://knightfoundation.org/reports/putting-a-price-tag-on-local-news/

AP to add 14 statehouse reporters in collaboration with Report for America https://www.ap.org/press-releases/2019/ap-to-add-14-statehouse-reporters-in-collaboration-with-report-for-america

Portland Has Been Overcharging People for Public Records, Court Finds https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/11/19/27502241/portland-has-been-overcharging-people-for-public-records-court-finds

***STUDENT MEDIA

Student reporters at BYU-Idaho allegedly pressured not to publish negative stories https://www.eastidahonews.com/2019/11/student-reporters-at-byu-idaho-allegedly-pressured-not-to-publish-negative-stories/

High school journalists who fought censorship win award https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2019/11/25/burlington-high-schoolers-censorship-granted-journalism-award/4295236002  

Lawsuit pits father against daughter after article alleging sex abuse appears in UNC student newspaper  https://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/no-turning-back-in-lawsuit-pitting-father-against-daughter-after/article_f093b659-134f-5fd8-a7ad-6b98c9f9be2f.html

***FAKE NEWS

The neuroscience of how fake news grabs our attention, produces false memories, and appeals to our emotions https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/galaxy-brain-the-neuroscience-of-how-fake-news-grabs-our-attention-produces-false-memories-and-appeals-to-our-emotions/

Fake News Is Costing the World $78 Billion a Year https://cheddar.com/media/exclusive-fake-news-is-costing-the-world-billion-a-year

The Incredibly True Story of Fake Headlines https://daily.jstor.org/the-incredibly-true-story-of-fake-headlines/

Before Trump: the real history of fake news https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/22/factitious-taradiddle-dictionary-real-history-fake-news

***SOCIAL MEDIA 

Here’s What Cancel Culture Looked Like in 1283 (video) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/opinion/cancel-culture-victims.html 

Facebook still isn’t clear about why it won’t take down false political ads https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/11/18/20970942/facebook-political-ads-policy-carolyn-everson-code-media   

‘This app is free and therapy is not’: Gen Z will keep using TikTok even if they don’t trust it https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/15/this-app-is-free-therapy-is-not-gen-z-will-keep-using-tiktok-even-if-they-dont-trust-it/

TikTok Denies Censoring A Teen Who Criticized China's Concentration Camps — They Said They Banned Her After A Joke About Osama Bin Laden Thirst https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/teen-tik-tok-china-osama-bin-laden

Twitter Said It Will Not Delete The Accounts Of Dead People https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/twitter-wont-delete-the-accounts-of-dead-people-for-now

***LANGUAGE

The Loudness Of Vowels Helps The Brain Break Down Speech Into Syl-La-Bles https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/20/780988618/the-loudness-of-vowels-helps-the-brain-break-down-speech-into-syl-la-bles

‘Climate Emergency’ Is the Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-11-20/climate-emergency-is-the-oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year 

What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?   https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/education/what-happens-when-college-students-discuss-lab-work-in-spanish-philosophy-in-chinese-or-opera-in-italian/2019/11/18/0eef3f7a-0985-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html

***LITERATURE 

The 50 best nonfiction books of past 25 years  https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/11/50-best-nonfiction-books.html

Author hits back after library removes LGBT picture book from shelves  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/20/author-west-virginia-library-removes-lgbt-book-shelves-daniel-haack-prince-and-knight   

George Eliot translation of Spinoza sheds new light on her fiction  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/22/george-eliot-translation-of-spinoza-sheds-new-light-on-her-fiction

***POETRY

‘My cell is smaller than my size’ – how writing poetry saved a political prisoner (video) https://aeon.co/videos/my-cell-is-smaller-than-my-size-how-writing-poetry-saved-a-political-prisoner

Finding poetry in the letters of Vincent van Gogh https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/finding-poetry-in-the-letters-of-vincent-van-gogh-1.4090884   

Typewriter poet pounds out poems in 20 minutes https://www.ktre.com/2019/11/22/webxtra-typewriter-poet-pounds-out-poems-minutes/      

In the Woods of Greenwich, a Studio for Writing Poetry https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/style/in-the-woods-of-greenwich-a-studio-for-writing-poetry.html   

Don’t Let Your Children Become Insufferable Poets https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/opinion/future-humanities-science-education.html   

Gay Poet's Book Canceled Over Sexy Instagram Pictures https://www.out.com/books/2019/11/15/gay-poets-book-cancelled-over-sexy-instagram-pictures

Who’s More Qualified to Write About Death Than a Funeral Director Poet? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/books/review/the-depositions-thomas-lynch.html

***PRIVACY & SECURITY 

Key takeaways on Americans’ views about privacy, surveillance and data-sharing https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/15/key-takeaways-on-americans-views-about-privacy-surveillance-and-data-sharing/

Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” password, court rules https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/police-cant-force-child-porn-suspect-to-reveal-his-password-court-rules/

***PRODUCING MEDIA

How to Make Your Podcast Sound Like NPR  https://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-your-podcast-sound-like-npr-1840048544

Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Nov 16

***WRITING & READING

Singular ‘They’ Pronoun Endorsed by American Psychological Association https://www.out.com/health/2019/11/05/singular-they-pronoun-endorsed-american-psychological-association 

Hey, young adult authors: writing for teenagers is no excuse to act like them https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/15/young-adult-ya-authors-sarah-dessen-brooke-nelson    

***JOURNALISM

Why journalists need to think twice about reporting on arrests https://www.cjr.org/analysis/out-of-omaha-arrest-reporting.php

Proposed Lafayette County resolution threatens to prosecute media outlets that do not print news releases verbatim https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2019/11/08/county-threatens-prosecute-media-who-dont-print-full-news-releases/2533143001/      

Judge dismisses Arpaio lawsuit against CNN, HuffPost, Rolling Stone https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/10/31/judge-dismisses-joe-arpaio-lawsuit-against-cnn-huffpost-rolling-stone/4115742002/

A game of society': Why a group of Italian journalists turned Instagram into a board game https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/-a-game-of-society-why-italian-journalists-turned-instagram-into-a-board-game/s2/a746637/

Ask audiences what questions they have about your reporting https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/api-updates/ask-audiences-what-questions-they-have-about-your-reporting 

University of Illinois Is Stifling NPR Reporting on Sexual Misconduct, Critics Say https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/business/media/npr-university-of-illinois-aclu-sexual-misconduct.html

In Data Journalism, Tech Matters Less Than the People https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/technology/personaltech/data-journalism-economics.html

How the New York Times gets Los Angeles hilariously wrong: The bingo game https://la.curbed.com/2015/2/19/9991026/new-york-times-los-angeles-bingo

I Am Extremely Here for (Journalism) Paperwork Movie Season https://gen.medium.com/i-am-extremely-here-for-paperwork-movie-season-252e8cba5b16

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM 

In historic shift, The Salt Lake Tribune gets IRS approval to become a nonprofit https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/11/04/historic-shift-salt-lake/

Hundreds of local newspapers are now under one umbrella company following Gannett/GateHouse merger https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/media/gannett-gatehouse-merger-approved/index.html

Everyone is admitting what they get paid to work in journalism https://www.cjr.org/cjr_outbox/google-doc-journalism-media-pay.php

***FAKE NEWS

These Hugely Popular Local News Sites In The US And Canada Are Fake https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/fake-local-news-sites-albany-edmonton

AI-generated fake content could unleash a virtual arms race http://bit.ly/2pkpAXk

***STUDENT MEDIA 

The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them  https://reason.com/2019/11/11/daily-northwestern-jeff-sessions-editorial-triggered-students/

News or ‘Trauma Porn’? Student Journalists Face Blowback on Campus https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/college-campus-journalists-newspapers.html

The 800 papers stolen from the Radford University campus - and the school's failure to say who took them https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-case-of-the-missing-radford-university-newspapers-is-cracked-but-whodunit-isnt-being-shared/2019/11/11/104359b4-0495-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html 

***SOCIAL MEDIA 

Screen time might be physically changing kids’ brains https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614672/screen-time-might-be-physically-changing-kids-brains/

Who are the U.S. users of Instagram? www.city-data.com/blog/7177-who-are-the-u-s-users-of-instagram/

Measure for Measure: ‘Like’ it or not, influencer marketing is changin https://www.nielsen.com/uk/en/insights/article/2019/measure-for-measure-like-it-or-not-influencer-marketing-is-changing/

Sex Education on TikTok https://www.thedailybeast.com/sex-education-is-so-bad-these-teens-are-doing-it-on-tiktok

Tech companies target your sanity https://www.axios.com/turning-point-online-mental-health-bc1d5fd1-c637-43e1-b4b1-e7cb02d674cb.html

***LANGUAGE

Students create Japanese language-learning game geared toward gamers https://dailybruin.com/2019/11/05/students-create-japanese-language-learning-game-geared-toward-gamers/

How Linguists Are Using Urban Dictionary https://daily.jstor.org/how-linguists-are-using-urban-dictionary/

***LITERATURE 

The Slowness of Literature and the Shadow of Knowledge https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-slowness-of-literature-and-the-shadow-of-knowledge

Cult of the Literary Sad Woman https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/books/review/leslie-jamison-sylvia-plath-joan-didion-jean-rhys.html

Despite the Twerking and F-Bombs, Dickinson Gets Emily Dickinson Right https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/dickinson-apple-tv-accuracy-poetry.html

25 Modern Love Essays to Read if You Want to Laugh, Cringe and Cry https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/style/essential-modern-love-essays.html

***POETRY

'Dickinson' flips everything you learned about female poets upside down https://www.mic.com/p/dickinson-flips-everything-you-learned-about-female-poets-upside-down-19300957  

'Emergency Poet' at world's first walk-in poetry pharmacy prescribes caring words https://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1617224/emergency-poet-at-worlds-first-walk-in-poetry-pharmacy-prescribes-caring-words 

An Evening of Poetry in Nine Languages https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2019/11/an-evening-of-poetry-in-nine-languages.html

Best Canadian Poetry 2019 https://quillandquire.com/review/best-canadian-poetry-2019/

***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA   

The Boomers' media behemoth https://www.axios.com/aarp-is-a-media-behemoth-412b5106-f879-477d-806d-6130148956bf.html  

***PRIVACY & SECURITY  

Privacy And DNA Tests https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777888000/privacy-and-dna-tests

DHS expects to have biometrics on 260 million people by 2022 https://qz.com/1744400/dhs-expected-to-have-biometrics-on-260-million-people-by-2022/

Facebook caught actively using iPhone cameras while users scroll feeds https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/11/12/facebook-camera-ios-iphone/

Google, Ascension analyzing data without patients' knowledge https://www.axios.com/google-ascension-data-sharing-fd6c67eb-73f4-41e1-b4a0-3c4db858b076.html

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/11/12/court-rules-against-warrantless-searches-of-phones-laptops 

Google's secret cache of medical data includes names and full details of millions https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/12/google-medical-data-project-nightingale-secret-transfer-us-health-information

Facebook is secretly using your iPhone’s camera as you scroll your feed https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/11/12/facebook-camera-ios-iphone/

Articles of Interest about Lit, Journalism, Writing & Languages - Sept 10

***SOCIAL MEDIA

The phone numbers of 419 million Facebook accounts have been leaked 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90399734/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

https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/09/local-newspapers-are-suffering-but-theyre-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

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/one-america-news-sues-rachel-maddow-nbc-russian-propaganda-claim-1238400 

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

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/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

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/business/media/university-of-southern-california-student-journalists.html

***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

https://www.axios.com/nbc-local-tv-ratings-points-advertisements-7146027d-b805-4d01-9696-3e7184a321b7.html

***WRITING & READING

For Many Authors, Celebrity Book Clubs Are A Ticket To Success  NPR

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/755532368/for-many-authors-celebrity-book-clubs-are-a-ticket-to-success

Everything About Banned Books In The US

https://www.dailyinfographic.com/us-banned-books

***LANGUAGE 

A Rare Universal Pattern in Human Languages 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/09/people-speak-faster-less-efficient-languages/597391/

Historic Recordings Revitalize Language For Passamaquoddy Tribal Members   

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/748604202/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

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2019/09/emojis-have-unsettled-grammar-rules-and-why-lawyers-should-care.htm

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? 

https://news.northeastern.edu/2019/09/06/why-is-jane-austen-the-only-woman-in-early-english-literature-textbooks-blame-the-pride-and-prejudice-of-men/

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

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/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

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/03/why-survey-estimates-of-the-number-of-americans-online-dont-always-agree/