articles of interest - Nov 6
/***JOURNALISM
Why I Believe in the Future of Journalism as a 10-year-old Reporter Newsweek
Miami demands media stop showing photos of firefighters fired in noose incident Miami Herald
Why it's important to name the shooter Poynter
Plaintiff in Russia dossier suit argues BuzzFeed isn't a real news organization Money Magazine
More in U.S. getting news from multiple social media sites Pew Research Center
It's a journalist's duty to keep collected information safe. Here are some ways to get started Poynter
***FAKE NEWS
Learning To Spot Fake News: Start With A Gut Check NPR
Twitter Sidestepped Russian Account Warnings, Former Worker Says Bloomberg
Dilbert vs. Trump: Why False Facts Have Power Tech News World
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How On Earth Did Email Newsletters Become Popular Again? Medium
How Vimeo Is Preparing For The Future Of Video Storytelling Fast Company
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
Particle physics reveals there is more to wonder about one of the Seven Wonders of the World Science News
Who’s the 2017 World Series champ? Big Data! What the Astros did to win the analytics arms race Tech Republic
Intelligence collection and analysis is a mess in the US intelligence community The Hill
What the founding fathers of Apache Spark are saying and doing about its future ZD Net
The Kaggle 2017 State of Data Science and Machine Learning report Kaggle
A new system that automatically produces code optimized for sparse data MIT
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Do social media threaten democracy? Economist
Representatives From Facebook, Twitter And Google Testify About Russia's Election Influence NPR
Once considered a boon to democracy, social media have started to look like its nemesis Economist
Why Is the U.S. So Susceptible to Social-Media Distortion? (opinion) New Yorker
How Russia Weaponized Social Media With 'Social Bots' NPR
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Our attitudes are shaped much more by our social groups than they are by facts on the ground Becoming (my blog)
Why we pretend to know things Vox
This Is Why We Default To Criticism (And How To Change) Fast Company
***WRITING & READING
7 Pieces of Expert Writing Advice Daily Jstor
***LANGUAGE
The Randomness of Language Evolution The Atlantic
Why You Still Should Learn a Language in the Age of Pixel Buds Daily Jstor
***GENDER
Looking For A Home When Your Name Is Hispanic And Finding Discrimination Instead NPR
Pop Art Posters Celebrate Pioneering Women Scientists: Download Free Posters of Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace & More Open Culture
Gender Bias in Peer Review Scholarly Kitchen
Orange County High-School Students Rebel Against Confederate Mascot The Daily Beast
***FREE SPEECH
Rethinking free speech on campus - Free to be crude and mean Economist
University of Oregon president pens powerful reflection on being shouted down The FIRE
Free speech at American universities is under threat Economist
***LEGAL ISSUES
Taylor Swift’s Team Issued a Defamation Threat Against a Website With 76 Twitter Followers Spin
'Cosby Show' Producer Sues BBC for Using Clips in Bill Cosby Doc Hollywood Reporter
***ART & DESIGN
Professor's artwork uses US flags to make KKK-style hoods CNN
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
FCC Releases Proposed Order to Modify Media Ownership Rules Comm Law Blog
***RELIGION
The NFL Allows Churches To Show Regular Season Football Games: Understanding when and how you can show NFL games in your church Plagiarism Today
Meet the Woke Young People Trying to Make Christianity Cool Again Vice
'It's Our Right': Christian Congregation In Indonesia Fights To Worship In Its Church NPR
The racism in Gen. Kelly’s Civil War comments runs deep in the strand of evangelicalism that helped elect Trump (opinion) Religious Dispatches
What does the revival of Protestantism Mean for the Developing World Economist
Church shootings are so common that there’s a database for them Quartz
Religious leaders and former gang members join forces to reduce crime CBS News
Why evangelicals are deeply skeptical of gun control laws (opinion) Chicago Tribune
Younger evangelicals have never been in a moral majority. This changes how they see politics Economist
***RELIGION AND MUSIC
How Bob Dylan found God, and his fans found another boxset to buy ABC News (Australia)
Review: Thinking Twice About Bob Dylan's Gospel Phase With New Bootleg Box Rolling Stone
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Can We Still Rely On Science Done By Sexual Harassers? Wired
How Human Resources Handles Sexual Misconduct NPR
Finding the Words We Need to Talk About Sexual Assault and Harassment Daily Jstor
Sexual harassment: Who suffers, and how Journalism Resources
***HEALTH
The Limits of Behavioral Economics in Medicine New York Times
***SCIENCE
There is “much more to scientific impact than citations” Nature
How To Win An Argument According To Science Daily Jstor
***PSYCHOLOGY
Carl Jung Psychoanalyzes Hitler Open Culture
“Psychologists really are trying to turn their field around Science News
How One Psychologist Is Tackling Human Biases in Science Nautil.us
Sleep protects against learning fear The Naked Scientist
What eyes and odours reveal about sexual attraction Economist
***CRITICAL THINKING
The work of 213,284 kids was analyzed. These are the writing and critical-thinking skills that stumped students Washington Post
5 Tips for Critical Thinking: What can you do to critically think better in day-to-day situations? Psychology Today
***PHILOSOPHY
Death: A Free Philosophy Course from Yale Helps You Grapple with the Inescapable Open Culture
How Alvin Plantinga Paved the Way for Christian Philosophy's Comeback Christianity Today
***PRODUCTIVITY
Google Calendar on the web gets a fresh new look Tech Crunch
***ETHICS
Dealing with Unethical or Illegal Conduct in Higher Education The Scientist
Tiny human brain organoids implanted into rodents, triggering ethical concerns Stat News
***RESEARCH
Prominent scientist sues critic of his work for $10 million Mashable
Do We Need An Adoption Service for Orphan Data? Discover Magazine
Who owns patient data in clinical research? Collabrx
Academic journal publishing is headed for a day of reckoning The Conversation
***HIGHER ED
As ed-tech companies gather more data, they struggle to find its best uses Inside Higher Ed
Evaluating the evidence on micro-aggressions and trigger warnings Economist
Can Design Thinking Redesign Higher Ed? Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Surprising Revolt at the Most Liberal College in the Country The Atlantic
GOP tax overhaul would eliminate tax breaks used by colleges and students Inside Higher Ed
College apologizes for ‘House of Cards’ email Columbia Tribune
200 universities just launched 600 free online courses. Here’s the full list Quartz
Christian Writer Banned From Liberty University Campus After Criticizing Trump Ally NPR
Anthony Scaramucci spoke at Liberty University Salon
***HUMANITIES /STEM
‘Digital’ Is Not the Opposite of ‘Humanities’ (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
There Is No Such Thing as ‘the Digital Humanities’ (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Study English Lit to acquire 'marketable' skills? That's a bad argument (opinion) LA Times
***TEACHING
How students to steal professors’ passwords on campus and to change grades Inside Higher Ed
In a Volatile Climate on Campus, Professors Teach on Tenterhooks New York Times
Dropping The F-Bomb In Class? Teachers Weigh In NPR
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student Newspaper publishes Letter from the Editor in Protest of Treatment by Administrators Indiana Daily Student
***STUDENT LIFE
Georgetown students vote not to take action against pro-heterosexual-marriage campus group Washington Post
Six Myths About Choosing a College Major New York Times
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Senior faculty members on three campuses face disciplinary action or resign over harassment allegations Inside Higher Ed
Professional Development beyond Citations and the Standard Process Scholarly Kitchen
After threats of dismissal, a tenured professor is cleared of plagiarism charges Durango Herald
Abusers and Enablers in Faculty Culture Chronicle of Higher Ed