articles of interest - May 15
/***JOURNALISM
The secret deal the Associated Press made with the Nazis during WWII Washington Post
Mobile Journalism Isn’t Just Producing Content. It’s Knowing How Mobile Content Affects Engagement PBS Media Shift
How Woodrow Wilson’s Propaganda Machine Changed American Journalism Good Men Project
America’s growing news deserts Columbia Journalism Review
Chicago Tribune wins decision in FOIA case against College (court rules in favor of releasing records in the possession of a public college's fundraising organization) Chicago Tribune
Facebook downranks News Feed links to crappy sites smothered in ads TechCrunch
Poynter President resigns for role at Medill School of Journalism Saint Peters Blog
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Sinclair Requires TV Stations to Air Segments That Tilt to the Right New York Times
Mixed reality, computer vision, and brain–machine interfaces: Here’s the future The New York Times’ reborn R&D lab sees Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
Google and Facebook aren't fighting fake news with the right weapons LA Times
News, False and Fake Chronicle of Higher Education
Infographic: How ‘Fake News’ and Bogus Content Are Changing the Way Consumers Look at Brands Ad Week
Russia Has Weaponized Fake News to Sow Chaos New Republic
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Buying spree brings more local TV stations to fewer big companies Pew Research Center
As Viewers Drift Online, Advertisers Hold Fast to Broadcast TV New York Times
***GRAMMAR
The use of Oftentimes Rises Chronicle of Higher Education
Being a Declarative (or Interrogative, or Imperative, or Exclamative) Chronicle of Higher Education
***WRITING& READING
An Editor sees Editing Slips in Online News LA Times
***LANGUAGE
Linguistics Breakthrough Heralds Machine Translation for Thousands of Rare Languages Technology Review
When American Schools Banned German Classes Jstor
***LITERATURE
This Is What Happens to Your Brain When You Read Poetry New York Mag
***GENDER
Testosterone makes men less likely to realize when they're wrong, a new study shows Science Daily
N.H. Rep. Robert Fisher lambasted by women at hearing about his role in misogynistic online forum Concord Monitor
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Professor calls diversity training workshop to which colleagues were invited a “waste,” setting off debate about inclusiveness and civility Inside Higher Ed
Fenway Incidents Prompt Questions About Hate Speech At The Ballpark NPR
Faculty and Students Assail Texas A&M President’s Criticism of Professor Chronicle of Higher Education
As White Supremacists Push Onto Campuses, Schools Wrestle With Response NPR
***FREE SPEECH
Don't blame millennials for free speech crisis on college campuses The Hill
Federal court ruling recognizes students' First Amendment right to make recordings on school grounds Student Press Law Center
Answering a call for speech codes from The Washington Post The FIRE
The States Where Campus Free-Speech Bills Are Being Born: A Rundown Chronicle of Higher Education
***LEGAL ISSUES
Fair Use Too Often Goes Unused Chronicle of Higher Education
Why Do Law Professors Write Law Review Articles? Publish or perish, but is there a point to it? Above the Law
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
Reporting the findings: Absolute vs relative risk Health News Review
Under Trump, inconvenient data is being sidelined Washington Post
MIT: protecting privacy w/fake data sets to allow 3rd party distribution for development & education purposes Smart Data Collective
Why a good predictive data analytics model is never finished Silicon Angle
The 6 biggest decisions an organization must make when deploying big data architecture Tech Republic
Why it may be better to have fewer predictors in machine learning models? KD Nuggets
How to tell when you need a better analytics platform Smart Data Collective
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The many risks that academics face in trying to court social-media success The Atlantic
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Big Ideas From BEA 2017 on Podcasting, Live Streaming, Google Tools PBS Media Shift
Become an Instagram Influencer With This Mobile Photo Gear Wired
How to shoot on iPhone 7 Apple
***RELIGION
Church of England investigates appointment of rogue bishop in sign of conservative breakaway Christian Today
Telling the story of my departure from American evangelicalism (opinion) Religious News Service
Jakarta's Minority Christian Governor Convicted Of Blasphemy NPR
Televangelist's planned resort in San Diego gets a major redesign Union Tribune
Did TBN ministers Paul, Jan Crouch cover up 13-year-old granddaughter’s rape allegation? Orange County Register
Christian researcher claims feds rejected Grand Canyon study based on his religion The Arizona Republic
Christian printer doesn’t have to make pro-gay shirts, appeals court rules Lexington Herald Leader
Christian Teacher Who Said Gay People “Deserve To Die” Resigns After Backlash San Luis Bispo
Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’ Religious News Service
Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God Gallup
Can Cannabis And Christ Coexist? These Devout Southern Christians Think So Buzz Feed
Operation World Mapmaker Shuts Down Due to Donor Shifts Christianity Today
The evangelical courtiers who kneel before the president’s feet Religion News ServiceFacing Global Persecution, Christian Leaders Urge U.S. For More Protection NPR
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
There’s been a big change in how the news media covers sexual assault Washington Post
***PSYCHOLOGY
Why You Shouldn't Tell People about Your Dreams Scientific American
***NEUROSCIENCE
Neuroscience shows that our gut instincts about only children are right Quzrtz
These Table Tops Are The Same Shape, But Your Brain Won't Let You See It Digg
***PHILOSOPHY
A Graphic Novel About 17th-Century Philosophy The Atlantic
Philosopher who argued for God wins Templeton Prize The Oakland Press
A Graphic Novel About 17th-Century Philosophy The Atlantic
***ETHICS
Moral Law: Americans Agree on More Morality, Disagree on Method Christianity Today
Scientists Raise Concern By Wanting To Create Synthetic Human Genomes NPR
Crispr Makes It Clear: The US Needs a Biology Strategy, and Fast Wired
***RESEARCH
China publishes more science research with fabricated peer-review than everyone else put together Quartz
Science publishers try new tack to combat unauthorized paper sharing Nature
***PERSONAL GROWTH
10,000 hours of deliberate practice is not enough Becoming (my blog)
***HIGHER ED
Harvard Library Drops Fines The Harvard Crimson
Private colleges and universities increase tuition discounting again Inside Higher Ed
Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Wheaton College Would Like to Pretend Its LGBTQ Students Don’t Exist Religious Dispatches
Receptive Audience At Liberty University Praises Trump's Accomplishments NPR
***TEACHING
Students Don’t Always Recognize Good Teaching, Study Finds Chronicle of Higher Education
What Are Students Rating When They Rate Instructors? Inside Higher Ed
U can’t talk to ur Prof like this (opinion) New York Times
***STUDENT MEDIA
Keene State president responds to student journalism dispute Sentinel Source
Fired from Student Newspaper for Posting Video Clip (opinion) National Review
***STUDENT LIFE
How Long-Term Adderall Use Affects The Brain Quora
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
Campus Police Forces Adopt Body Cameras Inside Higher Ed