articles of interest - June 19
/***JOURNALISM
The New York Times is tackling hateful comments with Machine Learning from an Alphabet tech incubator Poynter
How to Engage Viewers While Livestreaming News Video Strategist
What makes a great interview? This podcaster sat down with interviewing legends to find out Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
At 'Washington Post,' Tech Is Increasingly Boosting Financial Performance NPR
Vocativ lays off entire editorial staff in shift to video Poynter
***FAKE NEWS
Our problem isn’t ‘fake news.’ Our problems are trust and manipulation (opinion) Wall Street Journal
The surprising number of American adults who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows Washington Post
Fake News: 10 Tips to Help You Identify and Avoid Misleading News Learn Bonds
***ART & DESIGN
10 Basic Principles of Visual Design Medium
Perfect Paragraph A web typography learning game Better Web Type
Winning Composition: Using the Rule of Thirds in Design Medium
The Importance of Cognitive Bias in Experience Design UX Design
Data Visualization and Scale: What If Only 100 People Existed on Earth? (video) Scholarly Kitchen
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Terrifying Truth Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
A Story of Grammar Chronicle of Higher Ed
After Years Of Restraint, A Linguist Says 'Yes!' To The Exclamation Point NPR
***WRITING & READING
7 AP style changes for clear, concise PR copy PR Daily
***LANGUAGE
Turkey’s president wants to purge Western words from its language Economist
***LITERATURE
Mosul’s Library Without Books New Yorker
New US poet laureate eager to take poetry to new audience CNN
What Song Lyrics do you Consider Literature? New York Times
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Love Story New Republic
What Churchill And Orwell Had In Common: Both Could Say, 'My Side Is Wrong' NPR
***GENDER
Colorado chancellor suspended for not telling authorities of allegations of domestic violence by assistant coach Inside Higher Ed
Education Dept. closes transgender student cases as it pushes to scale back civil rights investigations Washington Post
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government ProPublica
Punished for Anti-Racist Satire? A student at SMU said she was unfairly suspended for putting up fliers to respond to racist posters on campus Inside Higher Ed
Police Shootings: How A Culture Of Racism Can Infect Us All NPR
New guidance clears the way for investigating transgender bias cases: Advocates for transgender students say the document is inadequate Inside Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
2 students are testifying to the Senate about free speech on campus USA Today
***LEGAL ISSUES
Supreme Court Won't Hear 'Dancing Baby' Copyright Appeal Media Post
Gene Simmons of Kiss tries to Trademark the Sign Language Gesture for Love Washington Post
Supreme Court Strikes Down State Ban On Registered Sex Offender Social Media Use BuzzFeed
Supreme Court strikes down law blocking disparaging trademarks CNN
Texting suicide verdict could set bad precedent, legal experts say IndyStar
Lawsuit Claims University Fostered Antisemitism on Campus Washington Post
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
How to cut thru the marketing buzzwords to spot a machine-learning snow job InfoWorld
The New York Times is tackling hateful comments with Machine Learning from an Alphabet tech incubator Poynter
Data scientist queries have to be watched to make sure they don't bog down processing in Hadoop and Spark clusters Search Data Management
Inspecting algorithms for bias and other potential problems with automated decision-making MIT Tech Review
The Big Data solutions that are particularly popular right now fit into one of 15 categories Datamation
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook building feature to let users subscribe to news publications The Australian
Twitter Redesigned Itself to Make the Tweet Supreme Again Wired
Facebook introduces a GIF button in comments The Next Web
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Apple's New Transparency Is Huge for Podcasts Everywhere Wired
This free tool will help you make beautiful timelines Poynter
Audio and Podcasting Fact SheetPew Research Center Pew Research
***RELIGION
Supreme Court rules church plans exempt from ERISA Employee Benefit Advise
How St. Augustine Invented Sex The New Yorker
Rob Bell once questioned hell: Here’s why he is now taking aim at the Bible Religious News Service
'Conversion Therapy' Conference in San Diego at City View Church Draws Criticism and Protesters NBC San Diego
R.C. Sproul Jr. Accepts Plea Agreement, Given Probation in Drunk Driving Incident Christian Headlines
Fugitive polygamist Lyle Jeffs was found living in a Ford pickup after a year on the lam, FBI says Washington Post
Greg Laurie, Calvary Chapel’s Big Crusader, Joins Southern Baptist Convention Christianity Today
***BAPTISTS & THE ALT-RIGHT
Amid uproar, Southern Baptists condemn 'alt-right' movement Associated Press
What a unanimous Southern Baptist condemnation of the alt-right says about evangelicals in America Vox
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
America’s answer to Russian propaganda TV (it’s own TV propaganda) Economist
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Nonprofit sues Education Dept. for release of information on campus sex-assault investigations Washington Post
***SCIENCE
Empty rhetoric over data sharing slows science Nature News
***HEALTH
Cancer scientist who lost lab wins preliminary court victory against Steward Health Care Boston Globe
Researchers have ditched the autism-vaccine hypothesis. Here’s what they think actually causes it Vox
***PSYCHOLOGY
Study: Depression among teenage girls worse than previous thought Washington Post
***CRITICAL THINKING
Why You Can Never Argue with Conspiracy Theorists Wired
***PHILOSOPHY
The CIA Assesses the Power of French Post-Modern Philosophers: Read a Newly Declassified CIA Report from 1985 Open Culture
How Arabic Translators Helped Preserve Greek Philosophy … and the Classical Tradition Open Culture
***PRODUCTIVITY
Match Your Tasks to Your Energy Level Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HISTORY
***RESEARCH
What I learned from predatory publishers Biochemia Medica
How bad footnotes helped cause the opioid crisis Slate
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Does hookup culture differ on Catholic campuses? The Conversation
***TEACHING
***ACADEMIC LIFE
A dispute about a sociology test question on slave families ended in a lecturer's termination this spring at the University of Tennessee Inside Higher Ed
It’s a Dangerous Business, Being a Female Professor Chronicle of Higher Ed
Business school whistleblower claims his firing was retaliation Kansas City Star
Chemist wins injunction against university trying to revoke her degree Retraction Watch
***STUDENT MEDIA
When Student Journalists Need Defending these Lawyers Swoop in for Free Washington Post
***STUDENT LIFE
If you’re eligible for CSU, you’ll be guaranteed a slot under California budget deal Sacramento Bee