articles of interest - July 10
/***TECHNOLOGY
Cameras are about to get a lot smaller: The future of photography is flat Economist
Why You Will One Day Have a Chip in Your Brain Wired
Nest Founder: “I Wake Up In Cold Sweats Thinking, What Did We Bring To The World?” Fast Company
A reality check for virtual headsets: VR has been more about hype than substance. Will that change? Economist
There Are Plenty Of RFID-Blocking Products, But Do You Need Them? NPR
Two-Factor Authentication is a Mess The Verge
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook is getting ready to test paid subscriptions with publications Digiday
Facebook won’t let people change the headlines in links — and social media managers aren’t pleased Digiday
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How to record and publish podcasts using Anchor Journalism.co
When radio ratings got more precise, it changed how programmers saw their audience. Are podcasters heading for something similar? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
A brief guide for getting started in Python Medium
Should scientists who use AI include their computers as co-authors on their papers? Science Magazine
Can we get AI to explain why it’s making the decision it’s making? Will that get us to trust it? MIT Technology Review
Is artificial intelligence a job killer? Well, deep neural networks will automate many jobs, but.. The Conversation
How machine learning is already a big part of our lives Android Authority
Will patients trust their lives to machine learning? The medical algorithm revolution is coming MIT Technology Review
***JOURNALISM
Q&A: NPR’s Audie Cornish on the intimacy of interviewing Columbia Journalism Review
Alcohol industry isn’t just funding studies; it’s also funding journalism to sway public opinion Health News Review
Why journalism is shifting away from 'objectivity' Christian Science Monitor
Friend of Murdered Mexican Journalist Sees Lessons in His Death Voice of San Diego
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The media needs to ‘get the hell out of the picture,’ Columbia Journalism Review publisher says (opinion) Washington Post
What we miss when we obsess over Trump’s tweet Columbia Journalism Review
Google is putting another $24 million into 107 more European journalism projects, including WikiTribune Harvard’s Nieman Lab
News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against Google and Facebook New York Times
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
What Educators Should Understand About Code and Journalism PBS Media Shift
Grad school for journalism? Your mileage may vary Muck Rack
***FAKE NEWS
Is fact-checking ‘fake news’ a waste of time? Futurity
To Test Your Fake News Judgment, Play This Game NPR
Fake Memoirs: Man Admits He 'Made Up' Rare Brain Disease for Book Newsweek
Is a chart lying to you? This video has some tips to figure it out Vox
How fares trust in journalism amid a sea of fake news? The Guardian
Fake news bots are so economical, you can use them over and over Harvard’s Nieman Lab
iBooks Author vs Fake News: the fight we deserve Talking New Media
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Secret of an Exceptional Life Becoming (my blog)
The three words that make brainstorming sessions at Google, Facebook, and IDEO more productive Quartz
***WRITING & READING
College Summer Reading New York Times
How Do Court Reporters Type So Quickly? WCCO TV
***LANGUAGE
When Did Colonial America Gain Linguistic Independence? Jstor
Twitter is useful for many things—including (unexpectedly) for studying dialects Economist
Nina in Siberia the enormous difficulty of the rules of grammar Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
The inaugural San Diego Festival of Books will take place next month at Point Loma's Liberty Station Union-Tribune
A Digital Archive of Soviet Children’s Books Goes Online: Browse the Artistic, Ideological Collection (1917-1953) Open Culture
***GENDER
***FREE SPEECH
The Trump administration is now openly threatening to use the Justice Department as a tool for punishing critical speech New York Magazine
It's Disadvantaged Groups That Suffer Most When Free Speech Is Curtailed on Campus The Atlantic
U.S. Court of Appeals sides with First Amendment right to video-record police Poynter
***LEGAL ISSUES
Failed whistleblower suit is a reminder that public universities are hard to sue Retraction Watch
$10M defamation lawsuit against Deadspin Las Vegas Review-Journal
***RELIGION
Oklahoma University halts plans to remove religious symbols from chapel Inside Higher Ed
The Presbyterian Church in America, Battles Over Gender The Atlantic
California Beach Party Brings Together Ex-Believers NPR
Christian-owned Hobby Lobby accused of hypocrisy after being fined for role in smuggling case Associated Press
Samford won't accept Baptist convention funds after LGBT flap ALcom
Christian Radio's 'Bible Answer Man' Finds New Faith Home, Deals With Fallout WFAE
Christian geologist wins battle to study Grand Canyon rocks New York Post
An atheist Muslim on what the left and right get wrong about Islam Vox
'Building A Bridge' Between The Catholic Church And LGBT Community NPR
Is God boosting Stephen Colbert's ratings? The Week
Vatican outlaws use of gluten free bread for Holy Communion The Telegraph
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
On abortion, persistent divides between – and within – the two parties Pew Research
***ART & DESIGN
Why Art Historians Still Ignore Comics Jstor
How games are impacting urban design Arstechnica
***MUSIC
The Star-Spangled Banner Verse You've Probably Never Heard NPR
How Losing SoundCloud Would Change Music The Ringer
Only Queen can rock an entire stadium without even being there YouTube
***FILM
The Mummy,' 'The House,' and 'Transformers 5': Hollywood's Problem Isn't Sequels, but Bad Movies The Atlantic
***HEALTH
'Architecture Of An Asylum' Tracks History Of U.S. Treatment Of Mental Illness NPR
This Map Shows How Some US Counties Are Prescribing Way More Opioids Than Others BuzzFeed News
Scientists Aren't Good At Predicting Which Research Will Pan Out NPR
The Machines Are Getting Ready to Play Doctor: An algorithm that spots heart arrhythmia shows how AI will revolutionize medicine—but patients must trust machines with their lives MIT Technology Review
The latest technology is even more beneficial for the old than for the young Economist
U.S. Hospitals Struggle To Protect Mothers When Childbirth Turns Deadly NPR
***SCIENCE
Many Women Of Color Feel Unsafe Working In Science, New Study Finds BuzzFeed News
***PSYCHOLOGY
Research Shows Birth Order Really Does Matter NPR
Why We Lie: The Science Behind Our Deceptive Ways National Geographic
Extreme internet use linked to mental illness in teens The Next Web
The weird power of the placebo effect, explained Vox
Dads Respond Differently To Daughters Than To Sons, Study Finds NPR
Police departments in the US are practicing mindfulness to reduce officers' stress—and violence Quartz
Stephen Fry Identifies the Cognitive Biases That Make Trump Tick Open Culture
***NEUROSCIENCE
Pain Before Pleasure Makes The Pleasure Even Better, Study Finds NPR
***RESEARCH
Should scientists who use artificial intelligence include their computers as co-authors on their papers? Science Mag
When a Cat Co-Authored a Paper in a Leading Physics Journal (1975) Open Culture
***HIGHER ED
Universities and colleges struggle to stem big drops in enrollment The Hechinger Report
UC admission rate for Californian students drops slightly Mercury News
In dramatic shift, more than half of Republicans now say colleges have a negative impact on the U.S. Inside Higher Ed
In emails, then-Baylor regent calls students suspected of drinking “perverted little tarts” “very bad apples,” “insidious and inbred” and “the vilest and most despicable of girls” Waco Tribune-Herald
How Cal Baptist in Riverside inspired Alaskan actor and musician to settle in Southern California Press Enterprise
Speakers at BYU religious freedom conference concerned about religious liberty in educational institutions Herald Extra
Christian universities are growing across Africa Quartz
***TEACHING
AI Is Making It Extremely Easy for Students to Cheat Wired
Anthropologist offers explanation for why faculty members hesitate to adopt innovative teaching methods Inside Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Judge tosses out campus carry gun lawsuit filed by UT professors My Statesman
A test question about hot wax has landed a professor in hot water The Fire