articles of interest - August 21
/***JOURNALISM
The Fallout From Sportswriting's Filthiest F-Up Deadspin
Being a Journalist is Terrible for Your Mental Health Tonic
Journalists are being jailed and tortured to bring you real news (opinion) Sacramento Bee
Eric Bolling’s defamation suit is bad for journalism (and bad for Eric Bolling) Salon
The Sexist Journalism Test Journo Terrorist
Photographer behind graphic Charlottesville image recounts near-death experience Columbia Journalism Review
New Media and the Messy Nature of Reporting on the Alt-Right Wired
This week should put the nail in the coffin for ‘both sides’ journalism Washington Post
Lessons for the news media from Charlottesville Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Alaska Dispatch News Will Be Able to Pay Carriers, But Newspaper is Still On the Brink Editor and Publisher
Tronc purges senior leadership at the Los Angeles Times Poynter
***TECHNOLOGY
Forget Tough Passwords: New Guidelines Make It Simple NPR
Apple Kills Off Its First and Only FM Radio Radio Survivor
Quantum Internet Is 13 Years Away. Wait, What's Quantum Internet? Wired
Google's Anti-Bullying AI Mistakes Civility for Decency Motherboard
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Machine Learning in Python The Free Code Camp
Google uses machine learning to help journalists track hate Engadget
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Some Are Troubled By Online Shaming Of Charlottesville Rally Participants NPR
LinkedIn can’t block scrapers from monitoring user activity Engadget
Google updates Docs, Sheets and Slides with new collaboration features TechCrunch
Facebook is making the News Feed easier to navigate Engadget
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The perfect blog post length or publishing frequency doesn't exist Moz
The Effects of New Formats on Loudness Radio World
***INTERNET
“Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33% of US searches Ars Technica
5 Tips to Help Show ROI from Local SEO Moz
A Stanford psychologist says internet culture isn’t as toxic as it feels Quartz
Who Owns the Internet? New Yorker
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The path to wisdom Becoming (my blog)
***CRITICAL THINKING
Tribal Epistemology Neurologica blog
Why people believe in conspiracy theories – and how to change their minds Business Insider
***PHILOSOPHY
Baylor Launches Center for Christian Philosophy Baylor
***GRAMMAR
Tricky Punctuation Tips for Business Writers Business Journalism
***WRITING & READING
Be More Than A Bookstore: A Brick-And-Mortar Shop's Key To Success NPR
Mainstream journalism seems to lack an adequate way of referring to the body part involved in Taylor Swift's lawsuit against a groper Chronicle of Higher Ed
The single reason why some people can't write, according to a Harvard psychologist LinkedIn
***LITERATURE
OC Alt-Right Book-Burning Event Canceled After Organizers Claim Leftists Wanted to Attack Them OC Weekly
Book review: ‘Wild Things’ dives into kids’ literature Columbia Dispatch
Pop Culture Happy Hour: A Look At Literary Adaptations NPR
***ART & DESIGN
The Paintings of Jim Carrey: “Painting Frees Me, from the Past and Future, from Regret and Worry” Open Culture
***MUSIC
How A Recording Studio Accident Helped Shape The Music Of The '80s Digg
Hear the Beach Boys’ Angelic Vocal Harmonies in Four Isolated Tracks from Pet Sounds Open Culture
***FILM
The French Film Critic Who Saw Jerry Lewis’s Infamous Holocaust Movie—and Loved It Vanity Fair
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Looking at Music Royalty Issues for Radio and TV Broadcasters Broadcast Law Blog
Here’s why publishers won’t stop pivoting to video Recode
***GENDER
Author discusses Book on Gender in Higher Ed Inside Higher Ed
The persistent crime that connects mass shooters and terror suspects: Domestic Violence Washington Post
Study finds adherence to gender norms around femininity is linked to gender disparities in selection of programs of study Inside Higher Ed
Sports writers still struggle covering violence against women Columbia Journalism Review
Are men seen as 'more American' than women? The Conversation
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
College leaders across the country unite to condemn racism USA Today
Procter and Gamble's new anti-racism ad is roiling white America Quartz
U of Florida Rejects Request for White Supremacist to Speak Inside Higher Ed
Alt-Right, Alt-Left, Antifa: A Glossary of Extremist Language New York Times
How to describe extremists who rallied in Charlottesville Associated Press
White Supremacists love the Middle Ages (opinion) In The Middle
A lot of our ideas about bilingual children are total myths Quartz
What I Saw in Charlottesville Auburn Seminary
The unintended Consequences of Brown v Board of Education (podcast) Revisionist History
People of Colour Talk About the Times They ‘Code Switched’ VICE
Can You Fire Someone for Being a White Supremacist? Bloomberg
***FREE SPEECH
UVa Student Newspaper Editor Reverses Position On Alt-Right After Charlottesville NPR
Public colleges, the cancellation of white nationalist events, and the First Amendment The FIRE
Tensions grow inside ACLU over defending free-speech rights for the far right LA Times
Cambridge press agrees to block access in China to more than 300 articles from a key journal for scholarship on the nation Inside Higher Ed
ACLU of California splits from national group regarding speech that promotes violence Talking New Media
***LEGAL ISSUES
The U.S. Is Trying to Seize 1.3 Million Visitor Logs, DreamHost Says The Atlantic
Appeals Court Revives Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Slavery Quote Hollywood Reporter
Legal Grounds to Turn Away White Supremacist Speakers Inside Higher Ed
The FCC's Shady Cyberattack Claims Gizmodo
Are we really litigating trademark references in white-on-white text in 2017??? Yes, we are Technology and Marketing Law Blog
Eminem's Legal Battle Against New Zealand Political Party Spills Into U.S. Court Hollywood Reporter
***SOCIOLOGY
Sociologists talk about teaching in the political now Inside Higher Ed
***HEALTH
Osteoarthritis Is Much More Common Now Than In Ancient Knees, Study Suggests : Shots - Health News NPR
Many Nurses Lack Knowledge of Health Risks for New Mothers, Study Finds Propublica
***BUSINESS
What a study of thousands of people on Wikipedia Found Business Insider
***HIGHER ED
An Inside Look At How Colleges Work (podcast) WNYC
How can we send students out into the world with huge college debt loads and not teach them what this means? (opinion) Hechinger Report
More states are allowing guns on college campuses The Conversation
IT productivity paradox in higher education ‘overstated,’ study suggests Inside Higher Ed
Some Liberty University Grads Are Returning Their Diplomas To Protest Trump NPR
Pensacola Christian College kicked out student after he was identified as a protester in Charlottesville Inside Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES /STEM
President’s arts and humanities committee resigns over Trump’s Charlottesville response Politico
There's a hidden message in the WH arts committee's letter CNN
***TEACHING
The Best Way to Test Students? Make Them Explain It On Video Wired
How Do Teachers Talk About Hate Speech? NPR
***RELIGION
It got Clinton's pastor into trouble for plagiarism, but who first preached 'It's Friday, but Sunday's coming'? Christianity Today
God or the divine is referenced in every state constitution Pew Research Center
Greg Laurie tells SoCal Harvest crowd: ‘We need a spiritual awakening’ after Charlottesville violence Orange County Register
The ‘Splainer: Did a solar eclipse darken the skies during Jesus’ crucifixion? Religion News Service Religious News Service
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
In Contrast To Business Councils, Trump's Evangelical Advisers Stay Put NPR
Evangelical leader praises Trump's 'bold, truthful' statement about Charlottesville Washington Examiner
Megachurch pastor resigns from Trump’s evangelical council Washington Post
***STUDENT MEDIA
The Cav Daily and its amazing “Unite the Right” coverage (Part I) Dynamics of Writing
American Bar Association unanimously passes resolution supporting New Voices, a state-by-state movement to ensure student press Student Press Law Center
How SB Nation Profits Off An Army Of Exploited Workers Deadspin
High school journalists who busted bogus principal aren’t done asking questions Poynter
***STUDENT LIFE
Will Students Stay Away From White Supremacists? Inside Higher Ed
As students return to college campuses, parents question if their kids will be safe CNBC
How SB Nation Profits Off An Army Of Exploited Workers: Rampant use of unpaid internships Deadspin
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Baylor settles with woman who said rape by football player was ignored, attorney says Dallas News
How Section 230 Helps Sex Trafficking Victims (and SESTA Would Hurt Them) Technology and Marketing Law Blog
***RESEARCH
Online research recruitment as a linguist The Research Whisperer
What Merits Correction? The Grumpy Geophysicist Grumpy Geophysicist
An example of the “what does not kill my statistical significance makes it stronger” fallacy Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science