Articles of Interest - Jan 29
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Here's What Facebook's Local News And Events Section Looks Like, Live In Action BuzzFeed News
‘Never get high on your own supply’ – why social media bosses don’t use social media The Guardian
Twitter is reportedly working on a new video tool that sounds a lot like Snapchat
The Follower Factory: Buying Fake Twitter Followers New York Times
Which Publishers Benefit Most from Facebook’s News Feed Change? Media Shift
Instagram won’t comment on rumored video calling feature Tech Crunch
***SOCIAL MEDIA: SNAPCHAT
Snapchat Stories Can Now Live Outside the App Wired
Snap is making it easier for people to watch Snapchat videos, even if they don’t have an account Recode
Snapchat will now allow you to share and watch videos outside its app LA Times
***MOBILE
Keep Your Head Up: How Smartphone Addiction Kills Manners and Moods New York Times
***INTERNET
Here's Why Your Gmail Icon Might Be Blue Now BuzzFeed News
***TECHNOLOGY
Every study we could find on what automation will do to jobs, in one chart MIT Technology Review
You Can't Fool YouTube's Copyright Bots Life Hacker
Google began selling its Clips camera today The Verge
***JOURNALISM
Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees The Hill
Tech Is Starting to Lose Its War on Journalism (opinion) Bloomberg
Investigation by 'Indianapolis Star' hailed as proof of local journalism's impact USA Today
Freelance writers win new $100,000 journalism prize News Observer
Google tests Bulletin app for crowdsourced, hyperlocal news Money Mag
'Video journalism forces you to go the extra mile' The Guardian
Prosecutor praises newspaper that exposed doctor’s abuse Associated Press
The Untold Story of the Pentagon Papers Co-Conspirators The New Yorker
Trust In Media, Social Platforms Dips, Traditional Journalism Rises Media Post
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life The Atlantic
As Local Media Dies, Google Pilots A Program For Unpaid Citizen Journalists Fast Company
Turmoil at the Los Angeles Times is getting ugly and frightening LA Observed
Over 75% of NPR's staff is white, same as the last six years NPR
Why Social Media Editors Should be Better Integrated into Newsrooms PBS Media Shift
***FAKE NEWS
Pope warns against 'fake news' and likens it to 'crafty serpent' in Genesis CNN
What the Pope Gets Wrong About Fake News Politico
The era of “truth decay”: 12 things we still don’t know about our weird time Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***BIG DATA & AI
Is “Murder by Machine Learning” the New “Death by PowerPoint”? Harvard Business Review
Twitter is using machine learning to crop photos to the most interesting part The Verge
Deep learning vs. machine learning: what's the difference between the two? Digital Trends
Are You Setting Your Data Scientists Up to Fail by not putting them in the right spots? Harvard Business Review
Google’s AutoML promises to help you create machine learning models even if you lack programming experience Extreme Tech
Forget About Siri and Alexa: When It Comes to Voice Identification, the “NSA Reigns Supreme” The Intercept
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Risk aversion kills innovation Becoming (my blog)
The Dangers Of Thinking Too Much And Thinking Too Little Digg
3 Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions Harvard Business Review
Retraction Heroes Magzter
What to Say When You Meet the Angel of Death at a Party: After years of living with stage IV cancer, I have some suggestions New York Times
***GRAMMAR
One East Village Bar is Banning The Word 'Literally' From Its Venue NBC New York
***WRITING & READING
I Copied the Routines of Famous Writers and It Sucked Vice
Bonehead Guidance for Would-Be Novelists Chronicle of Higher Ed
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is a terrible writer (opinion) Slate
***LANGUAGE
Misusing “Pretentious” Chronicle of Higher Ed
How many are in “a couple (of)” Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Why Virginia Woolf remains one of literature's most alluring writers Telegraph
The second volume of John Ashbery’s collected poems is a tribute Economist
How to Spot a Communist Using Literary Criticism: A 1955 Manual from the U.S. Military Open Culture
“A Wrinkle in Time” Author Madeleine L’Engle on Self-Consciousness and the Wellspring of Creativity Brain Pickings
***GENDER
The Dangers of Keeping Women out of Tech Magzter
Southern Illinois University Athletics found non-compliant with Title IX regulations Daily Egyptian (student newspaper)
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
To attract more blacks and Hispanics to STEM, universities must address racial issues on campus Hechinger Report
Key facts about black immigrants in the U.S. Pew Research Center
When Dreamers and black colleges meet, American success stories are made The Hill
Should Students Be Expelled for Posting Racist Videos? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
The End of Academe: Free Speech and the Silencing of Dissent (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Court rejects Pierce College’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit against its tiny ‘free speech zone’ The FIRE
It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech Wired
***LEGAL ISSUES
Grumpy Cat wins $710,000 payout in copyright lawsuit BBC News
Song Publisher Agrees "We Shall Overcome" Is in Public Domain in Legal Settlement Hollywood Reporter
Even a Divided Congress Can Agree on Copyright Billboard
James Woods' Use of a Question Mark Helps Him Beat Defamation Lawsuit Over Tweet Hollywood Reporter
Actors’ union argues First Amendment protection isn't absolute and docudrama filmmakers have an obligation to "exercise caution" when depicting a living individual Hollywood Reporter
***BUSINESS
How bad decision making could undermine good innovation Tech Crunch
***RELIGION
Southern Baptist Convention added as defendant in Pressler lawsuit Baptist Press
Amid #MeToo, Evangelicals Grapple With Misconduct In Their Own Churches NPR
Rob Bell is the subject of a new documentary titled The Heretic Christian Today
Poll found 0% of Icelanders under 25 believe Bible creation story Digital Journal
Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past? FiveThirtyEight
American religious groups vary widely in their views of abortion Pew Research Center
The share of Americans who leave Islam offset by Muslim converts Pew Research Center
How the Photographer of a Snake-Handling Pastor Handled the Bite That Killed Him Patheos
Across U.S., LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews NBC News
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The evangelical muscle of Trump (opinion) The Week
Editor in chief of Christianity Today: Falwell’s defense of Trump is “twisted” (opinion) Christianity Today
White House Bible study comes under fire Miami OK
In the wake of porn-star allegations, most evangelicals stand by Trump Washington Post
***ART & DESIGN
Watch how kids and pro artists draw differently based on eye tracking BongBong
Can Art Help People Develop Empathy? Daily Jstor
How Did Michelangelo Get So Good? Daily Jstor
***MUSIC
Why Vinyl Matters: Nick Hornby on Records, High Reverb News
Study: People Listen To Songs From Other Cultures And Guess: Lullaby, Dance Song, Love Song? NPR
After The Vinyl Revival, The Vinyl-Playing Jukebox Is Back NPR
Artificial Intelligence Writes a Piece in the Style of Bach: Can You Tell the Difference Between JS Bach and AI Bach? Open Culture
***RELATIONSHIPS
Her son came out. She called a gay bar for advice. The delightful convo went viral Upworthy
What Kind of Screen Time Parent Are You? Take This Quiz And Find Out NPR
***STUDENT MEDIA
This Student Newspaper Let A Nazi Sympathizer Write For Them BuzzFeed News
Students re-publish article about teacher's firing after school deleted it The Washington Post
***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials think they're bad at managing money, even when they're not Quartz
Study shows drop-off in religious interests of new college students Inside Higher Ed
Teen explorer makes sandwich for sexist trolls – and leaves it at the South Pole Metro
College student hunger: How access to food can impact grades, mental health Journalism Resources
China's millennials are triggering a luxury-goods market boom Quartz
Virginia University of Lynchburg panel draws little student feedback following fall semester protests News Advance
Temporarily reinstated, Christian University of Iowa student club glad to be back recruiting Iowa City Press-Citizen
Some 250 Ohio College Students End Sit-In Over Diversity on Campus US News
Report asserts that bundled textbooks cost students too much; publishers dispute findings Inside Higher E
Lesbians and bisexual girls are more likely to be suspended, expelled Journalism Resources
White Supremacist UCSD Student Disrupts Lecture The Triton
Will millennials kill Costco? Washington Post
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Facebook is offering scholarships to journalism students CNET
Apply for NAHJ Facebook Journalism Project scholarship
These tools will save, highlight and share your best work Poynter
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
U. of Arizona Provost Steps Down After Suit Claims ‘Demeaning’ Treatment of Female Deans Chronicle of Higher Ed
Michigan State University fans wear teal in support of sexual abuse victims CBS News
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Former Feinberg Prof. discusses sexuality, academic freedom Daily Northwestern
***HEALTH
Livers for transplant can now be kept alive at body temperature Economist
9 out of 10 Dentists Recommend You Toss the Floss Study Breaks
An ER visit, a $12,000 bill — and a health insurer that wouldn’t pay Vox
Most Americans Can’t Afford A Minor Emergency Huffington Post
***SCIENCE
Sequencing the world: How to map the DNA of all known plants and animal species on Earth Economist
***PSYCHOLOGY
Staying Awake Is A Surprisingly Effective Way To Treat Depression Digg
***PHILOSOPHY
The problem with Ayn Rand? She isn't a philosopher Big Think
***PRODUCTIVITY
Time is a human invention that controls how we work Quartz
***RESEARCH
iPS research fraud points up challenges for research ethics (opinion) The Asahi Shimbun
Robust research needs many lines of evidence Nature
At Harvard, developing software to spot misused images in science Elsevier
Why are we continuing to allow paper journal formats to mangle our science? The Grumpy Geophysicist
Read the Shortest Academic Article Ever Written: “The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of ‘Writer’s Block'” Open Culture
***HIGHER ED
Outlook for Higher Ed in 2018 Is Bleak, Ratings Agency Says Chronicle of Higher Ed
How College May Actually Limit Students’ Exposure to Different Religions Chronicle of Higher Ed
Who Has the Most Student Debt? The Wealthiest, a New Analysis Finds Chronicle of Higher Ed
Mizzou considers phasing out more than two dozen graduate programs St Louis Post-Dispatch
Moody Bible Spokane faculty starting new Christian college Spokesman
***TEACHING
The Benefits of Having Students Do It Wrong Chronicle of Higher Ed
Study finds students come up with many ideas in courses that meet midday Inside Higher Ed
Creating Your Own Attendance “App” with Google Forms Chronicle of Higher Ed