Articles of Interest - Dec. 3
/***JOURNALISM
Americans Still Prefer Watching to Reading the News – and Mostly Still Through Television Pew Research
The red couch experiments: Early lessons in pop-up fact-checking Nieman Journalism Lab
In Yemen, Lavish Meals for Few, Starvation for Many and a Dilemma for Reporters New York Times
Journalism and journalism students are experiencing a ‘Trump Bump’ (opinion) Tampa Bay Times
Canada’s Supreme Court Ruling likely to have a Chilling Effect on Journalism Vice
Pro tips from scholars for journalists (and vice versa) Journalists Resources
In defense of documentaries as journalism Columbia Journalism Review
Kentucky newspaper wins public records lawsuit, but what will actually be released is uncertain Muck Rock
More than two dozen journalists worldwide have been killed by members of organized crime since the start of 2017 New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
How recasting the “online producer” job helped the Miami Herald focus on audience and mission Better News
Freelancer Rate Database Contently
Where the death of local news hits hardest Axios
Why ‘news for millennials’ media plays never panned out Digiday
***FAKE NEWS
Misinformation bots, smarter than we thought Axios
The godfather of fake news BBC News
An Anti-Vaxxer’s New Crusade Propublica
Facebook Should Enlist Its Users to Clean Up Fake News (opinion) Bloomberg
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram 'Close Friends': What It Is and How to Use It Wired
Twitter has banned misgendering or "deadnaming" transgender people the Verge
“What Are Those?” Meme Creator Young Busco Has Died, According To Reports BuzzFeed News
The Infinite Lifespan of Memes Wired
Tumblr Moves To Ban All 'Adult Content' — Here's Why That Matters Digg
Critics Say YouTube Hasn't Done Enough To Crack Down On Extremist Content NPR
Inside TikTok, the premier app for firefighters who enjoy lip-syncing to ‘Baby Shark’ Washington Post
***PRODUCING MEDIA
A guide to recording spatial audio for 360-degree video NPR
***THE INTERNET
New report suggests Latin America will lag in internet growth Axios
***TECHNOLOGY
Rogue Scientist Says Another Crispr Pregnancy Is Underway Wired
Google to shut down Hangouts in 2020 Axios
***BIG DATA & AI
A Bayesian linear regression in R for time series forecasting Towards Data Science
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Nexstar To Buy Tribune Media For $4.1 Billion, Creates Giant TV Station Group Media Post
Sunset magazine, a California icon, struggles amid declining ad sales and management missteps LA Times
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The rise of the professional “influencer” Becoming (my blog)
How vividly imagining your own death can help your next career move Fast Company
***WRITING & READING
Ben Yagoda Crunches the Contractions Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
‘That Walk Was a Bear!’ Is ‘Bear’ Slang in That Sentence? Chronicle of Higher Education
The World’s Most Efficient Languages The Atlantic
***LITERATURE
The 10 Best Books of 2018 The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year New York Times
NPR’s Guide to 2018 Great Books NPR
***GENDER
Smart dress shows how often women are groped at clubs Quartzy
Inside the All-Female Trek to the North Pole Wired
America’s sexist obsession with what women politicians wear, explained Vox
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Teaching while black: white professor calls security on black adjunct The Commonwealth Times
Swastikas spray-painted on walls of Jewish professor at Columbia Washington Post
Analysis on the diversity of magazine covers from 2012-2018 Ceros
***LEGAL ISSUES
Everything You Wanted to Know About Emojis and the Law Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***CRIME
The police departments who destroy rape kits before testing them CNN
NJ.com's ground-breaking look at police force Poynter
***RELIGION
Killing Of American Missionary Ignites Debate Over How To Evangelize NPR
Do missionaries help or harm? BBC
This Pastor Is Melting Purity Rings Into A Golden Vagina Sculpture Huffington Post
Kenny Marks, CCM star of the '80s and '90s Dies Cross Rythms
Brawl forces Church to Briefly shutdown Christmas Display KJRH
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Members of both parties find meaning in family but differ when it comes to faith Pew Research
***GOOD NEWS
Twitter users help reunite friends who met on vacation 12 years ago Teen Vogue
97-year-old New Jersey woman has served on every Election Day since 1939 NBC News
Vietnam War veteran meets stranger whose Christmas card lifted his spirits CBS News
San Diego man donates $1 million to California school devastated by fire NBC Los Angeles
Hundreds pack funeral for Vietnam veteran they did not know after viral obituary post MSNBC
He opened his motel to families hit by flooding: Now he's a full-service good Samaritan CBS
Anonymous 'Santa Claus' Surprises Customers by Paying Off All Layaway Items at Vermont Walmart People
Sinatra the blue-eyed Brooklyn husky's mysterious journey and miraculous reunion ABC News
***REALLY?!
Couple Forced to Prove that New Mexico is a state while applying for a marriage license Las Cruces Sun News
Grandfather banned from US holiday after accidentally ticking 'terrorist' box on visa form The Independent
Accused maple syrup bandits fly through Canadian Town during police chase Calgary Sun
Women Sue After Breaking Into Theme Park And Hurting Themselves WBTW
The 40 Most Insane Things That Happened In Florida In 2018 BuzzFeed News
Grandma mistakenly booked into all-male jail, staff thought she was transgender WWLP
American Airlines passenger left in wheelchair overnight at airport after flight was canceled Fox-17
***ART & DESIGN
Google is Building Digital Art Gallaries you can Step Into Tech Crunch
***IMAGES
National Geographic's 100 best images of the year National Geographic
Reuters' best pictures from 2018 Reuters
***MUSIC
Neuroscience says listening to this song reduces anxiety by up to 65% Fast Company
Can you teach AI to dance? YR.media
***FILM
Watch 99 Movies Free Online Courtesy of YouTube & MGM: Rocky, The Terminator, Four Weddings and a Funeral & More Open Culture
This is the most influential film of all time MarketWatch
***STUDENT MEDIA
A High School Newspaper Was Suspended For Publishing An Investigation Into Football Players’ Transfers BuzzFeed News
Liberty University students create independent news outlet News Advance
***STUDENT LIFE
More millennials now live in suburbs than in cities CNBC
Graduate School Is Terrible for People's Mental Health The Atlantic
Millennials are killing countless industries — but the Fed says it's mostly just because they're poor San Francisco Gate
Teens Say Social Media Isn’t As Bad For Them As You Might Think BuzzFeed News
Pot is edging out alcohol and cigarettes as the teenage drug of choice Pacific Standard
Is a smartphone a necessity for college students today? Inside Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Student made social media threat to kill FAU professor, cops say Sun-Sentinel
Judge: UM deprived professor of due process in disciplinary case Michigan Live
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Why US life expectancy is falling, in three charts Quartz
40 years ago, this journalist survived the Jonestown massacre: He warns it could happen again Washington Post
My mom’s suicide changed everything: Here’s how I found hope again USA Today
The American abortion rate is at an all-time low Vox
More than one-in-ten U.S. parents are also caring for an adult Pew Research
***BORDER ISSUES
What we know about illegal immigration from Mexico Pew Research
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed Propublica
BuzzFeed gave six kids traveling in the migrant caravan cameras to document what life looks like for them BuzzFeed News
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Pension Plans For Millions Of Americans Are On The Brink Of Collapse NPR
Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism With It (opinion) Bloomberg
Americans Value Equality at Work More Than Equality at Home New York Times
***ENVIRONMENT
The new arctic frontier: As the ice melts, U.S. prepares for possible threats from Russia and China Washington Post
Climate change strike: thousands of school students protest across Australia The Guardian
The World's Largest Ocean Cleanup Has Officially Begun Forbes
Only vehicles producing zero emissions will be allowed to drive freely in downtown Madrid The Guardian
In California’s Fertile Valley, Industry and Agriculture Hang Heavy in the Air Undark
***HEALTH
Interactive map shows how many years breathing dirty air takes off your life Air Quality Life Index
The science is clear: dirty farm water is making us sick Wired
What’s in 5-hour energy shots? 17 ingredients: 16 of them are basically useless Mel Magazine
FDA’s ‘flawed’ device pathway persists with industry backing Associated Press
Investigation: Lives Lost Amid ER Violations Web-MD
Intermittent fasting is no better than conventional dieting for weight loss, new study finds The Conversation
***HEALTH & SLEEP
Why We Sleep, and Why We Often Can’t New Yorker
Why screen time can disrupt sleep Salk
Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep New York Times
***HEALTH & KIDS
Docs Say Kids With Concussions Don't Have To Stay In The Dark For Days NPR
Number Of U.S. Kids Who Don't Have Health Insurance Is On The Rise NPR
***TRAVEL
Want to Escape Modern Life? Try a Weekend in a Prison Cell The Atlantic
Mic’s best places to travel interactive Mic
The Best Things to Do in 25 of America’s Most Fun Cities Thrillist
***FOOD & DRINK
The Hidden Struggle to Save the Coffee Industry From Disaster Medium
The Best Craft Brewery in Every State Thrillist
Sainsbury's to stock edible insects on shelves in a UK first The Guardian
52 of the World’s Most Out-There Myths About Food Atlas Obscura
***CHILDREN
These Are the Most Popular Baby Names of 2018 Fatherly
ADHD Diagnosis Is More Common For Youngest Students In Class NPR
The "homework gap": 12 million schoolchildren lack internet Axios
New Harvard Study Shows the Dangers of Early School Enrollment Foundation for Economic Education Fee.org
The best new perks for working parents Quartz
***CHILDREN & SCREEN TIME
New inequality trend: how parents approach screen time Axios
Should You Make Your Kids Wait Until High School for a Cell Phone? Life Hacker
***ANIMALS
The Insect Apocalypse Is Here New York Times
***SCIENCE
New Quantum Paradox Clarifies Where Our Views of Reality Go Wrong Quanta Magazine
Archaeologists Are Looking for Dead Sea Scrolls Inside 2 Newfound Qumran Caves Live Science
***PSYCHOLOGY
Lack of sleep intensifies anger, impairs adaptation to frustrating circumstances Iowa State University
Using imagination to unlearn fear The Naked Scientist
***NEUROSCIENCE
This Is Your Brain on Hate Researchers are studying how white supremacism may rewire people Vice
The Pathology of Prejudice What neuroscience tells us about the persistence of hatred New Republic
Experimental Brain Stimulation Relieved Depression Symptoms In Study NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
An exhaustive, interactive mapping of the history of philosophy Deniz C Önduygu blog
6 essential books on existentialist philosophy Big Think
***ETHICS
My Mother Taught Me to Kill Narratively
Harvard Medical School Dean Weighs In On Ethics Of Gene Editing NPR
The Ethical Pitfalls of the Viral “Best Burger in America” Essay The New Yorker
***RESEARCH
Controversial visiting researcher — heavily criticized as having racist work — sparks pushback Daily Northwestern
New COPE guidelines on publication process manipulation: why they matter Research Integrity and Peer Review
Canadian scholar says he's been 'persecuted' for his research on colleagues who published in predatory journals Inside Higher Ed
The double standard of retractions The Varsity
A look at retractions from Science from 1983 until 2017 Springer
Where are the ethics in academic publishing? Times Higher Education
***HIGHER ED
What the Rise of the Mega-University Might Mean for the Rest of Us Chronicle of Higher Ed
This "coding bootcamp" is now accredited as a bachelor's program Axios
Why Your HR Officer Is Leaving Chronicle of Higher Ed
UW-Stevens Point Faculty Want Regents To Oust Administrators Wisconsin Public Radio
Why One University Is Handing Out Hockey Pucks to Prepare for an Active Shooter Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES
Why Are Students Ditching the History Major? Chronicle of Higher Ed
In a High-Tech World, Humanities and Other Liberal Arts Are More Essential Than Ever The Daily Beast
***TEACHING
Students Evaluating Teachers Doesn’t Just Hurt Teachers. It Hurts Students Chronicle of Higher Ed
What Is the Purpose of Final Exams, Anyway? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Seniors Think What They’ve Learned Will Help Them Do Their Jobs. Do Employers Agree? Chronicle of Higher Ed
“Transformative” teaching is exhausting. Here are some suggestions on how to lighten the load Chronicle of Higher Ed