articles of interest - July 3
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram Unleashes an AI System to Blast Away Nasty Comments Wired
How do teens really use Instagram, Snapchat and other apps? Recode
***PRODUCING MEDIA
This Is How Top Instagram Publishers Use Video vs. Photos PBS Media Shift
***TECHNOLOGY
3D printing transforms the economics of manufacturing Economist
How To Find a WiFi Hotspot Using Facebook Life Hacker
***JOURNALISM
How to create a data journalism team: practical tips for bringing programmers and journalists together Knight Center
The State of Investigative Reporting: Highlights From lRE 2017 PBS Media Shift
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
John Oliver explains “the most influential media company that you’ve never heard of” Vox
New York Times copy desk to top editors: ‘You have turned your backs on us’ Poynter
The Washington Post’s New Social Media Policy Forbids Disparaging Advertisers Washingtonian
Cable News Ratings: CNN, Fox News, MSNBC All Post Double-Digit Growth Variety
Hundreds of New York Times employees stage walkout to protest copy editor cuts Washington Post
***FAKE NEWS
Fake news: you ain’t seen nothing yet: Generating convincing audio and video of fake events Economist
Facebook found a new way to identify spam and false news articles in your News Feed Recode
How to Tell Unscientific "Thought Leaders" from People You Should Trust Life Hacker
Top Dem wants FBI to investigate fake net neutrality comments The Hill
A Beginner’s Guide to Calling BSScience of Us New York Magazine
***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
Ways data-driven analytics get stretched too far Analytic Bridge
Creators of a new search platform claims it will make searching geospatial data easier Datanami
Machine Learning and the Language of the Brain: trying to figure out how the human brain organizes language Next Platform
Warren Buffett's disarmingly simple investment strategy, explained by big data Market Watch
***HEALTH
111 terminally ill patients took their own lives in first 6 months of California right-to-die law LA Times
A Doctor’s View of Obamacare and Trumpcare from Rural Georgia The New Yorker
Google Can Now Remove Leaked Medical Records From Search Results The Guardian
***LEGAL ISSUES
Blogger facing potential jail time says he is ‘honor bound’ not to identify sources Columbia Journalism Review
ABC, meat producer settle in $1.9B 'pink slime' libel suit Associated Press
Tolkien Estate and Warner Bros. Settle Lawsuit Over Licensing New York Times
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Moving past planning to doing Becoming (my blog)
Chief Justice John Roberts Bucks Tradition In Graduation Speech NPR
***GRAMMAR
i before e except after...w? Nathan Cunn
The Half-Life of Metaphors Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
We Investigate: Principals caught plagiarizing KTMF/KWYB TV
***LANGUAGE
How do you pronounce “GIF”? Economist
A Lecture About the History of the Scots Language … in Scots: How Much Can You Comprehend? Open Culture
***LITERATURE
TSA Ends pilot program asking passengers to remove books from their Carryon Luggage Inside Higher Ed
Victor Hugo’s frustrating, beautiful Les Misérables was completed on this date in 1862 Vox
***GENDER
Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment New York Times
College Lawyers Say Title IX Process Must Be Fair to Both Parties Chronicle of Higher Ed
How male and female gun owners in the U.S. compare Pew Research Center
Why Can’t Your Company Just Fix the Gender Wage Gap? Bloomberg
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
How do you talk to kids about race? Quartz
CBS tried to pay Hawaii Five-0’s Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park 15% less than their white co-stars Vox
***FREE SPEECH
Campus 'Free Speech' Bill Struck Down by Louisiana Governor Associated Press
Nearly one quarter of Americans say the First Amendment goes too far in the freedoms it guarantees The First Amendment Center
Coal King Begs Court to Gag John Oliver The Daily Beast
***RELIGION
Outpouring raises $300K for Christian music dad who lost wife after childbirth USA Today
Poll shows a dramatic generational divide in white evangelical attitudes on gay marriage Washington Post
Smithsonian Exhibit Explores Religious Diversity's Role In U.S. History NPR
California megachurch pastor steps down for unspecified 'personal misjudgements' Christianity Today
Southern Baptist Convention still facing fallout from racial legacy (opinion) Post and Courier
A university in Oklahoma considers removing its Bibles and crosses from its chapel Washington Post
Census data shows Christianity on the wane in Australia, but Pentecostal church bucks trend The Guardian
Religious faith may reduce stress, helping believers live longer Journalists Resources
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow steered millions in donations to family members through his Christian nonprofit The Guardian
The political beliefs of evangelical Christians: Personal morality in politics is negotiable Economist
GOP bill would let churches endorse political candidates Associated Press
***ART & DESIGN
Why a Dad Photoshops his Baby Daughter into Dangerous Situations New Yorker
***MUSIC
Going to Concerts and Experiencing Live Music Can Make Us Healthier & Happier, a New Psychology Study Confirms Open Culture
Why does some music give you the chills? Quartz
***FILM
Hollywood Conducting First Independent Audit of China's Box Office Hollywood Reporter
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
What “Pivoting to Video” Really Means (opinion) The Righer
***SCIENCE
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? The Guardian
Florida residents can now challenge the science taught in public schools Mashable
'Exaggerations' threaten public trust in science, says leading statistician The Guardian
***PSYCHOLOGY
Men and women speak in a higher-pitched voice during a job interviews Quartz
I’m Pretty Sure I Remember That — False Memories (video) Scholarly Kitchen
Psychologists have found that having kids lowers women's self-esteem for at least three years Quartz
***NEUROSCIENCE
As Far As Your Brain Is Concerned, Audiobooks Are Not ‘Cheating’ New York Mag
***HISTORY
A real history is messy: A great nation’s birth-pains included sectarian rage and political terror The Economist
An Animated Introduction to the Life & Work of Marie Curie, the First Female Nobel Laureate Open Culture
***RESEARCH
A New Theory on How Researchers Can Solve the Reproducibility Crisis: Do the Math Chronicle of Higher Ed
Image doctoring must be halted Nature News
Small studies: Be vigilant when writing about them and skeptical when reading about them Health News Review
***STUDENT MEDIA
5 Takeaways for Student Journalists from Rolling Stone's Libel Settlement Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
Thousands of College Students Could Be Homeless, Study Suggests Associated Press
International students: Where they come from and what they study Journalists Resources
Forgive Us Our Debts: How Christian College Grads Pay the Price Christianity Today
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Internal Brand Communications Internship Jack in the Box, San Diego
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Universities Are Facing A “Passing The Trash” Scandal People Are Comparing To The Catholic Church BuzzFeed News
U. of California System Changes How It Responds to Sexual Harassment and Violence Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
American U scholar says provost cherry-picked negative student ratings of her teaching to deny her a promotion Inside Higher Ed
This is no way to treat adjunct professors (opinion) Newsday
***HUMANITIES /STEM
***TEACHING
Fear of Failure New York Times
All the Classroom’s a Stage Chronicle of Higher Ed