Stealing
/Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king. Bob Dylan, born May 24, 1941
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Making Yourself Happy is a Team Effort
/The lie of self-sufficiency is that happiness is an individual accomplishment. If I can have just one more victory, lose 15 pounds or get better at meditation, then I will be happy.
But people looking back on their lives from their deathbeds tell us that happiness is found amid thick and loving relationships. It is found by defeating self-sufficiency for a state of mutual dependence. It is found in the giving and receiving of care. It’s easy to say you live for relationships, but it’s very hard to do. It’s hard to see other people in all their complexity. It’s hard to communicate from your depths, not your shallows. It’s hard to stop performing! No one teaches us these skills.
David Brooks writing in The New York Times
"Keeping a “have done" list
/"If you are working on one thing all day, it is very easy to remember what you did and give yourself credit for it," says CEO and co-founder Walter Chen. "But if you did 20 things and one is have a conversation with your kid and one is put out a fire, it's often hard to remember those things." Pausing to reflect is an opportunity to remember those accomplishments and to recognize their value. "Giving yourself credit helps you feel productive," says Chen, affirming, "That actually makes you more productive."
Bottom line: To-do lists are useful for organizing and prioritizing work. But you should also maintain a "have done" list--or at least reflect on your accomplishments for a few minutes at the end of each day--to keep yourself motivated.
Leigh Buchanan writing in Inc.
Articles of Interest - May 20
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Fears of social media manipulation rock the developing world Axios
Queen Elizabeth II Social Media Manager Job Salary and Description Harpers Bazaar
10 facts about Americans and Facebook Pew Research Center
How to save a Tweet thread Tools for Reporters
Instagram killing another feature: Should I just quit? SlashGear
Instagram is killing Direct, its standalone Snapchat clone app, in the next several weeks TechCrunch
Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed Tech Crunch
***SNAPCHAT
#1 app YOLO Q&A is the Snapchat platform’s 1st hit TechCrunch
Snapchat has become a content creation tool for Instagram and Twitter users The Verge
Facebook Announces Restrictions To Its Live Feature NPR
Facebook busts Israel-based campaign to disrupt elections in various countries NBC News
Facebook Releases a Trio of Maps to aid with Fighting Disease Outbreaks TechCrunch
***MOBILE
How Ditching My Smartphone Let Me Recharge and Reconnect Discover Magazine
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist Reuters
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
It’s Almost Impossible to Tell if Your iPhone Has Been Hacked Vice
Microsoft’s First Windows XP Patch in Years Is a Very Bad Sign Wired
All Four Major Wireless Carriers Hit With Lawsuits Over Sharing, Selling Location Data Techdirt
iOS Users Locked Out Of Accounts As Google Confirms Security Vulnerability To Blame Forbes
UCSD stonewalled attempts to notify women in an HIV research study that their confidential data was breached iNewsSource
Microsoft Updates Old System To Respond To New Threat NPR
Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy — and it’s hard to delete CNBC
***FACIAL RECOGNITION
Face It, You're Being Watched (video) Bloomberg
Like It Or Not, Your Face Is In A Database Digg
***TECHNOLOGY
San Francisco looks to ban use of facial recognition technologies by city agencies PS Magazine
Experts Talk Best Practices For Facial Recognition Technology NPR
Google’s AI can now translate your speech while keeping your voice MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
Are p-values a gateway drug to dichotomous thinking? Or is it the other way round? Replication Network
Google’s AI improves accuracy of lung cancer diagnosis, study shows Stat News
A.I. Took a Test To Detect Lung Cancer; It got an A New York Times
Meet one of the data sciences (and former hoops player) working with the Philadelphia 76ers to improve the team’s on court strategy (video) Bloomberg
Which is the bigger threat: fake news generated by AI or fake news about AI? PC Mag
Deep learning could be the end of end to end encryption Forbes
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop Vice
***INTERNET
The Best Free Apps and Software You're Not Already Using Gizmodo
Where The Algorithms Can’t Find You FiveThirtyEight
***JOURNALISM
The other conservative news network Trump keeps tweeting about, explained Vox
California journalists shield law one of the strongest in nation San Francisco Chronicle
Study Finds US Journalism Is Becoming More Subjective Courthouse News
Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major news outlets Columbia Journalism Review
The cable network that is Foxier than Fox -- and that Trump is promoting CNN
Bad news, Journalists: Robots are writing really good headlines now The Next Web
Reporter shot and killed in Mexican tourist resort Reuters
Journalism schools need to focus on data, local news, social media and business models StoryBench
Advice for military veterans in journalism Twitter
The power of journalism collaboration is also the power of inclusion — here’s how to harness it Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Don't 'Fact Vomit:' 'Write Like You Talk' RTDNA
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Should a Colorado library publish local news? Columbia Journalism Review
Gannett shareholders reject efforts to push the country’s biggest newspaper chain to sell itself Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
Poynter’s list of 515 ‘unreliable’ sites was itself unreliable: Why did Poynter fail to contact websites or list creators? iMedia Ethics
'Fake News' Is a Really Dangerous Excuse for Censorship Reason
Finnish kids are better at spotting fake news than Americans Quartz
When The New York Times Got Duped into Publishing "The Lexicon of Grunge" in 1992 Open Culture
Finland is winning the war on fake news CNN
***SCAMS
Virtual kidnappings are rattling families across the US CNN
US pastor runs network giving 50,000 Ugandans bleach-based 'miracle cure' The Guardian
Trump supporters who donated to GoFundMe wall now worry they got scammed Salon
Heiress allegedly faked lavish, star-studded wedding for attention New York Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Clever or Pleasant Becoming (my blog)
Howard Stern’s new Self-awareness Hollywood Reporter
Stop trying to ‘find’ meaningful work (and create it instead) Fast Company
Breaking My Own Silence: Power is the confidence to speak for yourself New York Times
***WRITING & READING
Your Complete Guide to Popular Literary Devices in Great Book Riot Writing
How to answer when someone asks how you’ll make money as a writer Slate
***LITERATURE
The story of Ernest Hemingway’s $187,000 magazine expenses claim Columbia Journalism Review
Jia Zhangke Begins Shooting Documentary About Chinese Literature Hollywood Reporter
***POETRY
Who needs poetry? We all do – and we need it now The Guardian
New website uses AI to generate stories, articles and poetry Critical Hit
A poetry-writing AI has just been unveiled. It’s ... pretty good Vox
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry Cleveland Scene
Finding Your Inner Poet The Nerd Daily
When giving advice to graduates, I turn to Chicago Tribune poetry
Yemeni poetry thrives despite trauma of civil war The Guardian
Writing poetry saves a suffering modern woman The Japan News
Are we writing for other disabled people, for the nondisabled, or for everyone? The work of these poets speaks for itself New York Times
Manga: Writing poetry saves a suffering modern woman Eleven Myanmar
No rhyme or reason for age limit on Oxford poetry professorship The Guardian
How Poetry Helps Me Face an Invisible Illness Sojourner Magazine
***GENDER
Female authors listed on just 30% of recent UK academic research The Guardian
America’s Growing Gender Jail Gap New York Books
Why less that one-in-five data scientists are women Tech Republic
New studies on student evaluations of teaching say a simple intervention can fight gender bias Inside Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Data: race and class affect who gets ahead educationally regardless of academic talent: Spoiler alert: it helps to be wealthy and white Inside Higher Ed
The return of white supremacy The Week
Cure for hate: Former skinheads recall what turned them around Union Tribune
Al Jazeera suspends journalists for Holocaust denial video BBC
***FREE SPEECH
TV station takes First Amendment battle to high court WCAX-TV
First Amendment vitals: Taking Gen Z’s pulse on free expression and inclusion College Pulse
***LEGAL ISSUES
Paparazzi Photographer Sues Ariana Grande For Instagram Pics BuzzFeed News
Soon You May Not Even Have to Click on a Website Contract to Be Bound by Its Terms Propublica
School Accreditor Raises Bar-Passage Standard Inside Higher Ed
***CRIME
Junk Science: With the exception of DNA analysis, no forensic method has been rigorously shown to be effective The Intercept
Justice Department Forces Alabama To Address Deadly Prison Conditions NPR
***RELIGION
Christian apologetics group at UCCS to be granted student club status under lawsuit settlement Gazzette
After 40 years, 'megachurch' pastor slams Christianity and quits Christian Post
Conservatives working on a bill in Congress that would both create new federal LGBT rights and add religious exemptions (a leading advocate is CCCU) BuzzFeed News
Celebrity prayer candles are a thing Vox
Here's why Sikhs were offended by this $790 Gucci turban CNN
Nearly 7 in 10 Millennial Evangelicals Give, Says New Study The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Many Americans see religious discrimination in U.S. – especially against Muslims Pew Research Center
Evangelical Lutheran Church Rallies Around Pastor, Family Detained By ICE Huffington Post
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston: The church I grew up in was so big we called it the Repentagon The New Yorker
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Southern Baptist seminary turmoil leaves stained glass artists picking up the pieces Religious News Service
Jerry Falwell Jr. Just Accused Dr. Russell Moore of Being a Part of the ‘SBC Deep State’ Relevant Magazine
10 Women Who Are Changing the Southern Baptist Response to Abuse Christianity Today
Debate over women in Southern Baptist pulpits flares on social media Baptist News
***GOOD NEWS
Man panhandling near freeway rushed to save people from fiery crash KDVR-TV
Marathon runners in last place inspire each other to cross the finish line NBC News
Blind teen creates Braille menus for local restaurants ABC-7
Teens stranded at sea cried out to God for help: Then a boat named "Amen" rescued them CBS News
92-year-old World War II veteran gets high school diploma with his grandson WTAE-TV
A former college football wide receiver stops an armed student in a high school parking lot ESPN
He couldn’t speak as a child. Now this autistic student is giving a commencement address MSNBC
***REALLY?!
Costly face tattoo removals on the rise as regret sets in New York Daily News
The boy in the photo A napalm attack, an orphan and a life-changing message three decades later BBC
A billboard worker fell while working on a billboard advertising personal injury lawyers New York Post
Cafeteria worker fired for giving free lunch to boy who couldn't pay Associated Press
Florida city fines man $30,000 for tall grass; Now the city is foreclosing on his home Tampa Bay Times
Long Island man busted using dummy to drive in carpool lane New York Post
***ART & DESIGN
Sacred Spaces: The Grand Interiors of Modern Churches Across Europe and Japan This is Colossal
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Spanish-language media is having a local news boom Axios
Quartz, built on free distribution, has put its articles behind a paywall Harvard Nieman Lab
Judge: Florida-based broadcaster is Russian foreign agent ABC News
Coming to a TV near you: personalized ads Axios
Radhika Jones Introduces Vanity Fair’s Full Digital Archive Vanity Fair
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student journalists at Transylvania University say administrators have taken away their pay in an attempt to stop their work Inside Higher Ed
Moody Bible Institute to stop publishing student paper Religious News Service
This teen journalist got the scoop on Bill de Blasio's presidential campaign NBC News
Rutgers newspaper launches GoFundMe campaign after student funding support falls short North Jersey
***FREELANCING
18 newsletters every freelance journalist needs to subscribe to Muckrack
Essays about mother love for a series Longreads
Freelance pitches Ms. Magazine
Disability stories Gal-Dem Magazine
Freelance writers Crunchbase News
Opinion pieces about games and diversity Queerly Represent
Freelance contributor Lit Reactor
Freelance writers Blop Culture
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Surging Suicide Rate Among Young Girls Raises Questions About Role of Social Media Bloomberg
Whats Polls Say About Abortion Views NPR
Map: The richest and poorest parts of America Axios
Mexican Government Helped Surveillance Effort On Journalists, Attorneys, and Others at U.S.-Mexico Border NBC San Diego
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Work experience poor predictor of future job performance Phys.org
I took Yale’s ‘most popular class ever’—and it completely changed how I spend my money CNBC
***ENVIRONMENT
Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment The Guardian
***HEALTH
Allegations of widespread fraud raise questions about the safety of generic drugs made overseas CBS News
Why Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health New York Times
A $330 Thermometer Claimed To Be 99.4% Accurate In Preventing Pregnancy: The Study It Was Based On Just Got Retracted BuzzFeed News
Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines The Atlantic
***HEALTH: PREVENTATIVE
Why Walking is the Key to Being More Productive GQ
It's Not Just Salt, Sugar, Fat: Study Finds Ultra-Processed Foods Drive Weight Gain NPR
Sunscreens may enter bloodstream, but health effect unknown, study finds NBC News
***HEALTHCARE COSTS
A Wave Of Rural Hospital Closures Tests Communities Across The U.S. NPR
Many Americans Will Need Long-Term Care: Most Won’t be Able to Afford It New York Times
***TRAVEL
He visited all 419 national park sites in 3 years to honor his late father. Here's how USA Today
A Bird’s-Eye View of Beaches Around the World Condé Nast Traveler
Rocks, tarantulas and the subtle poetry of a walk along the San Andreas fault LA Times
***SPORTS & GAMES
The eSports Boom, and the Numbers Behind the Sector’s Explosive Growth Visual Capitalist
A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches The Week
Softball Team Pulls Off Hidden Ball Trick To Absolute Perfection (video) Trine SportsInfo
***FOOD & DRINK
Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia's pop tax PopSci
Researchers Say Evidence Shows What You Eat Really Does Matter NPR
Vanilla Fever: How did hunger for the humble vanilla pod lead to greed, crime and riches? 1843 Magazine
***FAMILY
The most popular baby names from 2018 Social Security Admin Social Security
Americans' support for same-sex marriage has doubled since 2004 People-Press
Co-parenting apps help divorced parents with childrearing WGN-TV
Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in historic first for Asia CNN
A global snapshot of same-sex marriage Pew Research Center
Raise a Problem-Solving Kid by Talking Less and Questioning More Life Hacker
***ANIMALS
Face Swap Your Pet Into Another Species With This AI Tool Vice
Grumpy Cat, titan of the internet, is dead CNN
Man Jumps Into New York River to Rescue Dog Inside Edition
25 Benefits of Adopting a Rescue Dog Mental Floss
***SCIENCE
Billions of black holes The Week
The story of the birth of chaos theory has left out two programming pioneers Quanta Magazine
Billion-Dollar Gamble: How A 'Singular Hero' Helped Start A New Field In Physics NPR
***POLITICS
Which FL election offices were hacked? Supervisors are asked Miami Herald
***PSYCHOLOGY
The Troubled History of Psychology The New Yorker
How your friends change your habits - for better and worse BBC
How Stack Up uses video games to save veterans from mental illness and suicide Venture Beat
Death of a close friend 'can impact health for years' BBC
***NEUROSCIENCE
Scientists start to unravel how the brain forgets Axios
Why Does The Brain Connect Pain With Emotions? NPR
Why can’t some people remember their dreams? BBC
Does aging make us more susceptible to financial scams? Marketplace
***PHILOSOPHY
What is the most important philosophy book of all-time? WGN Radio
***HISTORY
How Upton Sinclair’s 1934 run for governor of California inspired a cult Lapham’s Quarterly
Aztec allies ritually disfigured captured Spaniards' remains ABC News
***RESEARCH
Are p-values a gateway drug to dichotomous thinking? Or is it the other way round? Replication Work
25 Ways to Increase Your Chances at Publication Inside Higher Ed
Study: Academics rarely comment on articles Scholarly Kitchen
***HIGHER ED
Portland State President, Under Fire, Resigns Inside Higher Ed
Dozens walk out of Pence address to Christian University graduates The Hill
Liberty U vs. Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary Inside Higher Ed
What if evangelical students heard more than one side of the global warming debate? (opinion) Christian Post
Drew University rethinks ties to Methodist church NewJersey.com
Evangelical college announces cuts to majors, 11 faculty members laid off Inside Higher Ed
Facing Rising Costs And Charges Of Intolerance, Gordon College Plots A Future WBUR
Faculty, Department Cuts Rock Christian University Tartan (student newspaper)
Southwestern College journalism professor battle cancer Times of San Diego
***TEACHING
Are Students Just Telling Us What We Want to Hear? Daily Jstor
Can Schools ‘Teach Students to Think’? The Atlantic
***STUDENT LIFE
This Is the Best Way to Take Notes, According to Science Curiosity
College grads still earn more than workers with no university degree: This map shows the states with the widest salary gaps Business Insider
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Clever or Pleasant
/"My mother used to say to me, 'Elwood' -- she always called me Elwood -- 'Elwood, in this world you must be oh-so clever, or oh-so pleasant.' For years I was clever. I'd recommend pleasant -- and you may quote me." –Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in HARVEY (born May 20, 1908)
Choosing evil
/No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. -Mary Wollstonecraft
It seems like..
/Former FBI negotiator Chris Voss writes in Never Split The Difference, his manual of persuasive techniques, there are five stages in what’s known as the “behavioural change stairway model” that take anyone from “listening to influencing behaviour”. The first stage is active listening – namely, being able to show the other person that you have taken in what they’ve said and, more importantly, have a sense of what it means to them. Rather than focusing on what you want to say, listen to what the other person is telling you, then try to repeat it back to them. Start with, “It seems like what you’re saying is” or “Can I just check, it sounds like what you’re saying is”. If that feels too contrived, it often works simply to repeat the last sentence or thought someone has expressed (known in counselling practice as “reflecting”). What to say Try, “It seems like you’re feeling frustrated with this situation – is that right?” Always give the other person the opportunity to comment on or correct your assessment.
Rosie Ifould writing in The Guardian
telling their stories
/The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them. -Czeslaw Milosz
Saying ‘no’ at work
/Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, recommends extreme selectivity as a check on your desire to always be accommodating. McKeown likes to ask people to imagine they have no to-do list, no inbox, no schedule of appointments. "If you didn't have any of that, and you could do one thing right now that would help get you to the next level of contribution, what would you do?" he asks. "Maybe all the stuff you're doing should be questioned. Start from zero every day. What would be essential?" People require space and clarity to identify what matters, McKeown explains, and what matters should dictate what you say yes to.
Although it feels good to say yes, be disciplined about the time you give to others. Employees and partners need your help, but mostly they need you to concentrate on what matters.
Leigh Buchanan writing in Inc.
Articles of Interest - May 13
/***JOURNALISM
The White House revoked my press pass: It's not just me Washington Post
The do’s and don'ts of religion reporting The GroundTruth Project
How one reporter got the Sandra Bland cell phone video Columbia Journalism Review
Trump-Russia is too complex to report. We need a new kind of journalism (opinion) The Guardian
It’s more common for white, older, more-educated Americans to have spoken with local journalists Pew Research Center
Teaching Journalism in the Age of Trump Inside Higher Ed
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The Last Family-Owned Daily in Mississippi The Atlantic
***FAKE NEWS
'Fake news victims' meet with Twitter and Facebook Wired
Trump’s New Favorite Network Embraces Russian Propaganda The Daily Beast
Facebook is inadvertently making use of propaganda by militant groups Associated Press
These fact-checkers won $2 million to implement AI in their newsrooms Poynter
Confusing Facebook With the Internet is the Perfect Storm for Fake News Monday Note
RT America, a network known for sowing disinformation, has a new alarm: the coming ‘5G Apocalypse’ New York Times
***TECHNOLOGY
A new camera can photograph you from 45 kilometers away MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
An infographic explaining big data Daily Infographic
What happens when you stick your head in a particle accelerator Curiosity
Some examples of using AI to make “knowledge workers” more effective Harvard Business Review
Rushing into AI? “AI is an expensive and complex solution without evidence of direct ROI.” A warning for small business owners Tech Republic
“Data is great, but without designers to help make it come alive through visualizations UX Planet
***SOCIAL MEDIA
10 Tools and tricks to verify Instagram posts Fact Checking Day
Instagram is an engagement powerhouse Axios
What content does well on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google Axios
Facebook updates its video guidelines to promote original content, loyal and engaged viewership TechCrunch
These bogus quotes just won’t die on Facebook Poynter
The dark reason new mothers share photos of their kids on Facebook Quartz
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
What Chrome’s browser changes mean for your privacy and security Tech Crunch
Inside China's massive surveillance operation Wired
***PRODUCING MEDIA
A tool to see what the media is covering Tools for Reporters
***INTERNET
Kentucky’s $1.5 Billion Information Highway to Nowhere Propublica
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Encouraging children to think independently Becoming (my blog)
The Peculiar Blindness of Experts The Atlantic
***WRITING & READING
Laundromats are playing an unlikely role in the effort to shrink America’s literacy gap Quartz
How do you turn kids into bookworms? All 10 children's laureates share their tips The Guardian
How to Understand, Detect, and Avoid Plagiarism Dermatologic Surgery Journal
Danielle Steel's surprising secret to success Quartz
Novels rule when it comes to e-book sales, children's books dominate print Thinkum
What Is Writing and Does This Count as It? The New Yorker
***LANGUAGE
Are We Being Framed? How the linguistic trick of framing shapes meaning–and can lead to deception Daily Jstor
U.S. Military Slashes Foreign-Language Training Foreign Policy
***LITERATURE
What The Great Gatsby Reveals About The Jazz Age and the racist caricatures associated with it Daily Jstor
Was Shakespeare a Woman? The Atlantic
When an Argument Over Macbeth Incited a Bloody Riot Daily Jstor
***GENDER
When should a woman have children if she’s thinking about running for office? Pew Research Center
Google creates 53 gender-neutral emojis Android Police
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Disturbing Thing I Learned Studying White Privilege and Liberals Vice
Cubs ban fan who used 'offensive' hand gesture Chicago Tribune
Can the Racial Wealth Gap Be Closed Without Speaking of Race? New York Times
Turning Point USA Chapter President Booted After Declaring “White Power” in Viral Video Vice News
***FREE SPEECH
A reporter declined to reveal his source: Then police showed up at his front door with guns Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Does using a trademark as a hashtag create a false impression of association? Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Lawyers Are Uniquely Challenging Audience for Anti-Bias Training Boomberg
Federal Judge Says Flashing Headlights To Warn Drivers Of Hidden Cops MIGHT Be Protected Speech TechDirt
Paper wins contempt case over Parkland shooting suspect Washington Post
***RELIGION
Teaching Scripture in public schools Washington Post
CT apologies for piece on Rachel Held Evans Christianity Today
What Happens When Christian Movies Go Mainstream? BuzzFeedNews
Muslim Children's beheading chant in video stirs city probe Associated Press
Amazon re-trains employees who banned religious ads Axios
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Far-right US pastor becomes first person banned from Ireland under exclusion powers The Hill
Russian Evangelicals Penalized Most Under Anti-Evangelism Law Christianity Today
European countries that have mandatory church taxes are about as religious as their neighbors that don’t Pew Research Center
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Trump's white evangelical support softer than you think, report says The Christian Post
***GOOD NEWS
Video: Austin police save 3 women, dog from rushing flood waters before car swept away (start video at 4 minutes in) My San Antonio
Girl saves best friend from choking one day after learning Heimlich maneuver CBS-LA
Sons encourage their mother to attend college with them to fulfill her lifelong dream Tallahassee Democrat
NYC pizzeria waiter returns half-million dollar cashier’s check to retired social worker who failed to tip him NY Daily News
***ART & DESIGN
How Instagram Is Changing Life For Artists NPR
Why Do Facebook, Google, And Pinterest All Have Such Similar Logos? Fast Company
Students paint "rain poetry" on Florence streets--it's visible when wet SC Now
I wrote the book on user-friendly design: What I see today horrifies me Fast Company
***MUSIC
Tangled Up in Blue: Deciphering a Bob Dylan Masterpiece Open Culture
***FILM
Review: 'Tolkien' Is A Tale Of Tweed And Trees NPR
Nicholas Hoult On Becoming J.R.R. Tolkien NPR
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
BuzzFeed’s video strategy moves to more TV-like digital shows tied to verticals Digiday
A New-Look TV Industry Descends on Madison Avenue (sub. req’ed) Wall Street Journal
Upfront 2019: TV Advertising Isn’t Dead (Yet) Variety
***JOBS/FELLOWSHIPS
Portfolio Advice Freelancer Sonia Weiser
Career advice from journalists on entering the professional media industry Medium
Senior Multi Media Producer Kaiser Permanente, Oakland
Investigations reporter BuzzFeed News (Remote)
***FREELANCE WRITING
Advice Thread on Freelancing Mariko Lochridge
Freelance Workshop: How to Send an Effective Email Pitch AAJA (Los Angeles)
Story or op-ed ideas High Country News
Story Pitches The Texas Observer
Freelance Writing Submissions Heated
Election-related stories This Magazine
Rural, urban, and suburban communities in Indiana Belt Magazine
Pitches related to working for public radio & TV Current
Music-related pitches Gadget Hacks is seeking
Audio Fiction about Relationships Dipsea
Freelance copy editor Axios, Remote
***FREELANCE WRITING: FOOD & DRINK
Sonoma County food stories Made Local Magazine
Stories about vices like drinking, smoking, sex, gambling Forbes Vices
Food-focused Pitches Mark Bittman’s Medium publication
Pitches about The Life of Sobriety The Temper
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
A football player raped her: She blames William Jewell College for not preventing it The Kansas City Star
Professor admits sharing photos, denies grades for sex allegations The News-Gazette
Pope Francis Issues New Rules On Reporting Sexual Abuse NPR
Indiana Law Prof Ian Samuel Resigns After Misconduct Probe Law.com
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime? New York Times
Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption Pew Research Center
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia: Now They Say It Was a Fraud New York Times
***ENVIRONMENT
The evidence is strong: air pollution seems to cause dementia Wired
The climate crisis is a story for every Journalism beat Columbia Journalism Review
Climate Change effects Surfing Waves Axios
Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag BBC
***HEALTH
The Problem With Supplements Elemental
Genetically Modified Viruses Help Save A Patient With A 'Superbug' Infection NPR
Rural Areas Drive Increases in Global Obesity Scientific American
Placebos May Be A Powerful Tool That Medicine Has Overlooked NPR
100 Rural Hospitals have shut down in the last decade Washington Post
America’s health care costs are scaring patients away from the ER Vox
The Right Way to Wear Sunscreen Consumer Reports
Disease that can be transferred from dog to human confirmed in Iowa, officials say USA Today
Experimental brain implants studied as opioid deaths rise Associated Press
***VACCINES
A new study ranks the risks in U.S. counties by the numbers of unvaccinated children New York Times
A Teenager Sued His School for Banning Unvaccinated Students. Now He Has Chickenpox TIME
Instagram is still trying to get vaccine misinformation under control CNN
RFK Jr. Is Our Brother and Uncle. He’s Tragically Wrong About Vaccines Politico
Teaching anti-vax parents to trust science and the MMR vaccine CBS News
Anti-vaxxers are attacking vocal pro-immunization doctors by smearing them with derogatory online reviews Boston Globe
***TRAVEL
The Best Weekend Getaways in the United States Afar
The 18 Best City Parks in America Thrillist
***FOOD & DRINK
SoCal shop brews $75 cups of coffee ABC-7
***FAMILY
Teaching kids to be independent thinkers Wired
Led by Baby Boomers, divorce rates climb for America’s 50+ population Pew Research Center
U.S. Government Bars Gay Couple's 2-Year-Old from Citizenship MSNBC
***MOTHERS
6 facts about U.S. moms Pew Research Center
Psychology behind why your mom may be the mother of all heroes The Conversation
***NEUROSCIENCE
If you grew up playing Pokémon games, there's something quite different with your brain Science
Mapping Emotions in the Body: A Finnish Neuroscience Study Reveals Where We Feel Emotions in Our Bodies Open Culture
Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next Quanta
***CRITICAL THINKING
3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking Harvard Business Review
That illusion where you think the other side is united and your side is diverse Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
***PHILOSOPHY
Against cheerfulness Aeon
How the dualism of Descartes ruined our mental health Aeon
Publication Ethics in Philosophy
***PRODUCTIVITY
Adam Savage on lists, more lists, and the power of checkboxes Wired
Just thinking about coffee can improve your focus, researchers say Quartz
***HISTORY
What was Leonardo da Vinci doing at your age? CNN
Why Are We Living in a Golden Age of Historical Fiction? New York Times
***RESEARCH
Not Reporting Results of a Clinical Trial Is Academic Misconduct Annals of Internal Medicine
The “condensation revolution” begins as a journal mandates “a new, two-word title format” Collectively Unconscious
New Report Examines Reproducibility and Replicability in Science, Recommends Ways to Improve Transparency and Rigor in Research U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Early-career researchers commonly ghostwrite peer reviews: That’s a problem Science Mag
***HIGHER ED
Elaborate phishing scams increasingly target universities WHYY
Stratford University shutting down three Virginia campuses Richmond Times Dispatch
College Admissions Scandal to become Limited TV Series Variety
I Ran a College Cheating Business Out of My Frat Vice
Colleges Are Getting Smarter About Student Evaluations: Here’s How Chronicle of Higher Ed
Northwest Christian University professor awarded $127,000 in racial discrimination case against university Oregon Live
Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos Reuters
Vice President Mike Pence talks Christian values, job market at Liberty Graduation WSET
***HUMANITIES
Humanities are crucial for technological innovation San Francisco Chronicle
***TEACHING
3 Cool Tech Tools to Consider for the Digital Classroom Faculty Focus
This Is What It Sounds Like Hiding In A Dark Classroom During A School Shooting BuzzFeed News
A new twist on end of semester evaluations Faculty Focus
Are Students Just Telling Us What We Want to Hear? Daily Jstor
***STUDENT MEDIA
Future of Transylvania student news site in doubt after school stops payments Lexington Herald-Leader
Student Newspaper Outlines Administration attempts to Undermine its operation Transylvania Rambler
UGA grad student cleared after racially-charged campus speech dispute Atlanta Journal-Constitution
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Just thinking about coffee can improve your focus, researchers say Quartz
Encouraging Independent Thinking
/Students often don’t know why they’re learning something. Asking why is so important to kids and they deserve a better answer than “because it will be on the test.” By the time kids reach middle school, they give up asking and focus on getting a good grade. To in- crease curiosity, it is important to address the “why” questions. Why are we reading Hamlet? Why are we solving quadratic equations? When teachers answer these questions, it prompts kids to think more deeply about the implications of what they’re learning.
Parents can elicit curiosity in their children through similar methods. We don’t need to have the right answers all the time, but we need to encourage kids to ask the right questions. If we don’t know the answer, we can say, “Let’s find out. Do some research on Google, and we can go from there.”
When we support curiosity, what we’re really developing is a child’s imagination. Which brings me to creativity, a wonderful by-product of independence and curiosity.
Esther Wojcicki, How to Raise Successful People
What you don't become
/It’s not what you are, it’s what you don’t become that hurts. -Oscar Levant
Career Success is Not Enough
/Success spares you from the shame you might experience if you feel yourself a failure, but career success alone does not provide positive peace or fulfillment. If you build your life around it, your ambitions will always race out in front of what you’ve achieved, leaving you anxious and dissatisfied.
David Brooks writing in The New York Times
Invention
/Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos. -Mary Shelley
The Root of Your Procrastination
/People envision outcomes so outstanding that their expectations become more intimidating than inspirational. "It's like you're practicing the high jump, and when you set the bar too high, you look at it, and you walk away," says John Perry, an emeritus professor of philosophy at Stanford. "Perfectionists aren't people who do something perfectly. Perfectionists are people who fantasize about doing something perfectly."
At its core, procrastination represents shoddy treatment of the one person who should matter most to you: the future you. Resolving not to do some odious task today makes procrastinators feel good. Then they predict they'll feel just as good tomorrow, which will make the task easier. Of course, the next day they feel worse, which makes the task harder and the stress greater. Homer Simpson summed it up neatly: "That's a problem for future Homer. Man, I don't envy that guy."
Leigh Buchanan writing in Inc.
Changes to the Associated Press style guide
/Accent marks: Accent marks can now be used with people’s names when they ask for it, are known to use them or if quoting from a language that uses them.
Casualties: Avoid the word because it is vague and can refer to either injuries or deaths. Instead, be specific.
Cocktail: Don’t use in reference to a mixture of drugs. Instead, use "drug combination" or simply drugs or medications.
Data: Now takes a singular verb and pronoun except in academic and scientific papers. In data journalism contexts: The data is sound. However, in scientific and academic writing, plural verbs and pronouns are preferred.
Hyphens: No longer use hyphens for African American, Filipino American, and compounds as “third-grade teacher” and “chocolate-chip cookie.” When using compound adjectives formed with “well” (suspensive hyphenation) such as well known, well fed, well dressed, hyphenate before the noun but not after. Do not use a hyphen with double-“E” combinations such as “preelection,” “preeminent,” “preempt,” “reenter,” etc.
Latinx: The use of gender-neutral Latinx “should be confined to quotations, names of organizations or descriptions of individuals who request it and should be accompanied by a short explanation.
Marijuana: Pot or cannabis is OK on the second reference. Dispensary employees are budtenders.
Percentage: The percentage sign is OK to use with a numeral (no space between) instead of writing out “percent” or “percentage.” Example: “His mortgage rate is 4.75%.” For amounts less than 1%, precede the decimal with a zero: Example: “The cost of living rose 0.6%.”
In the early part of the 20th century, a common rendering was “per cent.,” two words with a period after the “cent,” possibly because it was abbreviating the Italian “per cento.” The first formal AP stylebook, in 1953, called for “per cent,” and that stuck at least through the 1970 stylebook. By 1977, though, it had come together as “percent.” That’s common in the United States, though British English leans towards “per cent.”
Merrill Perlman writing in the Columbia Journalism Review
Race: Whether a subject is black or white need not be reported unless it’s pertinent to the story. Avoid calling someone “a black” or “a white.” Limit the use of the terms “blacks” and “whites” as plurals. Black and white are acceptable as adjectives when relevant.
Racism: OK to use “racist” or “racism” instead of euphemisms like "racially charged."
(sic): Do not use (sic) to show that quoted material or person’s words include a misspelling, incorrect grammar or peculiar usage. If it has to be explained, explain it outside the quotation, or just paraphrase the quotation.
Split infinitives: OK to use. Avoid awkward constructions (to leave, to help, etc.) or compound forms (had left, are found out, etc.).
Suspect: Avoid when talking about a person of unknown identity who committed a crime. Correct: Police said the robber stole 14 diamond rings; the thief ran away. Incorrect: Police said the suspect stole 14 diamond rings; the suspect ran away. Correct: Police arrested the suspect the next day. Incorrect: Police arrested the robber the next day.
More info:
A full list of the changes here.
Previewing a new edition of the AP Stylebook
AP Stylebook update: It’s OK to call something racist when it’s racist Poynter
AP says the percentage sign now OK when used with a numeral (that’s shift+5) Poynter
Articles of Interest - May 6
/***JOURNALISM
Remembering Nellie Bly, Rabblerouser and Pioneer of Investigative Journalism Mental Floss
40 Years After 'Star Wars' Error, Newspaper Apologizes To Wookiee Community NPR
How German journalists are using Snapchat to teach teens about the Holocaust Washington Post
***PRESS FREEDOM DAY
On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, yet another journalist is killed in Mexico Washington Post
World Press Freedom Day Interview with Laura Ling StoryHunter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
“We’re drinking now”: The oldest newspaper in New Orleans just fired its entire staff Vice
Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying Bloomberg
***FAKE NEWS
The existential crisis plaguing online extremism researchers Wired
Why we are addicted to conspiracy theories The Guardian
***STUDENT MEDIA
On Their Last Day, Student Newspaper Editors Cover a Shooting on Their Campus Charlotte Magazine
Profile of student porn worker allowed to run in Stockton high school newspaper LA Times
***TECHNOLOGY
The 25 Most Absurd Job Titles In Tech CBI Insights
Editing Genes To Change Human Traits Is A Tall Order NPR
How a Google Street View image of your house predicts your risk of a car accident MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
Rocket Lab launches 3 experimental military satellites into space for the Defense Department Axios
A company scammed NASA for nearly two decades and cost them two satellites Bloomberg
Looking at how machine learning and artificial intelligence are affecting IT Tech Republic
A new realm of legal exposure for writing code Wired
The basic differences between artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science Code Mentor
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Inside The AOC Meme Machine: fans and enemies alike are inventing a new kind of politics BuzzFeed News
Twitter now lets you add GIFs to retweets Cnet
Hundreds Have Died In Selfie-Related Deaths Since 2011 NPR
Facebook debuts new look and features to help move past 'old issues' CNN
Facebook's AI problems Wired
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Your phone isn’t really spying on your conversations—the truth might be even creepier Quartz
7 Simple Ways to Protect Your Digital Privacy New York Times
***INTERNET
Putin signs law to create an independent Russian internet CNN
How to stay productive when there's no internet Popular Science
The dark web is smaller, and may be less dangerous, than we think Tech Republic
***PERSONAL GROWTH
How to Grieve Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
Credit card fraud suspects nabbed over careless typo New York Post
Microsoft debuts Ideas in Word, a grammar and style suggestions tool powered by AI Venture Beat
5 sites for checking your grammar Komando
***WRITING & READING
“Are there cross-cultural differences in plagiarism SSRN
***LITERATURE
How SparkNotes' social media accounts mastered the art of meme-ing literature Mashable
Four books by Asian American authors republished as Penguin Classics NBC News
Classic Children’s Books Now Digitized and Put Online Smithsonian
Wikipedia edit-a-thon wants to fill in the gaps in Asian American literature NBC News
Young adult literature lacks diverse authors The Signal
***POETRY
Poetry Saved my Life: Indiana Poets are healing and connecting with their communities Indy Star
2019 Poetry Out Loud National Champion: Isabella Callery National Endowment for the Arts
Google's poetry algorithm automates teen angst Engadget
***GENDER
Some States Still Shield Spouses From Prosecution When They Rape Their Partners NPR
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Sociologist who studies whiteness is again in trouble for his comments about race Inside Higher Ed
The gap between the number of blacks and whites in prison is shrinking Pew Research Center
She’s Asian and female: But she’s not me The Washington Post
Senseless hate': the far right's deep roots in southern California The Guardian
Expelled in 1956, Black Woman Gets Doctorate At U of Alabama Afro
Colorism in High Fashion Pudding
Doane U suspends library director over exhibit that included 1920s-era students in blackface Inside Higher Ed
OU graduate suing university over gender discrimination News-9
***RELIGION
Rachel Held Evans, popular Christian writer, dies at 37 CNN
Died: Warren Wiersbe, Preachers’ Favorite Bible Commentator Christianity Today
'Hail Satan?' review: Taking on the Christian nation, the devil's way Chicago Tribune
Landlord ordered to pay $675,000 for refusing to lease to Muslims KCBD
With high levels of prayer, U.S. is an outlier among wealthy nations Pew Research Center
Harvest Bible Chapel says no tithes or severance will go to former senior pastor who was fired Chicago Tribune
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Pete Buttigieg went to Jimmy Carter's Sunday school class and the former president invited him to read from the Bible Business Insider
U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say Trump favors the Israelis too much Pew Research Center
***GOOD NEWS
Waving great-granny gets Valentine's Day surprise from Comox Valley teens CBC News
Chicagoan pulled over to help at an accident scene—ends up saving lives by getting donated organs to the hospital Chicago Tribune
***ART & DESIGN
Type in the digital era is a mess Fast Company
The best of National Geographic's 2019 Travel Photo Contest (so far) The Atlantic
What Is Performance Art?: We Explain It with Video Introductions and Classic Performances Open Culture
The Insane History of Natural Pigments Daily Infographic
***MUSIC
2019 Billboard Music Awards Winners: The Complete List Billboard
Elizabeth Cotten Wrote “Freight Train” at 11, Won a Grammy at 90, and Changed American Music In-Between Open Culture
***FILM
Spoilers have been infuriating people since Victorian Times Quartz
The Absolute Best Documentaries on Netflix Thrillist
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Broadcasting giant Sinclair to buy 21 regional sports stations from Disney for $10B CNBC
***STUDENT LIFE
Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry New York Times
Predatory Journals Can Wreak Havoc a Student’s Wallet and Tarnish their Professional Reputation The Runner
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
In lopsided vote, U.S. science academy backs move to eject sexual harassers Science Mag
Sexual Assault Within Military Is On The Rise NPR
Want to know how to handle a Me Too-related incident and related public relations snafu? Don't ask the Society for American Archaeology Inside Higher Ed
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Alabama Abortion Law Could Become Most Restrictive In The Country NPR
What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right Washingtonian
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
A 'miracle' healing gel, a cult-like following, and a fiercely protected empire The Guardian
Where U.S. Housing Costs Hurt the Most CityLab
The big business of loneliness Vox
What the Science Says about Meeting Agendas Linkedin
Australian company bans working on Wednesdays BBC
***CHINA
Manspreading on the Beijing subway could give you bad social credit Abacus News
Chinese Noodle feast wins top prize for Food Photographer of the Year 2019 BBC
China Detains Hundreds Of Thousands Of Muslims In 'Training Centers' NPR
***ENVIRONMENT
Rural Students To Join In Classroom Walkout Over Climate Change NPR
An autistic teenager from Sweden is trying to shame adults into action on climate change The Week
Maine becomes the first state to ban Styrofoam CNN
Faceless Killer: The Invisible Threat of Air Pollution (book review) Undark
***HEALTH
Scientists Identify New Type of Brain Degeneration That Mimics Alzheimer's TIME
Stanford discovery validates chronic fatigue syndrome San Francisco Chronicle
Popular e-cigarette products contaminated with bacterial and fungal toxins, study finds NBC News
For Patients With Memory Loss, Working Towards Better Diagnosis Undark
***HEALTH: PREVENTATIVE
Unscreen chemicals soak all the way into your bloodstream Wired
Why some doctors are prescribing a day in the park or a walk on the beach for good health The Conversation
Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber? New York Times
***VACCINES
Dengue Vaccine Controversy In The Philippines NPR
Amid Measles Outbreaks, States Consider Revoking Religious Vaccine Exemptions NPR
***TRAVEL
Romano Tours SNL
Thousands of Fireflies Will Create a Spectacular Light Show in the Great Smoky Mountains Afar
How to Avoid Getting Bumped From a Flight Life Hacker
***SPORTS & GAMES
'Uno' wants you to stop pulling this illegal, but diabolical move Mashable
***FOOD
Eating More Rice Could Help Fight Obesity, Study Suggests Bloomberg
The 31 best Mexican restaurants in America Thrillist
***ANIMALS
Teen cat whisperer recognized for clocking nearly 1,900 hours of dedication to feline friends WBAL-TV
Why Are There So Many Books About Dogs? New York Times
***SCIENCE
Side-By-Side ‘Genetic Portraits’ Of Family Members Show Just How Strong Family DNA Is Bored Panda
An immersive game in which teams solve science puzzles to unlock a mystery New York Times
***NEUROSCIENCE
How to Memorize an Entire Chapter from “Moby Dick”: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Open Culture
What Neuroscience Can Teach Us About the Mascots We Love and Hate Adweek
***PRODUCTIVITY
How Exercise Affects Our Memory New York Times
The 6 best productivity podcasts for women The Ladders
***RESEARCH
The Great Science Publishing Scandal (podcast) BBC
It is ever appropriate to use immorally acquired medical and scientific Science Direct
Scientific journal snubs academic over Sleeping Beauty metaphor The Guardian
Facebook gives social scientists unprecedented access to its user data Nature
***HIGHER ED
Esteemed judge to investigate claims against ASU economics department KTAR
Five Staff Resign Without Discipline after Violating Title IX Policy The Triton
An Expensive Startup Journey comes to an end: Wiley to Acquire Knewton’s Assets Edsurge
Mike Pence stirs controversy over plans for commencement speech at Christian university in Indiana USA Today
TD Jakes launches nonaccredited divinity school Christian Post
***LEARNING OUTCOMES
Study of student learning outcomes Inside Higher Ed
Study Analyzes Student Learning Outcome Statements and Assessments Diverse Education
***ACADEMIC LIFE
13 Yale Professors Threatened to Resign From Ethnic Studies: The University Listened The Chronicle of Higher Education
Contrary to received wisdom graduates from prestigious institutions aren’t more productive Chemistry World
Former Dean Files $25 Million Defamation Lawsuit in Rankings Dispute Inside Higher Ed
How to Grieve
/There are recovery programs for people grieving the loss of a parent, sibling, or spouse. You can buy books on how to cope with the death of a beloved pet or work through the anguish of a miscarriage. We speak openly with one another about the bereavement that can accompany a layoff, a move, a diagnosis, or a dream deferred. But no one really teaches you how to grieve the loss of your faith. You’re on your own for that.
Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday
to live totally
/In order to live totally, we must face death totally. -Eugene Peterson
Yes, but
/“We all know the phrase ‘Yes, but’ really means ‘No, and here’s why you’re wrong’,” says Rob Kendall, author of Workstorming. A conversation expert, Kendall sits in on other people’s meetings as an observer. The phrase “Yes, but” is one of the classic warning signs that you’re in an unwinnable conversation, he says. “If you hear it three or more times in one discussion, it’s a sign that you’re going nowhere.” Kendall advises shifting the conversation by asking the other person “What’s needed here?” or, even better, “What do you need?” “It takes you from what I call ‘blamestorming’ to a solution-focused outcome.”
Rosie Ifould writing in The Guardian
