Articles of Interest - April 30
/***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Here’s who owns everything in Big Media today Recode
E-sports evolved from a hobby into an obsession, into a business — and now it is a full-fledged entertainment industry Strategy-Business
***JOURNALISM
A bomber posing as a cameraman killed 10 journalists and 21 others in Afghanistan as they reported on a terror attack The Guardian
Do people really want to watch a Netflix show about BuzzFeed journalism? Columbia Journalism Review
Collaborative journalism: keys to success for transnational projects in Latin America, according to Connectas Knight Center
Why Americans Are Afraid to Talk to Reporters: They Fear Backlash From Their Neighbors, and Are Wary the Media Will Exploit Them Zocal Public Square
How much of what local TV stations post to Facebook is actually local? For many, right around half Harvard’s Nieman Lab
The Pulitzer-laden researcher embedded in the Post newsroom Poynter
Here are eleven amazing data journalism projects. Which one is your favourite? Medium
Explainers are tedious. Fact-checks can feel partisan. Is there a third way? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
How to get notified when audiences post your work to Reddit Poynter
How To Engage In The Comments: A Journalist’s Guide The Coral Project
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
To get to 10 million subscribers, The New York Times is focusing on churn Digiday
Mic faces an uncertain future in a post-Facebook world Digiday
New documentary about the New York Times: The Fourth Estate Media Post
***FAKE NEWS
We’re underestimating the mind-warping potential of fake video Vox
Wikipedia Founder Says Internet Users Are Adrift In The 'Fake News' Era New England Public Radio
Is it satire or fake news? Depends on who you ask Poynter
Rain of terror: Egypt to crack down on 'fake' weather reports The Guardian
***SOCIAL MEDIA
What the internet’s biggest mistakes can teach us about the future: A talk with LinkedIn’s CEO Axios
Snapchat will allow users to buy products via augmented reality Axios
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum resigns from Facebook after clashes over user data Quartz
Social Media ads are a bad deal for small businesses and individuals BongBong
Everything You Need To Know About Reddit Daily Infographic
Is the importance of audience engagement largely anecdotal and abstract? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Animal influencers: How popular pets on Instagram launch careers CBS News
Everything We Know About the Feud Between These Two Computer-Generated Instagram Influencers The Cut
Fake it till you make it: meet the wolves of Instagram The Guardian
***TECHNOLOGY
The WIRED Guide to Crispr WIRED
I explain Blockchain to my 6-year-old brother Medium
Have We Reached The Tipping Point For Digital? Hello Sign
China's behavior monitoring system bars some from travel, purchasing property CBS News
Snapchat Debuts New Spectacles. We Try Them on for Size WIRED
China is using brain-scanning hats to track workers’ emotions Daily Dot
***BIG DATA & AI
What is explainable AI and why does the U.S. military need It? Medium
An Introduction to Hashing in the Era of Machine Learning Bradfields
No One Is Sure How Good, or Bad, AI Will Get (video)
We need not just privacy law, but consumer protection law for the age of big data The Hill
***PRIVACY
People who submit DNA for ancestors testing are unwittingly becoming genetic informants on their innocent family Miami Herald
Cambridge University rejected Facebook study over 'deceptive' privacy standards The Guardian
Tactics Used To Find Golden State Killer Raise Privacy And Legal Questions NPR
How to Wrestle Your Data From Data Brokers, Silicon Valley — and Cambridge Analytica ProPublica
Dealing with the privacy paradox Monday Note
***INTERNET
Gmail Is Getting a Long-Overdue Upgrade WIRED
Sounding The Alarm About A New Russian Cyber Threat NPR
What the internet’s biggest mistakes can teach us about the future Axios
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Empathy is always a risk Becoming (my blog)
How to Say ‘No’ to Others and ‘Yes’ to Yourself GirlsNightinClub
The App That Reminds You You’re Going to Die The Atlantic
***LANGUAGE
A visit to Europe reveals the omnipresence of English — and the danger of making assumptions about its universality Chronicle of Higher Ed
Can genes change the way languages evolve? Quartz
***WRITING & READING
Rethinking How Students With Dyslexia Are Taught To Read NPR
Bezos: A CEO Who Can Write Monday Note
***LITERATURE
Best Fiction Books — Spring 2018 Medium
10 Book Designers Discuss the Book Covers They Rejected, And Why Electric Literature
Nobel prize in literature may be cancelled in 2018 amid sexual abuse scandal The Guardian
Jane Austen, authority on relationship intricacies, has been cited in 27 legal decisions Vox
***GENDER
This calculator puts a dollar value on the invisible, unpaid work done by women Quartz
The Top Jobs Where Women Are Outnumbered by Men Named John New York Times
Women scarce at top of U.S. business – and in the jobs that lead there Pew Research Center
The Forgotten Gender Nonconformists of the Old West Daily Jstor
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
A new lynching memorial highlights America’s grim legacy of racial terrorism Vox
Race gap narrowing in prescription opioid use Journalists Resources
***LEGAL ISSUES
The Supreme Court ruled that the Patent Office can not only issue patents, but can also retract them Tom’s Hardware
Can Handwriting Be Copyrighted? Scholarly Kitchen
***RELIGION
California Bill Wouldn’t Ban the Bible Fact Check
Southern Baptist leader pushes back after comments leak urging abused women to pray and avoid divorce Washington Post
Key findings about Americans’ belief in God Pew Research
NBA Star Stephen Curry Scores Film and TV Pact With Sony Hollywood Reporter
Black Americans are more likely than overall public to be Christian, Protestant Pew Research Center
Arizona Megachurch Pastor resigns from after sex abuse allegations KTAR-TV
Key findings about Americans’ belief in God Pew Research Center
Most Americans believe in a higher power, but not always in the God of the Bible: 72 percent believe in a higher power of some kind Washington Post
How The Megachurch Phenomenon Has Unintentionally Isolated Small Churches Christianity Today
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Ryan's Dismissal Of House Chaplain Sparks Outrage And Suspicion NPR
***GOOD NEWS
Canada's oldest blood donor Beatrice Janyk, 95, still pumped about giving Vancouver Sun
This mom never went to her prom. Her teenage son just fixed that Washington Post
50 Ways The World is Getting Better A Wealth of Common Sense
The 50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now TIME
***ART & DESIGN
Elements of Typographic Style Kevin Kelly Blog
An AI can realistically “paint in” missing areas of photographs Kottke
***MUSIC
Spotify Redesigns Its Free Tier, With Hopes Of Grabbing Even More Users NPR
***STUDENT MEDIA
A survey of College Media Assoc. Members about student print, broadcast and web media operations College Media
Alumni effort to keep SMU's student newspaper independent is quashed Dallas Morning News
***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials blame boomers for ruining their lives Axios
Student’s death leads to investigation of possible cheating at George Mason Washington Post
Why ‘the Coed’ Vanished From Campus Language Chronicle of Higher Ed
This college professor gives her students extra credit for going on dates Washington Post
Schools are removing analogue clocks from exam halls as teenagers 'cannot tell the time' Telegraph
Some Teens Enter Rehab for Social Media Addiction News on 6
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
How To Calculate Your Freelance Hourly Rate Daily Infographic
High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University NPR
You’ve Graduated, Now What? Advice for Broadcast News Grads RTDNA
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
When Pop Culture Sells Dangerous Myths About Consent The Atlantic
10 Pieces You Need to Read About Sexual Assault and the Church Sojourners
***SOCIAL ISSUES
ProPublica’s news game about seeking asylum ProPublica
7 demographic trends shaping the U.S. and the world in 2018 Pew Research Center
***ENVIRONMENT
Earth Day was April 22, but people seem to be losing interest Quartz
New satellite to spot planet-warming industrial methane leaks The Guardian
***HEALTH
It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year Vox
For Faulting a Chinese Tonic, He Got 3 Months in Jail. Then Cheers The New York Times
Why being a night owl may lead to earlier death Vox
Five things you might be surprised affect weight BBC
How salad became a major source of food poisoning in the US Vox
Science Explores Benefits Of Probiotics NPR
***FAMILY
About one-third of U.S. children are living with an unmarried parent Pew Research Center
Juvenile delinquents: Boys with hostile fathers commit more crime Journalists Resources
***SCIENCE
Scientists reported the discovery of a new DNA structure inside human cells New Atlas
To argue with flat earthers, use philosophy not science Quartz
New animal study connects brain's smell center with fear response and breathing patterns University of Colorado
***PSYCHOLOGY
Mental Health Facts That Most People Get Wrong Cracked
Psychologists on the Radio Daily Jstor
***PHILOSOPHY
Nobel prize in literature may be cancelled in 2018 amid sexual abuse scandal The Guardian
Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the great 20th-century philosophers. He also invented the emoji Quartz
***PRODUCTIVITY
4 Weekend Habits That Can Save Time and Boost Your Productivity Next Week Inc.
***ETHICS
Tiny Lab-Grown 'Brains' Raise Big Ethical Questions NPR
***RESEARCH
Advocating for publishing peer review ASAPbio
Workloads influence when authors submit papers to journals Nature
Publish or Perish: Perceived Benefits versus Unintended Consequences The London School of Economics and Political Science
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Liberty University is no longer the largest Christian university Religious News Service
Falwell: By Liberty University’s definition, it’s still the largest Christian university Religious News Service
Christian College student newspaper wins top award Salem News
Lawsuit by Northwest Christian University instructor alleges racial discrimination The Register Guard
***TEACHING
Why We Must Stop Relying on Student Ratings of Teaching Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Semester’s Ending. Time to Worry About Our Flawed Course Evaluations Chronicle of Higher Ed
How We Can Help Students Survive in an Age of Anxiety (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Want to Be a 'Volunteer Adjunct'? Southern Illinois U. Is Hiring Chronicle of Higher Ed