Articles of Interest about Lit, Journalism, Writing & Languages - Sept 3
/***GRAMMAR
Trump’s Twitter War on Spelling New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/us/politics/trump-twitter.html
AP Stylebook Changes Hyphen Guidance, Ushering In Total Chaos The Big Lead
https://thebiglead.com/2019/08/28/ap-stylebook-hyphen-change-guidance
In Love With Language, but Not Necessarily With Each Other New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/books/review/the-grammarians-cathleen-schine.html
***WRITING & READING
What Critics of Student Writing Get Wrong Chronicle of Higher Ed
https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Critics-of-Student/247054
How I’m using AI to write my next novel Vox
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/30/20840194/ai-art-fiction-writing-language-gpt-2
Cracking the code of dyslexia CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cracking-the-code-of-dyslexia/
***JOURNALISM
How Colombia’s Datasketch wants to make data visualization easier for Latin American newsrooms
At Least 11 Journalists Killed This Year In Mexico NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/31/756200213/at-least-11-journalists-killed-this-year-in-mexico
You might make a good producer if... RTDNA
https://rtdna.org/article/you_might_make_a_good_producer_if
Why Teens Are Creating Their Own News Outlets Teen Vogue
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/teens-creating-own-news-outlets-instagram-text-message
The New York Times use of FOIAs New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/reader-center/foia-freedom-of-information-public-records.html
***JOURNALISM STUDENTS
Hey, future journalists: 50 pieces of advice for making your college years count RTDNA https://rtdna.org/article/hey_future_journalists_50_pieces_of_advice_for_making_your_college_years_count
Ability to adapt has become more important than ever for journalism interns Community Newspapers https://communitynewspapers.com/featured/ability-to-adapt-has-become-more-important-than-ever-for-journalism-interns /
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Obituaries keep local newspapers afloat
https://www.axios.com/obituaries-local-newspapers-77ddfa04-b54e-46ee-9fb7-a2aa641559fb.html
***FAKE NEWS
These “Canadian” Websites And Facebook Pages Are Actually Run From Overseas
Frank Abagnale of Catch Me If You Can on how not to get scammed Vox
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/8/29/20836745/frank-abagnale-scam-me-if-you-can
Inside the deeply weird fake seed scams that are all over Amazon Mashable
https://mashable.com/article/fake-seed-scam-amazon-ebay/
Hijacked Reviews on Amazon Can Trick Shoppers Consumer Reports
These deepfakes of Bill Hader are absolutely terrifying CNET
https://www.cnet.com/news/these-deepfakes-of-bill-hader-are-absolutely-terrifying/
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Researchers studying Facebook's impact on democracy threaten to quit Reuters
Here’s how to filter and delete your old tweets — and why that’s an OK thing to do Poynter
What drives our addiction to social media The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/23/social-media-addiction-gambling
***LANGUAGE
A new book spells out the magic of language Economist
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/08/22/a-new-book-spells-out-the-magic-of-language
What’s the best way to teach children a second language? New research produces surprising results The Conversation
***LITERATURE
Artificial Intelligence doing Wonders in the Field of Literature Analytics Insight
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/artificial-intelligence-doing-wonders-in-the-field-of-literature/
Emojis Are Language Too: A Linguist Says Internet-Speak Isn’t Such a Bad Thing New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/books/review/because-internet-gretchen-mcculloch.html
7 Best Places for Literature Lovers in Paris Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/7-best-places-literature-lovers-paris-1456124
***POETRY
Waffle House has an official poet laureate: For real Atlanta Magazine
In the first trailer for Apple TV Plus’ Dickinson, the famous poet gets turnt The Verge
This Indianapolis nurse quit her job to become a poet. Now people hire her to write poems Indy Star
Do You Actually Know The Difference Between Taylor Swift And History's Greatest Poets? BuzzFeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/taylor-swift-lyrics-famous-poets-quiz
Butchering poetry: Verse vs. worse Washington Post