Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Jan 13
/***LITERATURE
Revisiting American Short Stories Selected by John Updike https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/books/review/revisiting-american-short-stories-selected-by-john-updike.html
South American Literature’s Master of Malaise https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/books/review/juan-carlos-onetti.html
My Accidental Journey to Mr. Darcy’s Estate https://www.thecut.com/2019/12/journey-pride-and-prejudice-colin-firth.html
The importance of postcolonial literature https://dailytimes.com.pk/534227/the-importance-of-postcolonial-literature-daily-times/
The Most Anticipated Books of 2020, According to GoodReads https://fortune.com/2020/01/06/most-anticipated-best-new-books-2020-goodreads/
Elizabeth Wurtzel, ‘Prozac Nation’ author who spurred a memoir boom, dies at 52 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/elizabeth-wurtzel-prozac-nation-author-who-spurred-a-memoir-boom-dies-at-52/2020/01/07/fc1a040e-2fcf-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html
How Jane Austen’s unfinished novel ‘Sanditon’ became a TV show https://nypost.com/2020/01/10/how-jane-austens-unfinished-novel-sanditon-became-a-tv-show/
100 Best Books by Black Female Authors, 1850 - Present https://zora.medium.com/100-best-books-by-black-women-authors-zora-canon-46b3492bdded
***WRITING & READING
Racism Scandal In The Romance Writing Industry https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572217/racism-scandal-in-the-romance-writing-industry
Romance Writers Of America Leadership Resign https://www.npr.org/2020/01/09/795002052/romance-writers-of-america-leadership-resigns
***GRAMMAR
In an age of shifting attitudes about gender identity, ‘they’ was the word of the decade https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/9/21058633/nonbinary-gender-identity-my-pronouns-american-dialect-society-linguistics-they-conversation
The idiots’s guide to the apostrophe http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-pickin-up-where-the-apostrophe-protection-society-left-off/2020/01/02/e7479cca-1b8a-11ea-87f7-f2e91143c60d_story.html
***JOURNALISM
Prescription for Journalists: Less Time Studying Twitter, More Time Studying Math https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/prescription-for-journalists/
Roundup of 2019 Tips for Reporting, Press regulator & Ombudsman news https://www.imediaethics.org/roundup-of-2019-tips-for-reporting-press-regulator-ombudsman-news/
We're entering a new golden age of China journalism https://www.axios.com/journalism-china-media-5caac2b6-ad6b-45b8-9154-9f94c8369fb1.html
News coverage gets geo-fragmented https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/news-coverage-gets-geo-fragmented/
ProPublica Outlines Lessons from 3-Year Collaborative Journalism Project https://nonprofitquarterly.org/propublica-outlines-lessons-from-3-year-collaborative-journalism-project/
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman: My computer was hacked to 'download child pornography https://thehill.com/homenews/media/477482-paul-krugman-my-computer-was-hacked-to-download-child-pornography
7 Tips For Covering Horrific Events At Houses Of Worship — And Treating Victims Right https://religionunplugged.com/news/2020/1/10/weekend-plug-in-top-journalists-offer-advice-covering-horrific-events-at-houses-of-worship
Article or Ad: Teen Vogue removes glowing Facebook story without explanation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/08/article-or-ad-teen-vogue-removes-glowing-facebook-story-without-explanation/
6 examples of newsroom-library collaborations https://ijnet.org/en/story/6-examples-newsroom-library-collaborations
***MEDIA & THE LAW
10 Major Media Lawsuits from 2019 https://www.imediaethics.org/10-major-media-lawsuits-from-2019/
CNN confirms a settlement has been reached with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/07/nick-sandmann-cnn-confirms-settlement-covington-catholic-student/2837478001/
Judge sides with press over University of Wyoming, orders release of records related to president's demotion https://trib.com/news/local/education/judge-sides-with-press-over-university-of-wyoming-orders-release/article_28ef76bd-a59a-5224-bf32-bc01c89ba761.html
Federal Judge Rules California ‘Gig Labor’ Law Applies To Freelance Journalists https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/01/06/ab5-freelance-journalist-exemption-denied/
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Plight of Newspapers Generates Uncommon Bipartisan Unity https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/technology/google-facebook-newspapers.html
Trump Fans Aim to Buy San Diego’s One America News Network https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2020/01/10/trump-fans-aim-to-buy-san-diegos-one-america-news-network-wsj-says/
CNN Settles a 16-Year-Long Labor Dispute With Broadcast Technicians for record-setting $76 Million https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cnn-agrees-record-76-million-settlement-national-labor-relations-board-1268678
What went wrong with virtual reality? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50265414
***STUDENT MEDIA
Ruling in favor of UMass Student Newspaper https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2020/01/01/sjc-rules-favor-umass-student-newspaper-editor/KUmVRgblgA8RuLdRltajPP/story.html
Student Newspaper files complaint against Board of Governors over open meetings https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2020/01/dth-lawsuit-0108
***FAKES & FRAUDS
Facebook bans deepfakes in the runup to 2020 election, but ‘shallowfakes’ still allowed https://www.fastcompany.com/90449237/facebook-bans-deepfakes-in-the-runup-to-2020-election-but-shallowfakes-still-allowed
Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/disinformation-for-hire-black-pr-firms
News literacy lessons: How a satirical story about Democrats and Qasem Soleimani was spread as fact. Plus a doctored video of Joe Biden.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/01/07/news-literacy-lessons-how-satirical-story-about-democrats-qasem-soleimani-was-spread-fact-plus-doctored-video-joe-biden/
Fake text messages about a military draft are being sent to Americans https://www.businessinsider.com/fake-military-draft-text-message-warning-2020-1
“Rated false”: Here’s the most interesting new research on fake news and fact-checking https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/rated-false-heres-the-most-interesting-new-research-on-fake-news-and-fact-checking/
Texas school district falls for email scam, hands over $2.3 millionhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/texas-school-district-falls-for-scam-email-hands-over-2-3-million/
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Snapchat quietly acquired AI Factory https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/03/snapchat-quietly-acquired-ai-factory-the-company-behind-its-new-cameos-feature-for-166m/
Twitter will put options to limit replies directly on the compose screen https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/8/21056856/twitter-replies-limit-option-compose-screen-beta-app-features-new-ces-2020
***TIKTOK
What does TikTok offer publishers? https://medium.com/@corinne_podger/what-does-tiktok-offer-publishers-e6ed0a2b0d63
TikTok is the best place on the internet. We should all delete it https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-is-the-best-place-on-the-internet-we-should-all-delete-it/
TikTok’s parent company has secretly built a deepfakes maker https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/03/tiktok-deepfakes-face-swap/
***LANGUAGE
Is this the most powerful word in the English language? www.bbc.com/culture/story/20200109-is-this-the-most-powerful-word-in-the-english-language
Where Do Finger Names Come From? https://daily.jstor.org/where-do-finger-names-come-from/