Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Feb 13
/***WRITING & READING
Best Cities For Book Lovers https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jilliankarande/best-cities-us-cities-for-book-lovers
Will the American Dirt Fiasco Change American Publishing? https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/american-dirt-controversy-will-publishers-change.html?utm_source=digg
The Most Anticipated Books of 2020, According to GoodReads https://fortune.com/2020/01/06/most-anticipated-best-new-books-2020-goodreads/
Michael Jacques can’t read or write. But he’s published a new book https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-michael-jacques-cant-read-or-write-but-he-published-a-new-book/
Can Amazon Finally Crack the Bestseller Code? https://newrepublic.com/article/156228/can-amazon-finally-crack-bestseller-code
A book so far ahead of its time it took 87 years to find a publisher https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/romance-in-marseille-claude-mckay.html
***GRAMMAR
Philip Pullman calls for boycott of Brexit 50p coin over 'missing' Oxford comma https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/27/brexit-50p-coin-boycott-philip-pullman-oxford-comma
10 Grammar 'Mistakes' That Are Actually Correct https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/02/10-grammar-mistakes-people-love-to-correct-that-arent-actually-wrong/
***JOURNALISM
Can Journalism Be Saved? https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/02/27/can-journalism-be-saved/
Google’s search engine for scientists upgraded for better data scouring https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/23/21078310/google-dataset-search-beta-over-filters-improved-open-source
The new app allows mobile journalists and filmmakers to record from both sides of their mobile phones at once https://www.journalism.co.uk/video/app-for-journalists-doubletake-for-recording-both-sides-of-an-interview-on-smartphone/s400/a751013/
Iran-linked hackers pose as journalists in email scam https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-hackers-exclusive/exclusive-iran-linked-hackers-pose-as-journalists-in-email-scam-idUSKBN1ZZ1MS
'They're killing us!' Mexican journalist who was attacked asks president for justice https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/they-re-killing-us-mexican-journalist-who-was-attacked-asks-n1131451
A journalist’s guide on what to write — and what not to — when covering child abuse https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2020/a-journalists-guide-on-what-to-write-and-what-not-to-when-covering-child-abuse/
Journalist Abby Martin Sues State of Georgia Over Law Requiring Pledge of Allegiance to Israel https://www.mintpressnews.com/abby-martin-lawsuit-state-georgia-over-bds-law/264798/
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
McClatchy files for bankruptcy, likely ending 163 years of family control and setting up more consolidation in local news https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/02/mcclatchy-files-for-bankruptcy-likely-ending-163-years-of-family-control-and-setting-up-more-consolidation-in-local-news/
San Diego jury awards ex-One America News Network employee $290K https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2020-02-03/san-diego-jury-awards-ex-one-america-news-network-employee-290k
How Local News Publishers Can Better Leverage Technology https://knightfoundation.org/articles/how-local-news-publishers-can-better-leverage-technology/
Warren Buffett gives up on newspapers https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lee-enterprises-m-a-berkshire/warren-buffett-gives-up-on-newspapers-berkshire-sells-unit-to-lee-enterprises-idUSKBN1ZS1YB
***STUDENT MEDIA
Students report their adviser’s firing https://www.ccm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/youngtown01-29.pdf
Dinner with Hitler: How a Q&A with a college newspaper became a national story and an ethical dilemma https://dynamicsofwriting.com/2020/02/03/dinner-with-hitler-how-a-qa-with-a-college-newspaper-became-a-national-story-and-an-ethical-dilemma/
***FAKES & FRAUDS
The fact-checker’s dilemma: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/the-fact-checkers-dilemma-humans-are-hardwired-to-dismiss-facts-that-dont-fit-their-worldview/
Why Men Think Plant-Based Meat Will Turn Them Into Women: Fake news plays into long-held beliefs about power and sex https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/why-men-are-afraid-soy-will-turn-them-women/605968/
It took us months to contest a flawed study on police bias—Here’s why that’s dangerous https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/28/it-took-us-months-contest-flawed-study-police-bias-heres-why-thats-dangerous/
Google has released a tool to spot faked and doctored images https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615143/google-ai-deepfakes-manipulated-images-jigsaw-assembler/
***FAKES & RUSSIA
The Russian Conspiracy Theory that Won’t Die: A decades-old mystery surrounding the death of nine college students https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/
Kansas City radio station agrees to broadcast Russian-owned propaganda program https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article239359868.html
***FAKES & POLITICS
QAnon conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics https://apnews.com/e230131513bf3df60c76bb1151bc6b7c
5 ways Trump uses the same strategies as science deniers https://www.mic.com/p/5-ways-trump-uses-the-same-strategies-as-science-deniers-19623108
FAKES & MEDICAL INFO
A Disturbing Number of People Think Coronavirus Is Related to Corona Beer https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdvvd/a-disturbing-number-of-people-think-coronavirus-is-related-to-corona-beer
The Wuhan coronavirus is the latest front for medical misinformation. How will China handle it? https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/the-wuhan-coronavirus-is-the-latest-front-for-medical-misinformation-how-will-china-handle-it/
On Facebook, anti-vaxxers urged a mom not to give her son Tamiflu. He later died https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-anti-vaxxers-pushed-mom-not-give-her-son-tamiflu-n1131936
How to spot bias in randomized clinical trials https://journalistsresource.org/tip-sheets/research/bias-clinical-trials-research/
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic” https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615184/the-coronavirus-is-the-first-true-social-media-infodemic/
Will Apple, Facebook or Microsoft be the future of augmented reality? https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/12/will-apple-facebook-or-microsoft-be-the-future-of-augmented-reality/
This emoji could mean your suicide risk is high, according to AI https://mashable.com/article/suicide-risk-crisis-text-line-artificial-intelligence/
New Report Shows Universal Distrust in Social Media as a News Source https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/new-report-shows-universal-distrust-in-social-media-as-a-news-source/571512/
Snapchat is testing a big new redesign https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/2/12/21134892/snap-redesign-maps-community-discover-originals-shows-happening-now-news-briefs
Facebook will pay Reuters to fact-check Deepfakes and more https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/12/reuters-facebook-fact-checker/?guccounter=1
***LITERATURE
Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings to procrastinate on the academic work he was supposed to be doing https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/2/1/21115263/tolkien-lord-of-the-rings-procrastinate-academic-work
People aren't reading less. In fact, literature has never been so interactive https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/social-reading
New Carol Shields Prize for fiction will award $150,000 to female author https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-coming-together-to-create-the-carol-shields-literary-prize/
Focus turns to Latino authors amid 'American Dirt' debate https://apnews.com/cbb08726a779968b48631c445b90fb06
***POETRY
The Stubborn Witness of a Revolutionary Poet https://sojo.net/magazine/march-2020/stubborn-witness-revolutionary-poet-Julia-Esquivel-Guatemala
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Media execs: Trump presidency is a growing liability to our businesses https://www.axios.com/media-trump-advertising-c2022769-ec1f-4758-8e1d-1e9b495b19eb.html
How Digital Billboards Target Passersby (Hint: It's Cellphone Data) https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/803907447/how-digital-billboards-target-passersby-hint-its-cellphone-data
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Google keeps a scary amount of data on you. Here's how to find and delete it https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/google-keeps-a-scary-amount-of-data-on-you-heres-how-to-find-and-delete-it/
48% of Americans OK with DNA testing companies sharing user data with law enforcement https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/02/04/about-half-of-americans-are-ok-with-dna-testing-companies-sharing-user-data-with-law-enforcement/
***PRODUCING MEDIA
What to buy if you want to start producing music at home https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/29/beginner-home-music-studio-bedroom-producer-guide/