Articles of interest about journalism, social media, security & more - April 15
/***COVID-19
Study shows vaccines carry much lower risk of blood clots than COVID-19
Why The COVID-19 Vaccines Take Two Weeks To Be Fully Effective
Health experts weigh in on whether 'herd immunity' is possible
CDC reports 5,800 Covid infections in fully vaccinated people
A New Study Suggests Empty Middle Seats On Planes Reduce COVID Exposure By A Third
Study: Moderna immunity wanes 6 months in but still protective
Erectile dysfunction risk is 6 times higher for men with COVID-19
***JOURNALISM
Using FOIA logs to develop news stories
How Instagram became the place to find Asian American news
Bad news for journalists: The public doesn’t share our values. But there’s hope.
News deserts and weak ethics laws allow corruption to run rampant in SC
What Pew’s Defense of Polling Accuracy Tells Us (opinion)
Why journalists shouldn’t parrot police language
Nebraska lawmakers kill student journalist protection bill after filibuster
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Kim Godwin makes history by taking over as ABC News president
The rise of news products They look like journalism, but they're not
How newsrooms learn from other industries
Top Bidder for Tribune Newspapers Is an Influential Liberal Donor ($)
An eleventh-hour bid might keep Tribune Publishing out of a hedge fund’s hands
Hearst Invests More Resources Into Data Journalism
***WRITING & READING
The Books That Made Me: 8 Writers on Their Literary Inspirations ($)
The best — and newest — science fiction and fantasy story collections
TikTok Is Changing The Way Publishers Market New Books
Parts of Alberta's draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds
***FAKES, FRAUDS & SCAMS
Anti-Vax Activists Are Quietly Bending State Politics To Their Will
Mick Jagger Takes Shots at Conspiracy Theorists & Anti-Vaxxers in a New Song, “Eazy Sleazy”
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook urged to scrap Instagram for children plans
Instagram’s new test lets you choose if you want to hide ‘Likes,’ Facebook test to follow
Review Your Social Media Etiquette ($)
Muslim Advocates Has Filed A Lawsuit Against Facebook
Partisan differences in social media use show up for some platforms, but not Facebook
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Lawsuit Filed After Facial Recognition Tech Leads to Wrongful Arrest
Please stop doing this when you create a new password
‘Dark Patterns’ in Consumer Data Privacy Garner Policy Attention
Huge Zoom flaw lets hackers completely take over your Mac or PC
Data from half a billion LinkedIn users has been scraped and put online
New Phishing Campaign Sends Malware-Laced Job Offers Through LinkedIn
Law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of AI facial recognition searches
High numbers of schools hit by phishing, account compromise and ransomware attacks
Houston Rockets works with FBI after being hit by major cyberattack
***LANGUAGE
How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?