ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Articles of Interest - July 2
/***TECHNOLOGY
Harvard scientists develop material that can change its surface shape at the microscale on the fly Harvard
Is the Solution to the Data Storage Crunch your DNA? Wired
Satellites could show airplanes faster long-haul routes in mid-air Quartz
Google opens its human-sounding Duplex AI to public testing CNET
How roboticists are copying nature to make fantastical machines Wired
Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up: more detailed maps built from its own data for the first time Tech Crunch
***TECHNOLOGY: FACIAL RECOGNITION
Orlando Airport Will Be First in the U.S. to Scan Faces of All International Passengers Conde Nash Traveler
Facial Recognition Software is Not Ready for use by Law Enforcement Tech Crunch
This Japanese AI security camera shows the future of surveillance will be automated The Verge
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The data behind winning Instagram captions News Whip
How Instagram Is Eating The World Forbes
Only 'Influencers' Can Take Photos at This LA Mural and People Are Pissed Vice
Slate Traffic Plummets as a result of FB’s retreat from the news business Slate
Facebook is stepping back from its plan to bring the internet to the world via giant drones Quartz
Facebook bug randomly unblocked some users from people’s block lists The Verge
Facebook is buying UK’s Bloomsbury AI: It’s all about fighting fake News Tech Crunch
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
In both the U.S. and China, more people say they’ll watch matches via live video online than via terrestrial, cable, or satellite television Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Quartz sale doesn’t give digital media players much to cheer about Columbia Journalism Review
***JOURNALISM
How can design processes help your newsroom? Medium
Post dismisses reporter for lax attribution in ‘aggregated’ news stories Washington Post
News outlets join forces to track down children separated from their parents by the U.S. Poynter
Advertising is not journalism Union-Tribune
Small-town American newspapers are surprisingly resilient Economist
Why LinkedIn wants to make original journalism The Drum
***THE VALUE OF JOURNALISM
How we know journalism is good for democracy Local News Lab
Can journalists counteract hatred toward the press? It starts with explaining what we do Poynter
The Importance Of Local Journalism NPR
***JOURNALISM: THE CAPITAL GAZETTE SHOOTING
Dave Barry: My heart aches for Capital Gazette shooting victims Miami Herald
The war against the press comes to the local newsroom Columbia Journalism Review
More than 350 org. and individuals sign condemnation of mass murder at the Capital Gazette and negative environment for journalists The Student Press Law Center
Trump says Maryland shooting 'filled our hearts with grief' CNN
Trump’s press attacks didn’t cause the Annapolis tragedy: But there is a connection Washington Post
Former Capital Gazette reporter grieves colleagues who died in Annapolis shooting Delaware Online
An act of violence against one journalist is an attack on all of us Union-Tribune
Trump won’t Lower Flag for Cap Gaz Shooting as he has for Other Mass Shootings Mashable
***JOURNALISM: SAFETY
The Newsroom Is No Longer a Safe Place Politico
How Rare Are Attacks On Journalists? NPR
Defend Yourself AND the News Provides: practical advice for turbulent times RTDNA
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
2018 Research: Women and people of color in local TV and radio news RTDNA
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
How VR in Journalism Education Keeps Learners Abreast With a Rocky Media Landscape eLearning Inside
***FAKE NEWS
Rapidly expanding fact-checking movement faces growing pains Washington Post
Adobe is using machine learning to make it easier to spot Photoshopped images The Verge
A Web Tool That Lets People Choose Their Own ‘Sources of Truth’ The Atlantic
Americans may appreciate knowing when a news story is suspect, but more than a third will share that story anyway Knight Foundation
***FAKE NEWS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world Poynter
Fake news, rumour and censorship in the Middle Kingdom Monday Note
***BIG DATA & AI
One day AI programs may need therapists—seriously Axios
Ways to think about machine learning and avoid some of the misconceptions out there Ben Evans Blog
How Quantum Computing Works and Why It’s Important Medium
Is the Solution to the Data Storage Crunch your DNA? Wired
How to Execute R and Python in SQL Server with Machine Learning Services Data Science Central
***THE INTERNET
How to fix what has gone wrong with the internet Economist
Our Online Behavior is a Design Problem Medium
The story of the internet is all about layers How the internet lost its decentralised innocence Economist
Ecommerce Website Redesign: A Technical SEO Checklist Search Engine Journal
Make Wikipedia Even Better Chronicle of Higher Ed
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Malcolm Gladwell's 12 Rules for Life Revisionist History Podcast Revisionist History
Why are Russians so stingy with their smiles? The Conversation
Being rational all the time isn’t going to do you any favors Quartz
***GRAMMAR
That Adverb in Melania Trump’s jacket Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Instead of abandoning print, the 119-year-old MIT Technology Review is doubling down on it Harvard's Nieman Lab
How the Self-Publishing Industry Changed, Between My First and Second Novels LongReads
***LANGUAGE
Koko Is Dead, but the Myth of Her Linguistic Skills Lives On Chronicle of Higher Ed
Switzerland’s Mysterious Fourth Language BBC
***LITERATURE
Translators' group brings international literature to Chicago Chicago Tribune
‘Frankenstein’ Author Mary Shelley on Creativity' Brain Pickings
Book clinic: which literature would inspire a men’s prison reading group? The Guardian
Why aren't schools teaching black literature? Baltimore Sun
Capturing the voice of a brilliant, unorthodox teacher of literature Economist
Clean, Well-Spoken: Hemingway’s Cuban Spanish Chronicle of Higher Ed
The 39 best health and science books to read this summer Stat News
Discover What to Read Next With This 'Instagram for Books' Life Hacker
***GENDER
‘Tormented and traumatized’: Rage toward women fuels mass shooters Washington Post
Women in public-facing journalism jobs are exhausted by harassment Poynter
Researchers preferentially collaborate with same-gendered colleagues across the life sciences BioRx
The midterm elections are shaping up to have a giant gender gap Vox
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Elevation of Anti-Semitic Pseudoscience Undark
Race-Conscious Admissions Returns to the Spotlight Chronicle of Higher Ed
New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017 The Conversation
White supremacist propaganda is inundating college campuses, civil rights group says Washington Post
***FREE SPEECH
Is That Opinion Hate Speech? Here’s A Checklist To Find Out Daily Infographic
***LEGAL ISSUES
Campus Lawyers’ Deepest Fear: the Protest or Tweet That Spins Into a Free-Speech Crisis Chronicle of Higher Ed
***PRIVACY
California passes strictest online privacy law in the country CNN
Here are 5 key details in California’s new privacy law Fast Company
At this Chinese school, Big Brother was watching students — and charting every smile or frown LA Times
Here's why the NSA just deleted all of the calls and texts it collected since 2015 Tech Republic
***RELIGION
How Antebellum Christians Justified Slavery Daily Jstor
One of Hillsong's latest hits sparks debate on evolution Christianity Today
5 facts about Episcopalians Pew Research Center
Archdiocese of Washington apologizes after Maryland family kicked out of funeral Fox-5
***MEGACHURCHES
Willow Creek leaders issue public apologies for mishandling allegations Chicago Tribune
Mega church pastor resigns after investigation into 'inappropriate conduct' Fox-9
Pastor of Tacoma megachurch dismissed over accusations of inappropriate behavior Q13 Fox
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
In El Salvador, Becoming An Evangelical Is A Way Out Of A Gang NPR
5 facts about religion in India Pew Research Center
Christian Group Surprises Pride Crowd, Apologizes For Anti-LGBTQ Views Huffington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The “Star-Spangled Banner” in church? Some Christians are questioning the mix of patriotism and God Washington Post
Supreme Court ruling may pave way for more faith-based pregnancy centers The Hill
***GOOD NEWS
"Hello Kitty" bullet train to debut in Japan CBS
Joyful parade fulfills two wishes for 107 year old: When asked what she wanted for her birthday, Myda Lewis said "I want people to be happy" Stillwater News Press
***ART & DESIGN
Here's What 49 Iconic Disney Characters Would Probably Look Like IRL BuzzFeed
Duchamp's famous urinal sculpture was actually created by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven BoingBoing
Winners of the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest The Atlantic
Bookstore photo series perfectly juxtaposes patrons with book covers BoingBoing
***TRAVEL
National Trust’s List of 11 Most Endangered Places includes Route 66, Mount Vernon Curbed
19 of the Most Beautiful Streets in the World Architectural Digest
17 Mistakes Tourists Make When Visiting NYC For The First Time BuzzFeed
***FILM
10 Great First Movies For Your Kids Fatherly
A Montage of Dance Moments from Almost 300 Feature Films Open Culture
***HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
While Reporting At The World Cup, Female Journalists Are Sexually Harassed NPR
How Colleges and Organizations Can Stop the Cycle of Faculty Sexual Abuse Chronicle of Higher Ed
6 women on how they deal with sexism and discrimination at work Fast Company
***HARASSMENT & ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
How a Student Used Title IX to Force Her College to Change Its Response to Cases of Sexual Assault Chronicle of Higher Ed
Texas History prof accused of inappropriate behavior and using his social-justice standing to divert the narrative Stephenville Empire-Tribune
How Colleges and Organizations Can Stop the Cycle of Faculty Sexual Abuse Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Star Scientist From The Max Planck Society Allegedly Harassed And Bullied Her Colleagues BuzzFeed News
Acclaimed UC Irvine geneticist who gave millions to the campus resigns due to sexual harassment LA Times
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
Police officer who fatally shot Antwon Rose II left his campus job after his testimony and evidence didn’t add up Pittsburg Post-Gazette
Man Killed By Armed Portland State University Officers Had Valid Concealed Carry Permit When He Died OPB
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Scientists can track the spread of opioids in sewers. But do cities want to know what lies below? Stat News
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
How Old Are Successful Tech Entrepreneurs? Older than you think Northwestern
Republican tax law hits churches Some nonprofits could start paying taxes for the first time Politico
Why Startups Are Thriving Outside Silicon Valley Aspenideas
Can LinkedIn finally kill the business card with new mobile app QR codes? Tech Republic
I spent 2 days on a bus with a billionaire and a celebrity author while they toured America to invest $150 million in local business Business Insider
How regulators can prevent excessive concentration online Economist
30 Fake Business Blog Posts Someone Should Have Written Already Medium
***ENVIRONMENT
Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map' The Guardian
How can climate policy stay on top of a growing mountain of data? The Guardian
Hawaii Bans Common Sunscreens To Protect Coral Reefs NPR
***HEALTH
Hundreds of new genes may underlie intelligence—but also autism and depression Science Mag
Modified polio vaccine extends lives in U.S. brain cancer study Reuters
Marketing firm Exactis leaked a personal info database with 340 million records Wired
With Funding Scarce, HealthNewsReview.org Hurtles Toward Closure Undark
Seemingly Healthy Food For Kids That Have Shocking Amounts of Sugar Daily Infographic
***HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
Amazon could radically change how you get prescriptions CNN
Kids of millennials may never know a doctor visit without AI Tech Republic
***FAMILY
Helicopter parenting is bad for children The Times
U.S. women are postponing motherhood, but not as much as those in most other developed nations Pew Research Center
America's work-life balance isn't so great Axios
***SCIENCE
***PSYCHOLOGY
The surprising thing the 'marshmallow test' reveals about kids in an instant-gratification world LA Times
Live Nation rigged an entire concert to measure the biometrics of music fans Fast Company
One day AI programs may need therapists Axios
A big collaboration is trying to understand diseases of the psyche Economist
The Famous Break Up of Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung (video) Open Culture
New Jersey to Suspend Prominent Psychologist for Failing to Protect Patient Privacy Pro Propublica
Psychologists Looked In The Mirror … And Saw A Bunch Of Liberals Here’s how this might affect their research FiveThirtyEight
Campus mental health forums pay off, study shows Ed Dive
***NEUROSCIENCE
Why your brain never runs out of problems to find The Conversation
The eye's structure holds information about the health of the mind: It is a window to the brain Economist
One sentence with 7 meanings unlocks a mystery of human speech Wired
***PHILOSOPHY
What’s the point of philosophy? A new philosophy paper says there isn’t one Quartz
***PRODUCTIVITY
The best tools and tech to create a podcast in 2018 Poynter
***RESEARCH RETRACTIONS
CDC retracts finding that farmers have the highest suicide rate in the country New Food Economy
Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes: A New Project Wants to Change That Undark
***RESEARCH REPLICATION
Statistical Rituals: The Replication Delusion and How We Got There Sage Journalism
Improving analysis and reporting of incomplete data will make reproducibility and replicability efforts easier (abstract) Social Science & Medicine
Can We Science Our Way out of the Reproducibility Crisis? PLOS
***RESEARCH
The Benefits and Pitfalls of Google Scholar Cambridge University Press
Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so Economist
African scientists launch their own preprint server Nature
Sports science journal has just banned a flawed statistical method FiveThirtyEight
Philip Zimbardo defends the Stanford Prison Experiment, his most famous work Vox
How Dennis Wall became the ‘bad boy’ of autism research Spectrum News
***HIGHER ED
A College Considers Taking the ‘Liberal’ Out of ‘Liberal Education’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Defining and Delivering on Quality in Higher Education Medium
What Does Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Mean for Higher Education? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Western Illinois Will Lay Off 24 Faculty Members, Including 7 With Tenure Chronicle of Higher Ed
Notre Dame students sue school, White House over birth control policy Reuters
AD: Baylor regents displayed racism, preferred misleading report on rape scandal Waco Tribune
***HUMANITIES & STEM
Digital Humanities and the Child Separation Crisis Wired
Why it's so hard to diversify STEM fields California Sunday
***TEACHING
What Podcasts Can Teach Us About Teaching Chronicle of Higher Ed
University develops rubric to certify students' soft skills Ed Dive
***ACADEMIC LIFE
No More Chili Pepper: RateMyProfessors Ditches ‘Hotness’ Ratings Chronicle of Higher Ed
In Nigeria, a battle against academic plagiarism heats up Science Magazine
Why the Supreme Court Ruling on Unions Could Be Good for Adjuncts Chronicle of Higher Ed
Second of 3 Dartmouth professors under criminal probe quits Union Leader
Was a Renowned Literary Theorist Also a Spy? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Liberty University professor arrested and charged with online sexual exploitation of a minor News Advance
***STUDENT MEDIA
How is college radio faring in the streaming era? Economist
In California, journalists lean on student reporters for education coverage Columbia Journalism Review
Student photojournalist who sued to retain copyright for his work is vindicated Student Press Law Center
Student journalist investigates lack of sexual misconduct records for teachers Columbia Journalism Review
***STUDENT LIFE
Should Working Learners Get a Tax Break? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Teen Employment Numbers Are Down NPR
The Rise of College ‘Grade Forgiveness’ The Atlantic
The share of teens with summer jobs has plunged since 2000, and the type of work they do has shifted Pew Research Center
As A Mental Health Crisis Sweeps Across Colleges, Students Step Up To Fix It Huffington Post
California Will Be Fourth State to Sue Navient Over Student Loans New York Times
The view you adopt for yourself
/For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value. How does this happen? How can a simple belief have the power to transform your psychology and, as a result, your life?
Believing that your qualities are carved in stone — the fixed mindset — creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over. If you have only a certain amount of intelligence, a certain personality, and a certain moral character — well, then you’d better prove that you have a healthy dose of them. It simply wouldn’t do to look or feel deficient in these most basic characteristics.
I’ve seen so many people with this one consuming goal of proving themselves — in the classroom, in their careers, and in their relationships. Every situation calls for a confirmation of their intelligence, personality, or character. Every situation is evaluated: Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser? . . .
There’s another mindset in which these traits are not simply a hand you’re dealt and have to live with, always trying to convince yourself and others that you have a royal flush when you’re secretly worried it’s a pair of tens. In this mindset, the hand you’re dealt is just the starting point for development. This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Although people may differ in every which way — in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments — everyone can change and grow through application and experience.
Do people with this mindset believe that anyone can be anything, that anyone with proper motivation or education can become Einstein or Beethoven? No, but they believe that a person’s true potential is unknown (and unknowable); that it’s impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training.
Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Articles of Interest - June 25
/***TECHNOLOGY
IBM Touts Breakthrough Technology As Computer Debates A Person NPR
A new type of battlefield network is in development Economist
This AI program could beat you in an argument—but it doesn’t know what it’s saying MIT Technology Review
Control robots with brainwaves and hand gestures MIT Technology Review
‘Stealth’ material hides hot objects from infrared eyes University of Wisconsin-Madison
***TECHNOLOGY: WEARABLES
The reason thousands of Swedish people are inserting microchips into themselves Quartz
Snap’s Spectacles are now basically a GoPro for your face Quartz
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The future of TV advertising in today’s digital world MARTech
Forecast growth in global ad spending, by medium The Atlas
***JOURNALISM
What journalists can learn from their local TV weather forecast American Press Institute
Advocates are becoming journalists. Is that a good thing? Columbia Journalism Review
The decline and fall of entertainment reporting Columbia Journalism Review
Reddit launches a ‘News’ tab into beta testing TechCrunch
The Augmented Newsroom: How will AI impact the journalism we know? Medium
***JOURNALISM: INTERVIEWS
Times under fire for agreeing to White House terms on Miller interview Columbia Journalism Review
National Enquirer sent Trump stories to Michael Cohen before publication CNN
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Freelancers are precarious. When should they push back? Columbia Journalism Review
Tronc finally realizes it has a stupid name New York Post
***TEACHING JOURNALSIM
LinkedIn can be an avenue to new audiences, Maryland students find Poynter
Journalism head at Wayne State resigns amid misconduct investigation The South End
***FAKE NEWS
What Advertising History says about the Future of Fake News New York Times
Reuters study: the duopoly should fight fake news faster & brands must hone in on misplacement The Drum
Americans grapple with recognizing facts in news stories Reuters
Conservatives & Liberals both take to propaganda on Russian TV NPR
MediaWise teaches 500 teens to fact-check the internet Poynter
Truepic, a startup that detects deepfake pictures and videos, just raised $8 million Quartz
Americans believe two-thirds of news on social media is misinformation Poynter
The Best Defense Against Fake News in Social Media Tech News World***THE INTERNET
19 Incredibly Useful Websites You’ll Wish You Knew Earlier Medium
Is your website ADA-compliant? Avoid becoming a litigation target Miami Herald
***BIG DATA & AI
Work boycott by Google engineers refusing to build security tool to win military contracts Bloomberg
Chinese Hackers Target Satellite, Geospatial Imaging, Defense Companies Bleeping Computer
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter users are analytical in the morning, angsty at night Wired
Buying Instagram is probably the smartest thing Facebook has ever done Quartz
The news that bots share on Twitter tends not to focus on politics Pew Research Center
Facebook Watch Aims to Reinvent TV With New Interactive Shows Variety
Facebook blocks ad for actual news claiming it's 'political' Mashable
***MOBILE
Rebel developers are trying to cure our smartphone addiction — with an app Washington Post
Google’s Augmented Reality tape measure app comes to Android phones Ars Technica
***PRIVACY
Supreme Court cracks down on government snooping through cellphone location records USA Today
Bill could give Californians unprecedented control over data Wired
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Google's new podcast app could turbocharge the industry Wired
Best YouTube Videos of All Time, Ranked Thrillist
***PERSONAL GROWTH
I can prove you are no smarter than a pigeon Becoming (my blog)
How We Got to Be So Self-Absorbed: The Long Story (book review) New York Times
Everyone suffers when you apologize for asking questions Fast Company
***GRAMMAR
A ‘New Yorker’ Style Book Chronicle of Higher Ed
9 grammar rules you're probably breaking without realizing it Business Insider
***WRITING & READING
Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks 7 Books For Summer Reading NPR
I’ve Quit Writing Personal Essays About Quitting Things: A Personal Essay (satire) The New Yorker
The Best Algorithm-Driven Writing Instruction You Can Imagine Inside Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
From Snoopy to Shark Bait: The Top Slang Word in Each State Mental Floss
Librarian Nancy Pearl Picks 7 Books For Summer Reading NPR
***LITERATURE
Top 20 picks for the best books of the year so far Amazon
Library Association Removes Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Name from Award Associated Press
***GENDER
Long Term Trend: Fewer men in the workforce, higher percentage of women New York Times
If you don’t have gender equality in your newsroom, it’s like running on one leg Harvard's Nieman Lab
How the New York Times and Gizmodo tackle gender diversity in the newsroom journalism.co
Why Women Don’t Code Quillette
Why don’t women code? A UW lecturer’s answer draws heat Seattle Times
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
SNL’s Black Jeopardy: An Oral History Vulture
***FREE SPEECH
UW to pay $122,500 in legal fees in settlement with College Republicans over free speech Seattle Times
Speaking of speech: What should colleges do when controversial figures want to come to campus? Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Do undocumented immigrants have the right to a day in court? The Supreme Court answered in 1896 Quartz
How to Lose a Copyright Case: Court Finds Photos of Teeth Lack Sufficient Bite Law.com
***SUMMER TRAVEL
2018’s Best & Worst States for Summer Road Trips Wallet Hub
10 Summer Travel Scams You Need to Take Seriously Reader’s Digest
***PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN
The best photography portfolio websites for showing off your work Digital Trends
How Do We Design Workplaces That Support Mental Health And Well-Being Forbes
***RELIGION
Amid #MeToo fallout, Southern Baptist males quietly leaving jobs Baptist News Global
Aimee Semple McPherson: The L.A. evangelist who built the world's first megachurch LA Times
Rachel Held Evans: The Ever-evolving influence of a ‘Bible nerd’-turned author Washington Post
Key findings on the global rise in religious restrictions Pew Research Center
Ken Ham Calls Andy Stanley a ‘False Teacher’ Christian Headlines
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
What Role Does Religion Play In American Politics? NPR
Jeff Sessions' pastor addresses 'firestorm' over church charges against AG CNN
***GOOD NEWS
Teen's encounter with deaf-blind man on flight goes viral King-5
A man helped a woman stranded in a wheelchair: What he did next went viral Washington Post
Town's oldest resident gets her own birthday parade CBS-17
Eau Claire woman discovers neighbor is her long-lost sister WISN
***MUSIC
Tracing an ’80s hip-hop beat back to 1910: Linking Stravinsky to Planet Rock (video) Recode
Cook County inmates call new jail recording studio 'a blessing'; officials hope it reduces recidivism Chicago Tribune
***FILM
10 Best Movies of 2018 So Far Rolling Stone
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
6 Simple Guidelines to Keep in Mind When Updating Your LinkedIn Profile Picture Inc. Magazine
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
FBI: Sexual assaults on flights increasing 'at an alarming rate' CNN
Ohio State Shuts Down Office That Helped Sexual-Assault Victims Chronicle of Higher Ed
Former Wisconsin student gets Light Sentence for of sexual assaults Chicago Tribune
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
How to Vet Charities for Immigrant Children Consumer Reports
***ENVIRONMENT
As Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise, Major Crops Are Losing Nutrients NPR
A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw The Atlantic
***HEALTH
Brain Balance's Approach To Autism, ADHD: High Hopes, High Costs And Slim Science NPR
Smoking hits all-time low in U.S. NBC
DNA Snippet Once Called 'Junk' Found To Drive The Development Of Embryos NPR
The Next Plague Is Coming. Is America Ready? The Atlantic
Herpes Viruses And Alzheimer's: A Possible Link NPR
I learned I have Sleep Apnea – its more serious than many people realize New York Times
The debate over precision medications NPR
***PSYCHOLOGY
WHO classifies 'gaming disorder' as mental health condition CNN
Most shooters got their guns legally, didn't have diagnosed mental illness, new FBI report says USA Today
Police Shootings And Mental Health NPR
Extremely hot weather makes people more unhappy than getting a divorce Quartz
Hawaii Becomes 12th state to ban conversion therapy for minors MuckRock
***NEUROSCIENCE
Brain imaging is illuminating the neural patterns behind pain’s infinite variety The New Yorker
***PHILOSOPHY
The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers Open Culture
What happened when philosophers set up a public booth to answer anyone’s question Quartz
***PRODUCTIVITY
Overscheduling Your Days Can Wreck Your Productivity Life Hacker
Robots? Training? Factories Tackle the Productivity Puzzle New York Times
***HISTORY
New Archive of Middle Eastern Photography Features 9,000 Digitized Images Open Culture
***RESEARCH
US gov delays Revisions to Common Rule Delayed Until January 21, 2019 Ropes & Gray LLP
Institutional versus commercial email addresses: which one to use in your publications? The London School of Economics and Political Science
How Much Editorial Misconduct Goes Unreported? Scholarly Kitchen
Stop saying that publication metrics don’t matter, and tell early-career researchers what does Nature
Medical journals should embrace preprints to address the reproducibility crisis International Journal of Epidemiology
Regression to the mean continues to confuse people and lead to errors in published research Statistical Modeling Causal Inference & Social Science
***RESEARCH: THE PUBLISHERS
Introducing the Free Journal Network – community-controlled open access publishing The London School of Economics and Political Science
Tips to avoid predatory journals and conferences University Affairs
How do you choose a journal when it’s time to submit a paper? Scientist Sees Squirrel
***RESEARCH & MISCONDUCT
How Much Editorial Misconduct Goes Unreported? Scholarly Kitchen
In science, is brilliance ever an excuse for bad behaviour? Australian Broadcasting Corporation
***RESEARCH & PEER REVIEW
The 3 Types of Peer Reviewer Chronicle of Higher Ed
The BMJ’s Patient Review Initiative — A Novel Expansion of Peer Review Scholarly Kitchen
***RESEARCH: AFTER PUBLICATION
Return of Research Results to Study Participants JAMA Network
Resubmitting your study to a new journal could become easier Nature
***HIGHER ED
DeVos urged to probe Chinese spying at U.S. universities Politico
Faculty Layoffs possible at Quincy College The Patriot Ledger
Northeastern University Is Now Handing Out Echo Dots to Its Students Mental Floss
UCLA's mobile app gauges campus climate issues by reaching students through their phones Inside Higher Ed
Why I changed my mind about diversity in academia Washington Post
***HIGHER ED: ACCREDITATION
It’s time for advocates and policymakers to take up accreditation reform The Hill
Southern Accreditor Places 4 Institutions on Probation Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Hands-on learning is a necessary part of college, but here’s what it doesn’t teach students (opinion) Washington Post
Not Just for Video Games: Virtual Reality Joins the Classroom Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ONLINE CLASSES
A program's price is a major factor -- but not the deciding one -- as online students decide where to enroll Inside Higher Ed
10 business classes you can take online for free CNBC
Why College Tuition Is Actually Higher For Online Programs Forbes
***STUDENT LIFE
Eastern Michigan athletes sue school for dropping their sports M-live
68% of millennials worry about debt every day Axios
Student debt is killing entrepreneurship Quartz
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Appeals court affirms UW-Oshkosh professor records release under open records law National Review
Colleges Can Hire Adjunct Faculty Cheap — but Does that Harm Education National Review (opinion) National Review
1,300 Professors Sign Letter Condemning Separation of Immigrant Families as Child Abuse Gizmodo
Academic Group Rebukes U of Nebraska-Lincoln Associated Press
What loves drives them to do
/It isn’t that those who love you ignore your inadequacies. They will, instead, pitch in to help and cheer you along. They will allow you the opportunity to grow and chances to fail. This is what love drives them to do.
Articles of Interest - June 18
/***JOURNALISM
Americans and the News Media: What they do — and don’t — understand about each other American Press Institute
In The Quest For Comment, Hurry Up And Wait NPR
Do journalists deserve some blame for America’s mass shootings? Quill
You’re probably not quoting enough women. Let us help you. Columbia Journalism Review
Doxxing, assault, death threats: the new dangers facing US journalists covering extremism The Guardian
What should count as breaking news in text alerts? NPR
With its Facebook Watch news show, Alabama’s Reckon wants to make a national audience care about local news Harvard’s Nieman Lab
As Newspapers Disappear, Local Governments Become Less Fiscally Responsible, Says New Study Forbes
What Research on ‘Measurable Journalism’ Tells Us About Tech, Cultural Shifts in Digital Media PBS Media Shift
NPR (yet again) writes uncritically about ketamine for mental illness NPR
Tiny Alabama Town tries to stop Media from attending City Council meetings without Council Approval—gets national attention, backs down Jackson County Sentinel
Meet the victims of violence against journalists Quill
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
'LA Times' New Owner Plans To Compete With 'New York Times,' 'Washington Post' NPR
More suitors line up as Tronc sells California newspapers New York Times
***FAKE NEWS
‘The real horror is not knowing what to believe’: Scenes from the Fake News Horror Show Columbia Journalism Review
Nine takeaways from Knight-supported research on restoring trust in news Medium
Can a Chrome plugin help solve the fake news problem? Columbia Journalism Review
Telling the difference between factual and opinion statements in the news Pew Research Center
How To Tell Whether A News Source Is Credible Action 4 Media Education
Wikipedia vandalism could thwart hoax-busting on Google, YouTube and Facebook Poynter
Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements? Pew Research Center
***TECHNOLOGY
MIT Engineers Build Magnetic 3D-Printed Structures That Can Change Shape Near-Instantaneously Digg
Blockchain visually explained Flowing Data
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Pedestrian Lane for ‘Smartphone Zombies’ Opens Up in China NBC New York
How to Pose for a Photograph New York Times
Instagram Will No Longer Alert Users About Screenshots Teen Vogue
A state-by-state breakdown of Facebook users impacted by the Cambridge Analytica scandal Business Insider
If You’re A Facebook User, You’re Also a Research Subject Bloomberg
Facebook’s Perennial ‘Potential’ in Local Street Fighting
***PRIVACY
Increased amounts of data and surveillance are transforming justice systems Economist
It is hard now to avoid street-level surveillance Economist
Police can bypass encryption and monitor anything Economist
***INTERNET
The Tiny, Essential Google Tricks for Way Better Search Results LifeHacker
***BIG DATA & AI
A python library that lets programmers and software developers easily integrate object detection with as little as 10 lines of code Towards Data Science
DeepMind AI learns to reconstruct scenes from images Axios
The promise and peril of big-data justice-can algorithms accurately predict where crime will occur? Economist
The world may soon be awash in advanced, lethal drones Public Integrity
***PERSONAL GROWTH
5 internal contributions to anger Becoming (my blog)
Gossiping Is Good The surprising virtues of talking behind people’s backs (opinion) The Atlantic
How to Avoid a Life of Regret LifeHacker
***WRITING & READING
‘New York Times’ Gets Rid of Copy Editors; Mistakes Ensue The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Princeton Graduate wins Harvard Thesis Prize, kind of: Plagiarism hits the Ivy Leagues Archinect
***LANGUAGE
Imposter syndrome and pansexual among new words added to oxford English dictionary Independent
What does it mean to “bear arms”? Big Data Chimes in Economist
Inside Amazon's painstaking pursuit to teach Alexa French Wired
‘Fudging’ in Flight: Dubbed Movies on Airplanes Chronicle of Higher Ed
How language shapes the way we think (video) TED talk
***LITERATURE
88 books to enjoy this summer: the TED reading list TED
***GENDER
The US gender gap in math is starkest in the richest, whitest school districts Quartz
10 New or Lesser-Known Female Theologians Worth Knowing Christianity Today
Domestic Violence Expert Resigns From NFL Players Association Commission NPR
Canada moves to make its national anthem gender-neutral CNN
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
A Hidden Strength of Minority-Serving Colleges: Meeting Students Where They Are The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Harvard records show discrimination against Asian-Americans Reuters
I am raising my daughter to speak three languages: A stranger demanded I 'speak English' to her LA Times
***FREE SPEECH
No Consensus on Free Speech Inside Higher Ed
Snowflakes and Free Speech on Campus Inside Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
How a Legal Brawl Between Two Rich Guys Could Change How We Think About DNA Gizmodo
Librarian sues Equifax—gets surprise win VT Digger
Twitter and the First Amendment in court Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Charitable giving in US tops $400 billion for first time AP News
A growing social movement is trying to bring scientific rigour to philanthropy Economist
Teaching Children To Ask The Big Questions Without Religion NPR
An all-white church intended to give its building to a black congregation. The plan fell apart. Washington Post
Why many white evangelicals are not protesting family separations on the U.S. border Washington Post
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Wave of scandals confront Southern Baptists CNN
Georgia Baptist church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention over racial discrimination charges The Tennessean
Pence Speech Riles Some As Southern Baptists' Moderates Gain Strength NPR
A Lot of Southern Baptist Leaders Are Upset at Mike Pence’s Convention Speech Relevant Magazine Relevant Magazine
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Sessions cites Bible to defend immigration policies resulting in family separations CNN
Evangelicals Push Back On Sessions' Use Of Bible Passage To Defend Immigration Policy NPR
What the Bible really says about government (opinion) The Week
Religious Groups Criticize Trump Immigration Policies NPR
***MEGACHURCHES
The rise and fall of a Seattle megachurch through the eyes of an anthropologist KUOW
***GOOD NEWS
'Our valedictorian:' Wake County family buys massive billboard space to congratulate son WRAL
Man on mission to mow lawns for free in all 50 states stops in Nashville Fox 17
Note to Daddy: Young sisters send balloon to Heaven, receive incredible answer KHOU
Woman saves pregnant mother, 3-year-old boy from drowning in pool The Indy Channel
***ART & DESIGN
New design tools on the block UX Design
What to consider when choosing colors for data visualization Data Wrapper
***FILM
The Problem With DC Action Scenes (video) Nerdwriter1
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
After Tronc: Here are 5 corporate rebranding disasters you probably forgot about Fast Company
Best YouTube Videos of All Time, Ranked Thrillist
The ad industry’s top buzzwords in 2018 Quartz
***STUDENT MEDIA
If restaurants ran like college papers, diners would starve to death JournoTerrorist
***STUDENT LIFE
This College Student Gave a Presentation on Wakanda That Fooled His Professor io9
Teen sex and drug use at lowest rates in decades, CDC finds CBS News
Google Wants to Play a Bigger Role in Your College Search—Here’s What You Need to Know The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Younger generations make up a majority of the electorate, but may not be a majority of voters this November Pew Research
Fire Dept Rescues College Student who Climbed Tree (and didn’t know how to get down) Fox 6
Leaked Memo From Conservative Group Cautions Students to Stay Away From Turning Point USA The Chronicle of Higher Ed
You people are the worst! Millennials now blamed for bad tipping USA Today
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Cut these 5 outdated things from your resume Moneyish
Lawsuits and #MeToo changed internships — for the better Quill
10 smart women give advice to this year's interns Pardot
Recent Film Grads, Welcome to the Gig Economy Video Strategist
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
What happens when complaints by angry students go viral and how the university responded The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Scholars heard the NYU professor was under a Title IX investigation. They threw support behind her The Chronicle of Higher Ed
A student filed the lawsuit this week against a Florida fraternity alleged to have shared videos taken without permission Washington Post
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Suicide rates are increasing in almost every state Axios
U.S. Abortion Attitudes Remain Closely Divided Gallup
Suicide Rates In The U.S. Are Climbing Faster Among Women Than Men NPR
Georgia Court Green Lights Snapchat Speeding Selfie Lawsuit The Newspaper
Facebook Plans to Team Up With 15 Community Colleges. What Will That Entail? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Millionaires Now Own Half of World's Personal Wealth Bloomberg
***ENVIRONMENT
To avoid humans, more wildlife now work the night shift The Conversation
***HEALTH
Why eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientist Quartz
Does Vitamin D Really Protect Against Colorectal Cancer? NPR
What consumer DNA data can and can’t tell you about disease risk Science News
Why STDs are soaring in America Economist
Depression and suicide risk are side effects of more than 200 common drugs Vox
Viruses love what we’ve done with the planet Quartz
***HEALTH RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
How AI is improving the speed and precision of medical treatments Economist
Two studies: Some CRISPR-edited cells may lead to tumors Stat News
New medical device auto-deploys treatment during heart attacks to halt heart failure MIT
Errors Trigger Retraction Of Study On Mediterranean Diet's Heart Benefits NPR
***FAMILY
7 facts about American dads Pew Research
The Dangers of Distracted Parenting: parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own The Atlantic
***PSYCHOLOGY
Many Common Drugs May Be Making People Depressed NPR
The Lifespan of a Lie: Why can’t we escape the Stanford Prison Experiment? Medium
Alternate Rom-Com Endings if the Heroines had Therapists The Bella Donna Comedy
IQ scores are falling and have been for decades CNN
A new study ranks US states in order of psychopathy Quartz
***NEUROSCIENCE
We now know what a spiritual awakening looks like inside the brain Big Think
Brains May Teeter Near Their Tipping Point Quanta Magazine
***PHILOSOPHY
The Philosopher as Bad Dad (opinion) New York Times
Personalism is the philosophy we need (opinion) New York Times
A philosopher thinks technology could make anarchists’ dreams come true Quartz
***HISTORY
History gets a conservative twist in Michigan social studies standards Briggemi
***RESEARCH
Publishers can ensure that citations of zombie publications are caught Nature
Deciding what to replicate Pedermisager
What happens when researchers make mistakes Associated Press
***HIGHER ED
Some want to get rid of college majors – here’s how that could go wrong The Conversation
Many States Get Mediocre Grades in 2 Studies of Degree Attainment by Race and Ethnicity The Chronicle of Higher Ed
A small college had removed much of its website—including the names of all faculty and the president’s name Ottawa Citizen
Sweet Briar College Is Placed on ‘Warning’ by Accreditor The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Elon University sued over treatment of donor’s son The Times
***HIGHER ED & FINANCE
Is Congress about to cut nearly $15 billion from student-aid programs? (opinion) Hechinger Report
Beyond Tuition: How Innovations in College Affordability Are (Or Aren’t) Helping Students EdSurge
Michigan Christian university wins suit against abortion-pill mandate Free
***TEACHING
GPAs don’t really show what students learned: Here’s why Washington Post
UCSD Instructor Faces Backlash After She Belittles Student on Class Forum The Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING ONLINE
What Do Online Students Want? 3 Findings From a New Survey Offer Some Clues The Chronicle of Higher Ed
EdX introduces support fee for free online courses Inside Higher Ed
Why is YouTube blocking education videos from MIT? Daily Dot
***ACADEMIC LIFE
What Happens When an Adjunct Instructor Wants to Retire? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Disrupting the faculty member evaluation model Education Dive
The Process
/Don’t think about the national championship. Think about what you needed to do in this drill, on this play, in this moment. That’s the process: Let’s think about what we can do today, the task at hand.
Nick Sabin, Alabama football coach
Articles of Interest - June 11
/***FAKE NEWS
The French Parliament is debating a bill that would attempt to restrain the spread of fake news New York Times
How to use digital tools to archive and verify videos Current
Peer review could have helped short-circuit the Theranos fake news scandal Stat News
4 reasons 'fake news' tricks us and what we can do Futurity
Russian Disinformation Campaign Operates openly in DC The Daily Beast
***JOURNALISM
Almost seven-in-ten Americans have news fatigue Pew Research Center
Why is your newsroom so hard to contact? Poynter
Across Western Europe, public news media are widely used and trusted sources of news Pew Research Center
Do journalists make good entrepreneurs? Columbia Journalism Review
Daniel Radcliffe Will Fight for Ethical Journalism in New Broadway Play The Observer
Why wordsmiths matter more than ever in 21st century digital journalism Medium
***JOURNALISM & REPORTING
Governments resist citizens on public records Herald Tribune
Best practices for covering suicide responsibly Poynter
How a major medical meeting uses embargoes to shape the news, and what the consequences may be Health News Review
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
Craigslist founder gives $20 million to journalism school CNN
The role of a reporter is shifting, as are the economics of education. With this new calculus, does journalism school still have a place in our profession? Columbia Journalism Review
***SOCIAL MEDIA
A Facebook bug changed the privacy settings for 14 million users Recode
Snapchat’s decline and the secret joy of internet ghost towns The Verge
***INTERNET
Here are some of the ways you might be doing email newsletters inefficiently (and how to do them better) Harvard Nieman Lab
Encyclopedia Britannica wants to fix false Google results Wired
How The Alt-Right Manipulates The Internet’s Biggest Commenting Platform BuzzFeed
How much is each internet feature worth to you? NPR
Report: Facebook is Primary Referrer For Lifestyle Content, Google Search Dominates Rest Media Post
Flash gets in one more security fail before retirement Wired
***TECHNOLOGY
Is technology bringing history to life or distorting it? Washington Post
The race to send robots to mine the ocean floor Wired
***BIG DATA & AI
Study: AI better than dermatologists at detecting skin cancer CBS News
Why Data Scientists Should Consider Adding ‘IoT Expert’ to Their List of Skills Datanamia
Machine learning can run on tiny, low-power chips, and that this combination will solve a massive number of problems Pete Warden Blog
A team of MIT scientists announced recently that they'd created "the world's first psychopath AI" MIT
Three techniques to improve machine learning model performance with imbalanced datasets Medium
***PERSONAL GROWTH
4 options when dealing with false guilt Becoming (my blog)
5 Ways To Handle Negative Conversations At Work GirlBoss
***GRAMMAR
America's most misspelled words (so far in 2018) CNET
Infinitives Can Be Split: Grammar Conservatives Face the Shock Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Understanding story structure by dissecting Ali Wong’s standup special (a visualization) Pudding
6 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block Chronicle of Higher Ed
How to Copyedit The Atlantic The Atlantic
'Nationalistic' Think Tank Plagiarised Chinese, US, Australian Writings The Wire
***LANGUAGE
Email, the French Way Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Sneaky Theory of Where Language Came From The Atlantic
***LITERATURE
The 100 stories that shaped the world BBC
How Tolkien created Middle-earth The Guardian
The Year of 'Frankenstein' Inside Higher Ed
***GENDER
Charting the rise of three women in journalism Poynter
The Different Words We Use to Describe Male and Female Leaders Harvard Business Review
Book Review: Science and Suffrage in the First World War The London School of Economics & Political Science
The Ninety-Nines Was Amelia Earhart’s Club for Female Aviators Atlas Obscura
***GENDER & RESEARCH
Signing my peer review – unintended consequences and gender Washington University
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The most successful ethnic group in the US may surprise you Ozy
Police Are Being Used To Exclude Black People From Public Places NPR
***FREE SPEECH
Louisiana governor signs campus free speech bill into law The FIRE
How Chinese students exercise free speech abroad Economist
***LEGAL ISSUES
Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your trademark restrictions Boston Globe
Restaurant owner says copyright infringement lawsuit a ‘big scam’ Boston Herald
***RELIGION
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has pulled out of giving key sermon at upcoming convention Washington Post
Sex Offenders Groom Churches Too: How predatory behavior goes undetected in congregations Christianity Today
Bavaria Requires Crosses on All Public Buildings. Church Leaders Disagree Christianity Today
What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t) (opinion) New York Times
Religion is uniquely human, but computer simulations may help us understand religious behavior The Conversation
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The legislative assault by Christian nationalists to reshape America The Guardian
***RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE
CrossFit Just Fired Its Spokesperson Who Said LGBT Pride Is A “Sin” BuzzFeed
Brownsburg teacher says transgender name policy goes against his religious beliefs Indy Star
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Crocodile kills Ethiopian pastor during lake baptism BBC
5 facts about religion in India Pew Research Center
The surprising history of “God Bless America” Washington Post
***GOOD NEWS
Man Finds $1 Million Winning Lottery Ticket—and Tracks Down the Lucky Owner: 'It Felt Good' People
This NFL Player Saw an American Airlines Passenger In Trouble. His Stunning Reaction Went Viral Inc.
4-year-old superhero using his power to feed the homeless CBS News
Man mistakenly runs full Fargo marathon instead of half Grand Forks Herald
Toddler makes 911 call after mom passes out KTRK
Youth football team meets with couple they helped rescue from overturned car Idaho Statesman
***ART & DESIGN
How Century old Design Decisions Impact Teaching Today NPR
The Art World Is Easy to Dislike—Here Are Some Reasons Not to New York Times
***MUSIC
The musical diversity of pop songs Pudding
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Next year, people will spend more time online than they will watching TV—That’s a first Recode
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Need an entry-level job at a store? It can be harder now Associated Press
What editors at NPR, BuzzFeed News, Deadspin look for in an applicant The Atlantic
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
The problem of sexual harassment in higher education isn’t a new one Splinter News
Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Is More Common Than You Think Daily Infographic
Hiring a Diversity Officer Is Only the First Step: Here Are the Next 7 Chronicle of Higher Ed
#MeToo Complaints Swamp Human Resources Departments NPR
Why Do Colleges Keep Failing to Prevent Abuse? Inside Higher Ed
A valedictorian went off-script to talk about sexual assault: Then her school cut her mic USA Today
The results of a survey that asked men about everything from workplace harassment to consent Glamour
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Where killings go unsolved: See interactive map of major US cities Washington Post
What researchers found after analyzing data gathered from 20 million stops in North Carolina CityLab
ICE Came for a Tennessee Town’s Immigrants. The Town Fought Back New York Times
***ENVIRONMENT
***HEALTH
The Belt That Listens to Your Bowels New Yorker
The World’s Largest GMO Study Was Launched By Russians In 2014: Then It Disappeared BuzzFeed News
Almost 40% of peer-reviewed dietary research turns out to be wrong. Here’s why New Food Economy
How Science Helps the Warriors Sleep Their Way to Success Wired
***FAMILY
How much screen time is too much for kids? The Guardian
New findings on "marshmallow test" Inside Higher Ed
Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children The Atlantic
The Perils Of Pushing Kids Too Hard, And How Parents Can Learn To Back Off NPR
***SCIENCE
Sloppy Science Happens More Than You Think Leaps Mag
Scientists Are Subverting Formal Publishing. Well, Some of Them Wired
Physicists at Fermilab say they have strong evidence for the existence of a new type of particle Physics World
***PSYCHOLOGY
What The Controversy Over Facebook's Privacy Policy Reveals (psychologically) NPR
The Kids Who Are Cleared to Leave Psychiatric Hospitals—But Can’t The Atlantic
CDC: U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically NPR
***NEUROSCIENCE
What Time Feels Like When You’re Improvising: The neurology of flow states Nautil
***CRITICAL THINKING
What editors at NPR, BuzzFeed News, Deadspin look for in an applicant Columbia Journalism Review
***RESEARCH
Impact of Social Sciences – Software updates: the “unknown unknown” of the replication crisis The London School of Economics & Political Science
Has Google Become a Journal Publisher? Scholarly Kitchen
Give every paper a read for reproducibility Nature
How Scientific Publishers Can End Bullying And Harassment In The Sciences Forbes
Avoid Ethics Issues in Science Publishing with These 5 Questions ASM
***HIGHER ED
UVa Library’s Plan to Cut Stacks by Half Sparks Faculty Concerns Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Cost of College (visualized) New York Times
Lobbying group for independent colleges says it's open to expanding federal data collection on student outcomes but.. Inside Higher Ed
DePaul University lays off dozens of staff Chicago Sun-Times
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/depaul-university-lays-off-dozens-of-staff/
Customer Service Is Misguided in the Classroom but Crucial in Advising Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sex and Gender on the Christian Campus (opinion) New York Times
Catholic U. Trustees Clear Path to Cut the Faculty by 9 Percent Chronicle of Higher Ed
$5 million to Chapman University from billionaire Charles Koch sparks an uproar Daily News
***TEACHING
The Numbers That Explain Why Teachers Are in Revolt New York Times
Asking students to work out a problem using nothing but what they already know Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Appeals Court Sides with Cornell in Tenure Dispute Inside Higher Ed
UNM professors suing university over unequal pay KRQE
Professors Decide Whether to Teach Summer Courses — for Cuts in Pay Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Where Are Millennials Moving – 2018 Edition Smart Asset
Why do so many students drop out of college? And what can be done about it? Washington Post
Millennials and retirement: How bad is it? Politico
Four big blunders young adults make with their health insurance CNBC
How to cover up your fatal flaw
/When did it become acceptable to embrace the characteristics that others have identified as detrimental to our mutual professional success?
I suspect many of the people who trot out their fatal flaws are attempting to create a defense shield to protect themselves from further criticism:
"You will not speak of my fatal flaws because I have mentioned them first and am therefore immune to your potential condemnation."
It’s a classic offense-as-defense strategy. That approach may work for a while but eventually it prompts some pointed questions:
"If you know you talk too much, why do you continue to take up all the air time?"
"If you know you are considered dismissive, why do you believe it is in your best interest to denounce the perspectives of anyone who thinks differently than you do?"
"If you know you overpromise and underdeliver, what makes you think people will continue to take you seriously?"
"Why do you assume steamrolling over others is a sustainable strategy?"
It is good to be self-aware. But demonstrating self-awareness, while at the same time showing a lack of discipline to fix issues of concern, is worse than being clueless about our shortcomings. When people close to us offer consistent and considerable feedback about a behavior that is not serving us well, we need to listen up. Dismissing feedback that does not comport with the way we see ourselves is understandable, but it is not strategic.
The most effective people I know sometimes whimper for a bit after receiving constructive criticism, but they quickly put a plan in place to modify the annoying or offending behaviors. By doing so, they demonstrate respect and appreciation for those brave enough to share difficult truths that are offered with the very best intentions. We need our colleagues to help us be better, but they can’t help if we’re not listening.
Allison Vaillancourt writing in the Chronicle of Higher Ed
Child rearing is an art
/Child rearing is an art, and what makes art art is that it is doing several things at once. The trick is accepting limits while insisting on standards. Character may not be malleable, but behavior is. The same parents can raise a dreamy, reflective girl and a driven, competitive one—the job is not to nurse her nature but to help elicit the essential opposite: to help the dreamy one to be a little more driven, the competitive one to be a little more reflective.
Adam Gopnik writing in The New Yorker
Articles of Interest – June 4
/***INTERNET
Mary Meeker’s 2018 internet trends report: the most highly anticipated slide deck in Silicon Valley Recode
GDPR For Publishers: What You Need to Know Media Vine
A scientific list of the most popular memes on the internet Quartz
***TECHNOLOGY
Your next potato chip could come from a 3-D printer MIT Tech Review
Watch What Happens Inside the Body When You Talk Curiosity
Microsoft confirms it's buying GitHub for $7.5 billion Engadget
The battle for responsible technology Poynter
***BIG DATA & AI
Who Is Going To Make Money In AI? Here’s an educated guess Towards Data Science
How data science and the role of data scientist evolved over the years Analytics India
Why Thousands of Researchers Are Boycotting Nature’s Upcoming AI Journal Gizmodo
To Build Truly Intelligent Machines, Teach Them Cause and Effect Quantum Magazine
Satellite imagery is revolutionizing the world. But should we always trust what we see? The Conversation
Notes from Coursera Deep Learning courses by Andrew Ng Slide Share: TessFerrandez
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Survey: Which Social Media Platforms among Teens Pew Research Center
I wrote a negative Yelp review — and it made my life a nightmare New York Post
Trust is the new currency of the digital age (opinion) Business Times
How Instagram’s algorithm works Tech Crunch
Facebook Tried to Rein In Fake Ads: It Fell Short in a California Race New York Times
Avoiding Career Death by Twitter TechNewsWorld
The entire country of Papua New Guinea will have access to Facebook turned off for a month Post Courier
Facebook's decision to kill its "Trending" feature proves that algorithms are not always the answer Quartz
Facebook is shutting down trending topics feature CNN
One Woman's Facebook Success Story: A Support Group For 1.7 Million NPR
Facebook defends sharing user data with phone makers CNN
***MOBILE
America is losing the war against robocalls Economist
A New Threat to Your Finances: Cell-Phone Account Fraud Comsumer Reports
***PRIVACY
Does China’s digital police state have echoes in the West? Economist
How Americans have viewed government surveillance and privacy since Snowden leaks Pew Research Center
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Drones Are Revolutionizing the Way Film and TV Is Made TIME
Canon isn't selling film cameras any more Quartz
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Print gets a lot more advertising than eyeballs.. and mobile is just the opposite Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***JOURNALISM
These are the most important announcements Apple made for news publishers today Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Roseanne’s comments get 16 times the coverage of the estimated Hurricane Maria’s toll of 4,600 deaths Columbia Journalism Review
The Wall Street Journal reporter who doggedly kept asking a simple question - does this technology even work? New York Magazine
It’s exhausting being a reporter in the Trump era: A new documentary captures the toll at the New York Times Washington Post
How Alexandra Bell Is Disrupting Racism in Journalism The New Yorker
So you wanna be a journalist? Columbia Journalism Review
There is no fake news in Showtime's winning 'Fourth Estate' Baltimore Sun
AP Stylebook update: Multiple emoji are emoji Poynter
NPR is getting rid of some of its news blogs (with more blog “changes” to come) Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***JOURNALISM MISTAKES
Many journalists fail to question new Cancer Society colorectal cancer screening guidelines Health News Review
New York Times Cites Old Mistaken Study Andrew Gelman Blog
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE U.S.
A Reporter Was Beaten to Death in Mexico, Becoming the Sixth Journalist Killed There This Year TIME
Russian journalist and Kremlin critic shot and killed in Ukraine The Hill
The killing of a journalist exposed something rotten in Slovakia Economist
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Tronc buys Virginian-Pilot from Landmark for $34 million Sun Herald
Tronc’s selling, and buying, and just generally shapeshifting Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
'Messing with the Enemy' takes on dark side of social media MSNBC
Only You Can Fight Fake News WIRED
The Legal War on Alex Jones The New Republic
Facebook is Giving Scientists its Data to Fight Misinformation WIRED
The Londoner: Is anti-fake news unit a fake itself? Evening Standard
***STUDENT MEDIA
After papers were removed, a Seattle student newsroom pushed back Columbia Journalism Review
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Life Beyond the Glowing Screen Becoming (my blog)
Japan’s biggest bestseller is a philosophy book on “The Courage to be Disliked” Quartz
***GRAMMAR
The weasel voice in journalism: Don’t blame grammar for the shortcomings of headline-writers Economist
National Spelling Bee 2018: The most commonly misspelled words at the national spelling bee Quartz
***WRITING & READING
Resources and ideas from a collaborative session on interactive fiction at this year’s Computers & Writing conferences Chronicle of Higher Ed
To make beat writing more compelling, let’s rescue the offbeat story Poynter
Interactive fiction in the classroom Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
A Week on Language Twitter: new words and usages on social media Chronicle of Higher Ed
Filler words: One of the toughest part of a foreign language to master Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
The best children's books of the year for 2018 Bank Street
Writing Tips And Pointed Opinions From The Late Tom Wolfe Forbes
Original map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood Flowing Data
***GENDER
11 women executives on the greatest risk they ever took Fast Company
How Reese Witherspoon female-driven storytelling company is channeling women’s voices into top-tier entertainment Fast Company
Women are more likely to wait longer for a health diagnosis and to be told it’s ‘all in their heads’ BBC
One More To Go: Illinois Ratifies Equal Rights Amendment NPR
How Disney is turning women from across the company into coders Fast Company
The Hidden Women of Architecture and Design The New Yorker
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
68% of white evangelicals think America shouldn’t house refugees Vox
At least 8 white nationalists running for federal office MSNBC
***FREE SPEECH
Why the struggle for academic freedom is the struggle for democracy Chronicle of Higher Ed
A student at the center of a dispute over free speech can return to his religious studies class Post Gazette
***LEGAL ISSUES
PUBG Corp. Sues Epic Games for Copyright Infringement Variety
He Said No, Fox News Used His Images Anyway PetaPixel
Advocacy groups knock ‘unjust’ copyright-extending CLASSICS Act TechCrunch
***ART & DESIGN
The Intuitive and the Unlearnable: Why some designs won’t ever stop sucking Medium
Want to make great art? Stop making art Fast Company
***MUSIC
Was Classic Rock a Sound, or a Tribe? The Atlantic
10 Surprising Skills You Gain From Music Lessons Daily Infographic
***STUDENT LIFE
Forty-five percent of teens are online ‘almost constantly’ — and they don’t know if it’s good for them Washington Post
Put a Ring on It? Millennial Couples Are in No Hurry New York Times
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
What Your Resume Should Look Like in 2018 TIME
These paid journalism internships are still accepting applications Student Press Law Center
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Equipping Women to Stop Campus Rape (opinion) New York Times
Older teens less likely to think sexting would get them in trouble Journalism Resources
#MeToo Complaints Swamp Human Resource Departments NPR
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
This Map Shows the Best-Paying Company In Every State TIME
The myth of outliving your retirement savings Reuters
***ENVIRONMENT
Climate Change: “Could You Do Any Better Than We Did?” Two volumes for future generations Boston Review
***HEALTH
Podcast: The new & (un)improved doctor-patient relationship Health News Review
Coffee benefits: Caffeine makes you more social, as well as active Quartz
Health alert said American diagnosed with brain injury like reported in Cuba Washington Post
LA Times provides careful take on early brain/diabetes research–except for the headline Health News Review
Elder Abuse (video/language) John Oliver
***HEALTH: DRUGS & PILLS
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: What journalists need to know Journalists Resources
Study finds most popular vitamin, mineral supplements provide no health benefit Fox 8
***HEALTH TECH
Ingestible “bacteria on a chip” could help diagnose disease MIT
Computers can diagnose stroke victims now The Week
***HEALTH & CHILDREN
A new study links early childhood obesity to lower IQ scores Quartz
Gene therapy is saving children’s lives—but screening to discover who needs it is lagging behind MIT Tech Review
***SCIENCE
Questioning Truth, Reality and the Role of Science Quantam Magazine
Henrietta Lacks Gets Immortalized in a Portrait: It’s Now on Display at the National Portrait Gallery Open Culture
There Are No Laws of Physics: There’s Only the Landscape Quantam Magazine
***PHILOSOPHY
The Russian Philosopher Who Sought Immortality in the Cosmos Atlas Obscura
Why read Aristotle today? Aeon
***HISTORY
The only World War II battle fought on North American soil WNCT
***RESEARCH
Can It Really Be True That Half of Academic Papers Are Never Read? Chronicle of Higher Ed
All publishers are predatory - some are bigger than others Scielo
Fewer than two out of every 10,000 scientific papers remain influential in their field decades after publication Nature Index
Authorship credit varies across scientific disciplines — and even within the same field Nature
Alphabetical name ordering in Research Harms Collaborations London School of Economics and Political Science
South Korean apps are outsourcing academic fraud to freelance ghostwriters Quartz
***RELIGION
Televangelist seeks donations for $54M private jet, claims God is behind the idea NOLA
Study: Infant Mortality Rates Higher in Christian Fundamentalist Communities US News & World Report
American Bible Society to require church attendance, sexuality codes Religious News Service
Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians The Atlantic
Southern Baptist seminary drops bombshell: Why Paige Patterson was fired Washington Post
Joel Osteen and the making of Lakewood Church Houston Chronicle
Christ art removed from Lexington SC church for being Catholic The State
Judge: 'In God We Trust' on Money isn't Religion Endorsement Associated Press
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Dinesh D'Souza, America's greatest conservative troll, explained Vox
Trump Pardons Dinesh D’Souza and Weighs Leniency for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart New York Times
Conservative Christian attorneys gain influence under Trump Associated Press
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
China is secretly imprisoning close to 1 million people to get them to renounce their religion Business Insider
Key findings about religion in Western Europe Pew Research Center
***GOOD NEWS
Couple discovers safe filled with cash, gold, diamonds worth $52G in their backyard New York Daily News
Two pilots spend savings on plane to rescue migrants in Mediterranean Sea NBC News
How The Internet Is Changing The Way Dogs Find Homes BuzzFeed
***HIGHER ED
The University Is Not an Aristocracy: So why do we value selectivity over social mobility? Chronicle of Higher Ed
When a College Takes on Student Poverty, it can only do so much The Atlantic
Higher-Ed Groups Warn Against Visa Restrictions for Chinese Students Chronicle of Higher Ed
Christian College president apologizes for equating sexual assaults with gay relationships Des Moines Register
Recent grad to Christian colleges: LGBT issues not going away M-live
Catholic University of America faculty vote raises stakes in battle with president Religion News Service
***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Liberty U is making a film about a man who says God told him Trump would become president Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Tense History behind Jimmy Carter’s Liberty U. Commencement Address Religious Dispatches
What to expect from a new Liberty University film Washington Post
***TEACHING
What 6 Colleges Learned About Improving Their Online Courses Chronicle of Higher Ed
Ideas for Creating an Effective Syllabus for Online Learning Faculty Focus
***ACADEMIC LIFE
A Self-Care Strategy for Beleaguered Academics: Every teacher needs a magic briefcase Chronicle of Higher Ed
Don’t Blame Tenured Academics for the Adjunct Crisis Chronicle of Higher Ed
life beyond the screen
/Kevin Kelly writes, “Even the tiniest disposable item with a bar code shares a thin sliver of our collective mind.” Sharing in the increasing webness of things surrounding us is essential part of functioning in our digital society. If you have hung out on the cusp of technological adoption, waiting for the latest and most advanced devices to drop, you know how technology can monopolize our time and question any non-technological solution as inferior or important. The Internet is our exotic travel destination, a portal to bossy technologies.
Here’s the choice you have: You can grab the bullhorn of digital culture and plug into the belly of the machine or we can keep the cornucopia of technology at arm’s length to more easily remember who we are apart from it.
Somewhere there’s a balance between chasing the latest fad (simply because it is new) and becoming irrelevant to the conversation (because we choose to ignore transitions, remaining in our comfort zone). These extremes are the simplistic ditches we can fall into, when we would rather not have to regularly think hard and deal with uncertainty…and they will remain the temptations of anyone involved in the process of journalism.
As you decide where to place yourself in the technological embrace, remember there’s life beyond the screen.
Stephen Goforth
the glowing screen
/When we grab a glowing screen first thing in the morning what are we trusting for nourishment? What are we imprinting on our day?
When your appliances work as police informants
/Suppose police suspect a man of organizing a political protest that turned violent, muses the ACLU’s Nathan Wessler, who argued the Carpenter case (on digital privacy) for the ACLU before the Supreme Court. The suspect’s smart meter and thermostat confirm that a handful of people showed up at his home and stayed there the two nights before the demonstration; the suspect’s smart refrigerator ordered a bunch of soda and snack food on those days, which was all consumed; after someone asked Alexa to play some music in his living room, a voice in the background said, “Tomorrow, we’re going to really show them”; and that night, the suspect’s smart mattress recorded him sleeping fitfully and his heart beating faster than normal. The police arrest the man on conspiracy and other charges. He eventually proves he’s innocent – some old friends visited from out of town, and planned a day of sightseeing—but not before a legal nightmare turns his life upside down.
"There’s not a person among us who doesn’t have private aspects of their life that could create difficulty for them if they were exposed,” Wessler says. “And misinterpreted.”
David Henry writing in 1843