ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Do people work better when they are stressed?
/It’s a dangerous fallacy to say that people perform better when they’re stressed, over-extended, or unhappy. We found just the opposite. People are more likely to come up with a creative idea or solve a tricky problem on a day when they are in a better mood than usual. In fact, they are more likely to be creative the next day, too, regardless of that next day’s mood. There’s a kind of “creativity carry-over” effect from feeling good at work.
Teresa Amabile talking about her book Do people work better when they are stressed?
Tuesday Tech Tools: Video
/Looking for some ways to help you shoot and edit video? Here are some of the available tools.
Adobe Connect
Video conferencing.
Clips
This Apple app let's you add text, filters, emoji, music, and opaque transition cards to your photos or videos. Intended to be fun, though the menu layout is not entirely intuitive and it does take some time to create. Free.
CuePrompter
Turns your browser into a television telepromoter.
Disco Videos
A way to add cool effects like music and filters to your videos. $3.99.
DSCO
Pronounced ‘disco’, this app is for GIF creation. Animations up to 2.5 seconds long. Free. Video example.
Ecamm
App that records Skype and Facetime. It lets you convert your calls into MP3 files for podcasting or easily move the video to YouTube and Vimeo. Split the audio tracks after a call for easy editing. $39.95.
Final Cut Pro
Video editing program.
Filmic
High definition mobile cam for videography, photography. Lots of bells and whistles probably too much for avarege person or even for what a professional journaist would need. $14.99.
GoToMeeting
Video conferencing. 14-day free trial. $14-$39 a month subscription.
Google Hangouts On Air* (going away in 2019)
Live streaming platform and automatic HD video capture that allows you to broadcast and record your Hangout to your YouTube channel.
GorillaPod tripod*
Joby GripTight PRO. Flexible legs wrap around objects for unlimited angles. From .7 - 11 pounds. Rubber foot grips provide stability on any surface.
HouseParty (formally Meerkat)
Group video chat app where users get a notice that friends are online. Snap Stories are integrated.
Hyperlapse
Instagram’s timelapse video. No audio option.
iMovie*
Two tracks of video and audio for editing on your phone or laptop. Free.
InVID
A free Firefox plugin to debunk fake video news and verify videos and images.
LumaFusion*
A multi-track video editor with 3 video/audio tracks for photos, videos, titles, and graphics. $19.99.
Meograph*
3D animation of people from 2D video of people. Video explanation.
Movavi
Video editing for casual users. Easy-to-use interface. Limited effects. $39.95.
MoviePro App*
Video recording app that lets you listen live to your sound, includes manual controls for exposure, focus, and white balance. Shoot stills while recording. Has a built-in single-track video editor. $5.99.
Narrative
Wearable camera that takes a photo or video every minute and creates a video at the end of the day (without using the repetitive shots). No work for the wearer. $199.
Quik
Video editor by GoPro. Easy-to-use. Add photos, text, music. Templated themes. Free.
Quicktime
Use to record video from your webcam and Skype interviews.
Periscope
Live-streaming video app from Twitter. Stores video for 24 hours. Will tweet followers that you are living streaming.
PickPlayPost
Video editor that lets users create slideshows, split screens, video collages, etc. adding music, voice, gifs. Best for short videos. Free.
Premiere Pro*
An Adobe professional-level product that has become the industry standard. Easy-to-use interface. Support for 360 VR and other features, but some techniques require additional applications (such as After Effects). $19.99 a month.
Reduct
Edit the video by editing the text. For instance, you can upload a long interview and the site (using machine learning) will transcribe the speech and tag each word to a visual frame allowing you to quickly generate a highlight reel or other edited videos.
Reel Director
Creates movies and lets you edit on phone similar to iMovie. $2.99.
Screenr
Chrome screen capture and annotation tool. Video explanation.
Scribble Live
Live-streaming. Create, curate and publish content to provide real time coverage and storytelling. Fee.
SMOVE smartphone Video Stabilizer
This smartphone stabilizer that doubles as a charger. Portable, fits in your pocket. $200.
SpliceApp
A video editing app that works with music, photos, text or video clips. $3.99.
Steadicam Smoothee*
The Smoothee gives you a steady, gliding shot by a balanced weight system that holds your phone on a frictionless ball joint. Simple to use, though the size could interfere with other attachments on you iPhone. $90.
Steller*
Create photo and video stories on an iPhone with an emphasis on mobile design. Create collections and share on social networks. Free. Sample.
TechSmith (formally Jing)
A free, easy-to-use screen capture application. Snap a screenshot or record a video, save and share. capture a presentation, lecture, or event.
TimeLapse
High quality stock footage of time lapse video.
Transcriptive
Digital Anarchy’s plugin to create automated transcriptions of video in Premiere Pro. Free Trial. $299.
TubeMogul
Upload your video and TubeMogul will send it to many social media sites at one time-though you'll have to set up accounts with all the sites on your own. Tracks viewership. A part of Adobe's Marketing Cloud.
Ustream*
Desktop broadcasting of live video to the world from a computer or iPhone (or watch thousands of shows). 30 day free trial, then monthly plans from $99 to $999 for pros, top subscription $2k and up.
Vimeo
Video hosting and editing.
Video Scribe
Create animated videos, replicating the popular whiteboard-style tutorial. 7 day free trial. $16.50 a month.
VideoShop*
Edit video and post directly to Instagram, Snapchat, etc. Available for iPhone and Android (probably the best option for Android. $.1.99.
Videolicious*
App for easy photo and video editing on your iPhone. Free.
Vyond (formally GoAnimate)
Make animated videos. Free 14-day trial. Subscription plans: $39 a month or $299 each year.
YouTube Creator Hub
Resources to help create better video content and bigger audiences. An online community for serious YouTube creators.
Webex
Cisco’s video conferencing software. Easy-to-use, nothing to download. Several pricing plans-but not cheap.
WeVideo
Collaborative online and mobile video editing.
Xtranormal
Create animated movies.
Zamzar
Video and audio file converter.
More Tech Tools
Articles of Interest - April 15
/***BIG DATA & AI
How algorithms know what you’ll type next- deconstructing text predictors Pudding
Amazon’s empire rests on its low-key approach to AI Economist
Google launches end-to-end platform in an effort to democratize AI and Machine Learning TechCrunch
Does the Bayesian approach to statistics require a “subjective belief”? Statistical Modeling
Can a computer write a script? Machine learning goes Hollywood LA Times
A dozen things I wish I’d known before starting as a Data Scientist Medium
A snapshot of how programmers work Tech Republic
***JOURNALISM
In the age of ‘enemy of the people’ rhetoric, do young people still want to be journalists? Philly
The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News The New Yorker
'Crying girl' picture near US border wins World Press Photo of the Year CNN
There are a lot of great journalism movies. Here are our top 25 Poynter
Journalist David Carr As A Father In 'All That You Leave Behind' NPR
Many rural Americans say local news media mostly don’t cover their area Pew Research Center
It’s just in mice! This scientist is calling out hype in science reporting Stat News
2019 Pulitzer Prizes Turn The Spotlight On Some Dangers Journalists Face NPR
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
More than 30 media companies have unionized in the past 2 years Axois
When local newspapers shrink, fewer people bother to run for mayor Harvard’s Nieman Lab
The next big news fight is between Chinese aggregation apps Axois
Meet Frame, a weekly news magazine that lives in your calendar and text messages Poynter
Apple News+ gets off to a rocky start for some publishers Digiday
Newspaper Racks For 'Tampa Bay Times' Come With Video Streaming, Advertising Publishers Daily
***FAKE NEWS
WorldNetDaily: "Inside the spectacular fall of the granddaddy of right-wing conspiracy sites Washington Post
Meet The People Fact-Checking The Election That Makes 2016 Look Like A Walk In The Park BuzzFeed News
Why conspiracy theories are getting more absurd Vox
Who needs deepfakes when bogus crowd photos get thousands of shares on Facebook? Poynter
Asian governments are trying to curb fake news Economist
Conspiracy theories, misinformation swirl online as Notre Dame burn Daily Dot
***TECHNOLOGY
How much can we afford to forget, if we train machines to remember? Aeon
Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa Bloomberg
Forget The Black Hole Picture — Check Out The Sweet Technology That Made It Possible FiveThirtyEight
How photo booths escaped the brink of extinction by becoming FOMO generators The Verge
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Social media usage in U.S. remains unchanged despite a year of turmoil Pew Research Center
Pinterest's Midwestern charm Quartz
An Influencer Shares How She Turned Instagram Into A Viable Living Digg
Facebook Tests Combining News Feed, Stories Digital News Days
Facebook will stop asking you to wish your dead friends a happy birthday Fast Company
The standalone Messenger app may be merging back into the flagship Facebook app BGR
***MOBILE
How to Run Diagnostics Tests on Your Smartphone LifeHacker
Is Your Smartphone Making You Fat? WebMD
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US federal agents TechCrunch
Microsoft webmail breach exposed email addresses and subject lines Engadget
Incognito mode won’t keep your browsing private. Do this instead Fast Company
One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority New York Times
Hackers could read non-corporate Outlook.com, Hotmail for six months ArsTechnica
***INTERNET
Google testing 'Before' and 'After' commands that filter dates direct from the Search box TechSpot
What Women Know About the Internet: The digital world is not designed to keep women safe.. New regulations should be New York Times
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Would you be Willing? Becoming (my blog)
How to become a more curious person Quartz
Should We Have Empathy For Those We Hate? NPR
How to prime your mind to make creative leaps and new discoveries BigThink
***GRAMMAR
Real Language Analysis Should replace disembodied grammar instruction in schools Economist
Linguists found the world’s “weirdest” languages—and English is one of them Quartz
***WRITING & READING
How Writing Changed My Life & Career Darius Foroux Blog
Old-school writing tools will boost your creativity, concentration—and speed Quartz
***LITERATURE
‘Extraordinary' 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time The Guardian
Every Kurt Vonnegut Novel Ranked in Order of Relevance Consequences of Sound
Libraries are letting patrons pay off their fines by donating canned goods Daily Item
PBS' 6-Episode 'Les Misérables' Miniseries Focuses On The Story Instead Of Music NPR
Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World (book review) The Week
Wattpad, an online reading room, wants to print books Economist
***GENDER
5 Fast Facts You Need to Know about the woman whose algorithm led to the first image of a black hole Heavy
Why Men Get Worse Forehead Lines and Wrinkles Than Women Fatherly
Everything you need to know about the transgender military ban Axios
Virginia Hall, the greatest spy you’ve never heard of Economist
New Augmented Reality App Celebrates Stories of Women Typically Omitted from U.S. History Textbooks Open Culture
London bookstore—devoted mostly to overlooked works by female writers—celebrates 20 years New York Times
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
New Report Takes A Deeper Look At How Latinos Experience Discrimination In The US NPR
The Civil Rights Activist Murdered by the Ku Klux Klan Whose Story Was Nearly Lost to History A mighty Girl
The sons of slaveholders quickly recovered their fathers’ wealth Economist
Israel’s Election, Through the Eyes of a Young Palestinian The New York Times
Thomas Mann Explains the Nazis' Ulterior Motive for Spreading Anti-Semitism in Rare 1940 Audio Open Culture
Native American Women Are Facing a Crisis New York Times
As black activists protested police killings, homeland security worried they might join ISIS The Intercept
Sharp Rise in the Share of Americans Saying Jews Face Discrimination Pew Research Center
Texas high schooler sends racist promposal on Snapchat KVUE-TV
***FREE SPEECH
Anti-Transgender Speaker Sprayed During Talk Inside Higher Ed
FUCT: An Unconstitutional Restriction of Speech or an Allowable Ban on "Scandal"? The Fashion Law Blog
***LAW & CRIME
Kim Kardashian hopes to become lawyer in 2022 after four-year apprenticeship BBC
Without Using Profanity, Supreme Court Justices Discuss Case Centered On Bad Language NPR
Nebraska faces a prison-crowding emergency Economist
***RELIGION
The fire at Notre Dame, a Catholic icon, was made even more heartbreaking by the timing Washington Post
What Pope Benedict's Letter On The Sex Abuse Scandal Means For Catholics NPR
Southern Baptist seminary removes stained glass windows showing church leaders, Alabama pastor Al.com
Little-Remembered Religious Preachers Get Their Due In 'American Messiahs' NPR
Noah's Wife Gets A Name In 'Naamah' (author interview) NPR
'Why I joined a cult - and how I left' BBC
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Steve Bannon and U.S. ultra-conservatives take aim at Pope Francis NBC News
Pence says Buttigieg bringing 'attacks on my Christian faith' CNN
Trump: Am I being audited because I'm a Christian? USA Today
***GOOD NEWS
Woman still riding motorcycles at 93 years old, rolls through Triad FOX 8
20-year-old raising 5 siblings gifted new car from strangers WTOL-TV
New Jersey teen shares the stage with her service dog CBS News
***REALLY?!
A Burglar Hiding In An Oregon Bathroom Turned Out To Be...A Trapped Roomba BuzzFeed News
Woman does karate, son gets nude, dog steals cornbread mix from Walmart, police say KY3
A cassowary bird killed a man in Florida Quartz
Drunk Florida man arrested at Olive Garden, eating spaghetti Miami Herald
Man shoots himself and his daughter while trying to change her diaper at a Chuck E. Cheese WBRC-TV
***ART
What’s Left of Notre Dame’s Art? The Cut
How Leonardo da Vinci made a “satellite” map in 1502 Vox
Art frenzy takes over Havana as biennial kicks off Reuters
***GRAPHIC DESIGN
The History of Italics In Type Kottke
Chobani, Glossier, and more are branching out into ’70s-style serif fonts Vox
Behind the process of Helvetica’s 21-century facelift The Verge
***MUSIC
The Surprisingly Technical Process of Songwriting Medium
***FILM
'Long Day's Journey Into Night' Is a Mind-Boggling Feat The Atlantic
Review: Netflix's 'Tijuana' Finally Offers Good TV About Journalists Daily Dot
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Johnson Publishing Co., the ex-publisher of Ebony and Jet, files for bankruptcy Chicago Sun-Times
A Wave of Consolidation among media companies Economist
Will It Soon Be Legal to Say Curse Words on Broadcast Television? Hollywood Reporter
***FREELANCE WRITING
Freelancers to cover public media Current.org
Political news pitches Medium
Freelance pitches Reader’s Digest
Pitches on travel, food or personal essays Curiosity Magazine
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Up against the invincible: A professor was convicted of sexual misconduct: Why is he still on campus? Columbia Spectator
Students accused of sexual assault are suing colleges — and winning most of the time USA Today
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The IRS Audits the Working Poor at a Higher Rate than Wealthier People WNYC Studios
6 demographic trends shaping the U.S. and the world in 2019 Pew Research Center
***THE BORDER
What’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border in 6 charts Pew Research Center
Photographing All 2,000 Miles of the US–Mexico Border Wired
The Borderlands — Not The U.S., Not Mexico, A Transitional Land NPR
11-year-old ordered deported without her family MSN
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
What Qualifies as Middle-Income in Each State FlowingData
H&M is Being Sued for Allegedly Collecting and Sharing Employees' Fingerprints The Fashion Law Blog
***ENVIRONMENT
Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage? NPR
How Fake Meat Could Save the Planet One Zero
***HEALTH
One Day There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge the Brain. Who Should Get It? New York Times
Are You Overdosing on Caffeine? Signs that your coffee habit is doing more harm than good Outside Online
Napping is good for you, experts say—if you do it the right way Quartz
Invisible Middlemen Are Slowing Down American Health Care The Atlantic
The Science Behind the Mental Clarity Diet Medium
High Stress Can Lead To Heart Attacks, Sibling Study Finds. Here's How To Relax NPR
A Dying Nurse Is Claiming She Switched Thousands of Babies at Birth Fatherly
***HEALTH: VACCINES
How Misinformation Is Driving the Measles Outbreak Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews New York Times
How Philadelphia Mandated Vaccinations In 1991 NPR
New York's Vaccine Order Shows How Health Laws Are Failing Us Wired
Measles Cases Spike Driven By Outbreaks In N.Y. And 4 Other Regions NPR
***TRAVEL
Why airlines make flights longer on purpose BBC
Beijing is building a colossal new airport Economist
Delta reduces how much passengers can recline their seats Quartz
***FOOD
Swiss government declares that coffee is not essential for survival BBC
***GAMES & SPORTS
Professional Sports Bettor Sets 'Jeopardy' Single-Day Record Bleacher Report
Britain's Tara Moore saves match point at 0-6, 0-5 down – and goes on to win The Guardian
The Athletic's next arena is in podcasting Axiox
Our deep dive into how esports broadcasting differs from traditional sports VentureBeat
***FAMILY
Kids Whose Parents Read to Them Understand Up to 1.4 Million More Words Mental Floss
For Anxious Kids, Parents May Need To Learn To Let Them Face Their Fears NPR
***ANIMALS
Study shows dogs can accurately sniff out cancer in blood Science Daily
Border Collie Comes Out Of Nowhere, Saves Chihuahua From Being Run Over By Car Digg
***SCIENCE
New Twitter account outs shoddy reporting in science stories Quartz
The engineering of living organisms could soon start changing everything Economist
Emotional mirror neurons found in the rat Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
***MATH
Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply Wired
The Mathematics of (Hacking) Passwords Scientific American
***PSYCHOLOGY
Is evolution the key to understanding mental illness? Economist
The Most Important Question in Psychology Research Psychology Today
***NEUROSCIENCE
The violent attack that turned a man into a maths genius BBC
Kashfia Rahman: How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain TED Talk
Doctors Use Electrical Implant to Aid Brain-Damaged Woman New York Times
***HISTORY
Reconstruction, one of the most misunderstood chapters in American history CBS News
See the Oldest Printed Advertisement in English: An Ad for a Book from 1476 Open Culture
Telegram announcing Abraham Lincoln’s death is up for sale Associated Press
Third-graders found error in their workbook about Columbus: Here’s what they did about it Washington Post
***RESEARCH
Fears that academia’s unhealthy obsession with publication metrics is worsening ResearchResearch
Elsevier’s Presence on Campuses Spans More Than Journals: That Has Some Scholars Worried The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Dissertation Publication Requirement: It’s Time for Reexamination Scholarly Kitchen
Isaac Asimov once submitted a hoax paper Futility Closet
***RESEARCH ETHICS
The study of a cancer test seemed like a triumph: But some data were missing Stat News
Plagiarism in Predatory Publications: A Comparative Study of Three Nursing Journals Sigma
When Public Discourse Mirrors Academic Debate: Research Integrity in the Media Science and Engineering Ethics
The replication “crisis” is good for science The Conversation
Train students to navigate ethical swamps Nature
Caught stealing a manuscript? blames a dead colleague Retraction Watch
***HIGHER ED
What the College-Admissions Scandal Reveals The Atlantic
Western Kentucky reinstated the dean its now ex-provost forced out last week Inside Higher Ed
Colleges are upending majors Axios
Faced with high costs, crowding and confusion, college students struggle to earn a degree in four years Union Tribune
U. of Tulsa Has a Billion-Dollar Endowment for Just 4,000 Students: Why Is It Cutting Programs? Tulsa World
"Predatory" company uses Canadian universities to sell shoddy conferences Ottawa Citizen
The Rise of the Mega-University The Chronicle of Higher Education
Students Are Protesting Mike Pence's Commencement Speech At This Christian University Newsweek
Students at Mormon-owned BYU urge honor code compassion Associated Press
***STUDENT MEDIA
Administrators censor High School newspaper, demanding the name of a confidential source and moving to prior restraint Dynamics of Writing
Police are investigating trashed student newspapers Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
The most consequential, and least informed, decision that college students make New York Times
The Texas State student senate voted to bar a conservative group Texas Tribune
Nearly half of indebted millennials say college wasn't worth it, and the reason why is obvious Business Insider
My Daughter Died By Suicide After Being Abused at College Vice
A cartographic clash between the LSE and its Chinese students Economist
Fewer than 25% of college graduates can answer 4 simple money questions correctly Market Watch
***TEACHING
Broadcast training boss warns of 'gradual erosion' of social skills as journalism students grow up messaging online Press Gazette
In praise of teachers (opinion) The Week
Five Lessons Online Faculty Can Learn from the IRS Faculty Focus
***ACADEMIC LIFE
3 Things a Faculty-Pay Survey Shows About Academic Jobs The Chronicle of Higher Education
Kentucky Prof is under investigation for misconduct Retraction Watch
The Rise of the Pedantic Professor When academic self-regard becomes an intellectual style The Chronicle of Higher Education
‘This Was a Hell Not Unlike Anything Dante Conjured.’ Readers Share Their Stories of Fraught Academic Careers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Would you be Willing?
/Elizabeth Stokoe, professor of social interaction at Loughborough University, and her colleagues, have analysed thousands of hours of recorded conversations, from customer services to mediation hotlines and police crisis negotiation. They discovered that certain words or phrases have the power to change the course of a conversation.
People who had already responded negatively when asked if they would like to attend mediation seemed to change their minds when the mediator used the phrase, “Would you be willing to come for a meeting?” “As soon as the word ‘willing’ was uttered, people would say: ‘Oh, yes, definitely’ – they would actually interrupt the sentence to agree.” Stokoe found it had the same effect in different settings: with business-to-business cold callers; with doctors trying to persuade people to go to a weight-loss class. She also looked at phrases such as “Would you like to” and “Would you be interested in”. “Sometimes they worked, but ‘willing’ was the one that got people to agree more rapidly and with more enthusiasm.”
Rosie Ifouldwriting in The Guardian
When Company Values Falter
/When we talk about cases of clear fraud or criminal misdoing, it seems so easy to say, “What was wrong with these evil people?” But when they’re in the moment, they’re saying to themselves, “I have to do things for these investors” or “I have to do things for my employees to keep things going.” It’s the concept of escalation of commitment; at first you had very small things that would get covered up and justified, but then the amount of deception gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Theranos might be a good example of this. The people who founded that company had good intentions, right? They wanted to develop medical testing and products that would benefit the world. They believed in it. And either for the mission, for the long-term viability of the company, or for the employees, you can see how they end up making mistakes and unethical actions even though they began with good intentions.
Ken Shotts quoted in Fast Company
we are here
/The miracle is that we are here, that no matter how undone we’ve been the night before, we wake up every morning and are still here. It is phenomenal just to be. This idea overwhelms some people. -Anne Lamott (born April 10, 1954)
Articles of Interest - April 8
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Can you stop your parents sharing photos of you online? BBC
YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Let Toxic Videos Run Rampant Bloomberg
Snapchat launches new gaming service, platform and ad updates Axios
Americans think social media is the worst - but can't stop using it NBC News
‘Old Town Road’ proves TikTok can launch a hit song The Verge
***MOBILE
FCC “fined” robocallers $208 million since 2015 but collected only $6,790 ArsTechnica
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
How China turned a city into a prison: a surveillance state reaches new heights New York Times
What the internet knows about you Axios
What e-books at the library mean for your privacy Cnet
***BIG DATA & AI
Cornell prof on using artificial intelligence hiring NPR
A surprising quantum computer front-runner: carmakers Axios
Open-source activism: using GitHub to improve working conditions for coders Wired
Why Google’s announced creation of an external AI ethics board is getting push back The Verge
***PRODUCING MEDIA
5 Useful Chrome Extensions For Screen Recording Gizbot
The best microphones to start podcasting with The Verge
***INTERNET
Why there’s so little left of the early internet BBC
How Do You Print Out the Entire Internet? New York Times
***JOURNALISM
NYT NICAR 2019 Doxxing Handout
Georgia House Republicans file bill to create state Journalism Ethics Board AJC
What kind of local news is Facebook featuring on Today In? Crime, car crashes, and not too much community Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Your countless Google Docs can be easier to handle Tools For Reporters
Taking local news to the really local level: Using location data to deliver relevant local news Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Smart speakers are challenging the foundations of radio, and news outlets are racing to find a place on the platform Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Plain Dealer lays off a third of unionized newsroom staff Cleveland Plain Dealer
Smart Speaker Use Is Growing. Will News Grow With It? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
10 tools and tricks to verify Instagram posts Fact Checking Day
Why smart people are more likely to believe fake news The Guardian
Pizzagate, Satanic Panic, and the Power of Conspiracy Theories Jezebel
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Your Pain Becoming (my blog)
According to a new study from Oxford and Yale researchers, exercise might make you happier than money Business Insider
***WRITING & READING
A Harvard Linguist's 13 Simple Tips for Becoming a Great Writer Inc.
Poet Hanif Abdurraqib Discusses His Writing Process NPR
***LANGUAGE
Why Spanish-Language Websites For 2020 Democratic Contenders Are Filled With Errors NPR
We've Added Over 300 New Words Dictionary.com
Coding Is for Everyone—as Long as You Speak English Wired
***LITERATURE
The unsuccessful history of product placement in books, from Bulgari to Sweet’N Low Vox
New Conservation Center to Preserve Hemingway’s Legacy in Cuba Smithsonian
The 8 best food descriptions in Ruth Reichl’s new memoir Vox
***GENDER
She’s 28. She’s an Immigrant. She’s in Charge of Texas’ Most Populous County. Get Used to It Texas Observer
How Old Is 37? Depends on Your Gender New York Times
***RACE & ETHNICITY
Jazz's Kyle Korver discusses racism in the NBA, white privilege Sporting News
Facebook delivers ads based on race and gender stereotypes, researchers discover CNBC
Decoding Chinese film stereotypes: from Red Sorghum to Crazy Rich Asians Telegraph
***LEGAL ISSUES
Do we really own our digital possessions? The Conversation
Court Tosses $11-Million Libel Lawsuit Brought By The 'King Of Bullshit News' TechDirt
Hollywood's Drone War: Licensed Pilots or Unionized Photographers? Hollywood Reporter
***POLITICS
How we uncovered 10,000 times lawmakers introduced copycat model bills — and why it matters USA Today
San Diego County Sues Trump Admin Over Its Handling of Asylum-Seekers Voice of San Diego
Want to Know How to Build a Better Democracy? Ask Wikipedia Wired
***CRIME
Alabama's Prison Are Unsafe And Unconstitutional, Justice Department Says NPR
***GAMES & SPORTS
An analysis of nearly 4 million pitches shows just how many mistakes umpires make The Conversation
How This Guy Became a World Yo-Yo Champion Wired
***RELIGION
A Man Created An Instagram About Church Leaders In Expensive Designer Shoes BuzzFeed News
LDS Church Rolls Back Policy That Restricted Baptizing Children Of Gay Parents NPR
Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling Associated Press
‘I cut people,’ a megachurch pastor threatened as she preached. Her target? The local newspaper Washington Post
Suspicious fires consume 3 black churches in 10 days in a Louisiana parish CNN
It’s Official: The “Nones”– People Who Profess No Religion–Are Now as Big as Catholics & Evangelicals in the US Open Culture
5 facts about Buddhists around the world Pew Research Center
Catholic missionaries are evangelizing on college campuses and trying to bring back the ‘nones’ The Conversation
The countries with the 10 largest Christian populations and the 10 largest Muslim populations Pew Research Center
Buttigieg to Mike Pence: “Your quarrel, sir, is with my creator” Vox
***GOOD NEWS
Police officers pool money to replace hard-working gardener's stolen equipment CNN
Dad uses his paintbrush and the Mona Lisa to teach daughter life lessons ABC News
Card tricks turn hotel worker and boy with autism into fast friends WNEP
13-year-old sells Xbox, does yard work to buy his single mom a car CBS News
Dad who overcame paralysis surprises daughter with 1st dance on her wedding day ABC News
An infant did not have any hospital visitors for five months: So this nurse adopted her Washington Post
Brad Paisley breaks ground on free grocery shop in Nashville Associated Press
***REALLY?!
Disabled Chicken Who Survived Weasel Attack Learning to Walk Thanks to Custom Wheelchair People
El Chapo’s wife is launching a clothing brand LA Times
Father admits to staging home invasion to cover up his theft of daughter’s Girl Scouts cookie sales Global News
***ART & DESIGN
Aerial photo & video contest Sky Pixel
Frida Kahlo: The woman behind the legend
***MUSIC
How The Beach Boys Composed 'God Only Knows' Digg
Kanye to perform his Sunday Service on Easter during Coachella Desert Sun
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Apple News+ could lead to a massive value destruction for the magazine industry Monday Note
Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand ArsTechnica
Ironically, Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy Techdirt
From Amazon, Apple, Comcast, and AT&T: Who owns the media today Recode
Gizmodo Media Group is sold to a private equity firm, and Univision is out of the English-language website business Nieman Lab ***STUDENT MEDIA
Signs taken down at College over “fat shaming” concerns The Dickinsonian (student newspaper)
Teacher who defended student journalists at San Gabriel High, Alhambra Unified settle lawsuit San Gabriel Valley Tribune
***VIDEO GAMES
Five damaging myths about video games – let’s shoot 'em up The Guardian
Snap Inc started a gaming platform. But...why? Thinkum
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
The millennials who are making it Axios
Millennial jobs by income, percent non-white and gender Axios
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Scientists have #MeToo issues too. Don't exempt them from accountability laws (opinion) Los Angeles Times
National Academy of Sciences will vote on ejecting sexual harassers Science Magazine
***ACADEMIC LIFE
***SOCIAL ISSUES
How the war on drugs forces sick, poor people to die in unnecessary agony Vice
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Filing your taxes? watch out for phishing scams Wired
Patagonia Is Refusing To Sell Its Iconic Power Vests To Some Financial Firms BuzzFeed News
5 Ways to Help Your Team Be Open to Change Harvard Business Review
***ENVIRONMENT
India Will Ban All Single-Use Plastics by 2022 Global Citizen
***HEALTH
Mosquito bites can be avoided by listening to electronic music - specifically dubstep BBC
New antibiotics could be developed using fish slime, scientists say The Guardian
Prostate cancer is on the decline worldwide American Association for Cancer Research
Older women benefit significantly when screened with 3D mammography Science Daily
The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System TheWeek
Swallowable Vibrating Pill Shakes Faecis to Relieve Constipation Med Gadget
It’s not your imagination: Allergy season gets worse every year Vox
***HEALTH & HOSPITALS
Drug-resistant “superbugs” are spreading — but your hospital doesn’t have to tell you Vox
Violence Against Hospital Employees Is On The Rise NPR
***TRAVEL
The 25 Best US Cities to Spend a Weekend Thrillist
Tourists 'threatened with death penalty' for taking selfies on beach in Thailand Mirror Online
***FOOD
Don’t cry, but milk sales plummeted by $1.1 billion last year Fast Company
Kale is now one of the most pesticide-contaminated vegetables CNBC
When did America’s heart turn cold on buffet chains? Vox
***FAMILY
What Makes a Happy Marriage? Data Shows the Answer Changing Fatherly
The Loneliness of Infertility The Walrus
***ANIMALS
Stray kitten becomes cyclist's companion on around-the-world adventure Edinburgh Live
Dog owners are much happier than cat owners, survey finds Washington Post
How a lost dog was found two days after a massive fire WHSV
The wild world of trust funds for pets The Hustle
Cats Might Not Act Like It, But They Know Their Names As Well As Dogs NPR
***SCIENCE
GPS glitch threatens thousands of scientific instruments Nature
Two unusual galaxies shake up the dark matter debate, again Wired
What Americans Know (and don’t know) About Science Pew Research Center
***PSYCHOLOGY
The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs The New Yorker
The Psychology Behind why Couples Look Alike TIME
***PHILOSOPHY
The New Science of How to Argue—Constructively Disagreement is central to our lives online The Atlantic
The End of Satire: The toxic disinformation of social media has rendered traditional forms of humor quaint and futile New York Times
Tim Blake Nelson, Classics Nerd, Brings “Socrates” to the Stage The New Yorker
***PRODUCTIVITY
To Improve Memory, Tune It Like an Orchestra New York Times
Google killed the mailbox app Inbox. The shutdown was a gift to productivity Inc
***RESEARCH
Does a new generation of social scientists have to publish more to achieve less? London School of Economics & Political Science
***HIGHER ED
College President Sparks Controversy by Taking Down Blackface Photos The Chronicle of Higher Education
Hampshire President Quits; Board Votes to Try to Stay Independent Inside Higher Ed
College Campus Tries Out Robot Delivery NPR
How America's College-Closure Crisis Leaves Families Devastated The Chronicle of Higher Education
Why Colleges Love Influencers Mashable
Online university degree provider 2U acquires Trilogy for $750M to expand into tech bootcamps and training Tech Crunch
A provost and dean leave their positions at Western Kentucky Inside Higher Ed
LGBTQ Victory at Azusa Pacific U. Leaves Significant Questions About Future and Faculty Security Rewire
U of San Diego's Take on Building Name Dispute Inside Higher Ed
Petition claims Baylor allows homophobic, mysoginistic speaker but prohibits LGBTQ campus groups KXXV-TV
***HIGHER ED LAWSUITS
Lawsuit: Michigan State University professor exploits students to work at personal lab Detriot News
Court upholds expulsion of former law student accused of plagiarism Daily Trojan
Court rejects effort by MIT and Harvard to dismiss video captioning lawsuits Inside Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES
Why Worthless Humanities Degrees May Set You up for Life BBC
The Digital Humanities Debacle Computational methods repeatedly come up short The Chronicle of Higher Education
***TEACHING
A Professor Interviewed Hundreds of Excellent Teachers and Found a Common Theme The Chronicle of Higher Education
How to Access Lynda LinkedIn Learning for Free Forbes
Digital Distraction Is a Problem Far Beyond the Classroom. But Professors Can Still Help The Chronicle of Higher Education
***STUDENT LIFE
2 Students Face Criminal Charges After Calling Border Agents ‘Murderers’ during protest The Chronicle of Higher Education
For Some Students, There's A New Way To Pay For College NPR
Can Doctors Talk Teenagers Out of Risky Drinking? New York Times
Your Pain
/Finding a different way to interact with your pain is hard. People have the most difficulty embracing the paradox of acceptance. Our instinct is to run as far away from our pain as possible, to be as safe as we can be. Making a decision to step into it rather than trying to get rid of it can be excruciatingly difficult. Feeling the intensity of those difficult, painful emotions and sensations can feel very dark and very lonely. I see it in all forms of suffering. The depression that never seems to lift, the drink that has to be drunk, the highway we cannot drive on, the hands that must be washed over and over and over. The reality is that most people are willing to embrace acceptance only when they have run out of options – when what they have been doing, often for years, simply doesn’t work anymore. This is a dark place that feels like there is no light to guide you out. It can be devastating.
To be able to connect and embrace a lifetime’s worth of suffering in service of a valued end, that – in its very essence – is acceptance.
Joseph Trunzo writing in Aeon
The Hedonic Treadmill
/One is weary of living in the country and moves to the city; one is weary of one’s native land and goes abroad; one is [weary of Europe] and goes to America etc.; one indulges in the fanatical hope of an endless journey from star to star. Or there is another direction, but still extensive. One is weary of eating on porcelain and eats on silver; wearying of that, one eats on gold; one burns down half of Rome in order to visualize the Trojan conflagration. This method cancels itself and is the spurious infinity.
Søren Kierkegaard, Either / Or
Riding the Wave of Boredom
/It turns out that bliss – a second-by-second joy + gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious – lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (tax returns, televised golf), and, in waves, a boredom like you’ve never known will wash over you and just about kill you. Ride these out, and it’s like stepping from black and white into color. Like water after days in the desert. Constant bliss in every atom.
David Foster Wallace
Was it an April Fools’ Joke?
/Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has released a rap song.
Mosquito bites can be avoided by listening to electronic music - specifically dubstep.
DJ Khaled is TikTok’s new Chief Motivational Officer.
Google has developed an audio assistant that attempts to talk with plants.
Tinder is introducing a Height Verification Badge.
McDonald's is adding Shake-Dipping Sauces.
Burger King has put out an Impossible Meats beefless Whopper.
Starbucks is opening new stores aimed at dogs.
The US Open to add puppies to the ballperson teams at the 2019 tournament.
New Alarm Clock App wakes you to the Sound of a Puking Dog.
Fish slime could help the development of new antibiotics, researchers say.
Shutterstock is opening a brick-and-mortar library for stock images.
Snoop Dogg once left a sack containing £400,000 cash in a nightclub, its owner said.
A globe company is selling a flat Earth globe.
The weed-flavored cottage cheese.
Auntie Annie’s is getting into the hot yoga business.
White Castle is auctioning off a carbon-frozen burger from 1921.
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has released a rap song.
Mosquito bites can be avoided by listening to electronic music - specifically dubstep.
Burger King has put out an Impossible Meats beefless Whopper.
Fish slime could help the development of new antibiotics, researchers say.
New Alarm Clock App wakes you to the Sound of a Puking Dog.
Snoop Dogg once left a sack containing £400,000 cash in a nightclub, its owner said.
A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine's presidential elections.
Articles of Interest - April 1
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook CEO calls for global regulation of harmful content on the internet in Washington Post op-ed The Verge
The New York Times takes a look at Tic Tok New York Times
***MOBILE
On the Trail of the Robocall King Wired
5 Ways Your Phone Still Can't Beat Your Laptop Gizmodo
***TECHNOLOGY
Google Photos Will Now Automatically Detect Your Documents Forbes
10 technologies that will impact higher education the most this year Tech Republic
Oculus founder Luckey: Rift S lenses won’t fit 30% of users VentureBeat
***BIG DATA & AI
Mass satellite launches by SpaceX and OneWeb are a threat to the future of space MIT Technology Review
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
HTTPS Isn't Always As Secure As It Seems Wired
How Grindr became a national security issue The Verge
DEA never checked if its bulk surveillance data was legal Engaget
New Apple ecosystem marks step toward privatizing identity Axios
***PRODUCING MEDIA
I'm Jad Abumrad, Founder and Co-Host of Radiolab, and This Is How I Work Life Hacker
***INTERNET
How to Be a Better Web Searcher: Secrets from Google Scientists Scientific American
Longing for an Internet Cleanse New York Times
Gmail will now let you interact with messages just like web pages right in your inbox The Next Web
Gmail for iOS finally gets handy customizable swipe actions Digital Trends
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Power of Small Wins Becoming (my blog)
'Love Your Enemies' ... And Maaaybe You'll Get Them To Agree With You NPR
Top takeaways from Yale's free online course on the psychology of happiness Business Insider
***GRAMMAR
Olivia Jade Is Reportedly at Risk of Losing Her Beauty Trademarks Because of Her Bad Punctuation Elle
The agony and ecstasy of grammar Teaching and learning it should be fascinating—and fun Economist
***WRITING & READING
Spoken-Word Poetry’s Dynamic Duo The New Yorker
Writing a Nonfiction Book? Here’s Advice from a Pulitzer Prize Bestselling Author Global Investigative Journalism Network
***PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism detectors are a crutch, and a problem Nature
Among 239 retractions by authors from India over a period of more than 20 years, the most common reason was plagiarism Scientometrics
The Problem with Press Release Plagiarism Today
***APRIL FOOLS’ DAY
It’s April Fools’ Day. Here’s 2019′s updated, depressing and comprehensive list of pranks and hoaxes Washington Post
April Fools': A Running List Of Good, Bad And Terrible Corporate Gags Digg
***GENDER
As a woman with a wooden leg, Virginia Hall was an unlikely spy. That’s what made her so good Medium
Judge Strikes Down North Carolina School Uniform Skirt Requirement BuzzFeed News
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Study: Racial Bias in Police Traffic Stops and Searches (video) Cheddar
'Black Press Only!': Political meeting in Georgia turns away journalists based on race, reports say USA Today
MacArthur Genius Recipient Jennifer Eberhardt Discusses Her New Book 'Biased' NPR
Science knowledge varies by race and ethnicity in U.S. Pew Research Center
***FREE SPEECH
Beloit calls off talk by conservative speaker after students bang drums and pile chairs on stage to prevent him from starting Inside Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
European parliament votes for controversial copyright reform (yes, again) Tech Crunch
Alabama Court: Publicity Rights over First Amendment In S-Town Lawsuit TechDirt
Japanese court rules against journalist in HPV vaccine defamation case Science Mag
Buzzfeed Beats a Libel Suit Hollywood Reporter
Nevada Judge Says Online News Publications Aren't Protected By The State's Journalist Shield Law TechDirt
Meet the Lawyer Defending the Media Hollywood Reporter
***CRIME
Ecuador legalized gangs. Murder rates plummeted Vox
Police Misconduct Records Show California Police Officer Busting Sober Drivers For DUI TechDirt
***RELIGION
A Visual Map of the World's Major Religions (and Non-Religions) Open Culture
A church in turmoil: Inside Harvest Bible Chapel's questionable financial moves and erratic leadership Chicago Tribune
'Jesus: His Life' review: History brings hybrid format to greatest story ever told CNN
The Secret Jehovah’s Witness Database of Child Molesters The Atlantic
Atlanta pastors await possible United Methodist Church split over LGBTQ rights Reporter Newspaper
The countries with the 10 largest Christian populations and the 10 largest Muslim populations Pew Research Center
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Pope Francis: 'Those who build walls will become prisoners of the walls they put up' CNN
The Trump era has exposed divisions among Catholics and evangelicals Economist
***GOOD NEWS
***ART & DESIGN
How to Improve iOS for Grandma Medium
Who should get the credit for AI art? CNN
***MUSIC
DJs of the future don't spin records—they write code Wired
Band of wounded warriors healing through music CBS News
An algorithm just signed a major music deal High Snobiety
‘Blurred Lines’ on Their Minds, Songwriters Create Nervously New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
What If Google And Facebook Admitted That All This Ad Targeting Really Doesn't Work That Well? Tech Dirt
***JOURNALISM
AP Stylebook update: It’s OK to call something racist when it’s racist Poynter
Why slow journalism and finishable news is (quickly) growing a following Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Do technology companies care about journalism? Columbia Journalism Review
For Local News, Americans Embrace Digital but Still Want Strong Community Connection Pew Research Center
Alabama reaches new milestone in barriers to access MuckRock
Most Americans – especially Republicans – say local journalists shouldn’t express views on local issues Pew Research Center
TV News Anchors Try Teen Slang; Leave Viewers Cringing Washington Post
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Americans Don't Know Local Newspapers Are Dying The Atlantic
After the death of alt-weeklies, alt-alt-weeklies Columbia Journalism Review
Knight Foundation Makes $6 Million Investment In 3 Organizations Media Post
***FAKE NEWS
How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Stalk Sandy Hook Families New York Times
All those annoying April Fool’s pranks you’ll see Monday might help researchers better detect fake news Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***JOBS
This is the easiest way to make your LinkedIn profile stand out Fast Company
ProPublica Is Again Expanding Its Local Reporting Network: Apply for a Spot ProPublica
Apple is hiring writing and editorial teams to make Siri more "fun" and "witty" Thinkum
***FREELANCE WRITING
Freelancers to write about the latest sneaker trends and releases Elite Daily
Sobriety story pitches The Temper
Freelance writing pitches Novelty Media
Pitches on "climate change, extinction, food choices, and whether cats are really hell-demons" The Nib
Freelance pitches for upcoming issues Edible Queens
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Federal grant will bolster sexual assault prevention at five local college campuses The San Diego Union-Tribune
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The US Is Holding Hundreds Of Shivering Immigrants In A Pen Underneath A Texas Bridge BuzzFeed News
Facebook announces a long-overdue transparency tool for News Feed The Next Web
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Why Startups Fall Apart at 50 Employees Medium
Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS? Propublica
How Brands Can Build Successful Relationships with Influencers Harvard Business Review
***ENVIRONMENT
Who keeps buying California's scarce water? Saudi Arabia The Guardian
The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes The New Yorker
The recycling crisis The Week
***HEALTH
At 71 she's never felt pain or anxiety - now scientists know why New York Times
Viral Photo Shows How Much Bacteria Is on 8-Year-Old’s Hand Fatherly
News stories about the flu shot spawn debates about vaccines in general Journalists Resource
Hospital using drones to fly blood samples between buildings Associated Press
***HEALTHY LIVING
NASA research found the perfect length for a power nap Business Insider
What Makes a Healthy Community? US News
***FAMILY
Toddlers engage more with print books than tablets: Study ABC News
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Daughter Calls Out Mom for Posting Selfie Without Consent Fatherly
Why Don't You Want Kids? Wired
How to help a kid write a college admissions essay without cheating Chicago SunTimes
Online preschool programs A ‘shockingly bad’ idea (opinion) Washington Post
***RELATIONSHIPS
Seattle rated the worst city for singles Seattle Times
How one woman improved her relationship by paying attention to her partner's 'bids' to connect NBC News
Women With a Twin Brother Are More Likely to Face Penalties at School and Work New York Times
***ANIMALS
Video of father and son killing bear, cubs released in Alaska USA Today
50 Fascinating Facts About Cats Mental Floss
***SCIENCE
How to read the news like a scientist TED
Is it the end of ‘statistical significance’? The battle to make science more uncertain The Conversation
***PSYCHOLOGY
Deep Brain Stimulation where implant delivers some pulses of electricity to the brain NPR
Behold an Anatomically Correct Replica of the Human Brain, Knitted by a Psychiatrist Open Culture
The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs The New Yorker
High-strength cannabis increases risk of mental health problems The Guardian
***NEUROSCIENCE
Old brains make neurons, possibly protecting against Alzheimer's STAT
The Brain-Computer Interface Is Coming Psychology Today
How the Brain Links Gestures, Perception and Meaning Quanta Magazine
***POLITICS
Does Democracy Demand the Tolerance of the Intolerant? Karl Popper’s Paradox Open Culture
***ETHICS
Do Ethicists Behave Better Than the Rest of Us?: New Research Answers the Question Open Culture
Many professions have codes of ethics - so why not politics? The Conversation
***RESEARCH
Publishing research in high-impact factor journals 'poisons hiring and funding decisions' says eLife boss Cambridge Independent
Trends in the Use of Common Words and Patient-Centric Language in the Titles of Medical Journals, 1976-2015 JAMA Network Open
Nature editor: researchers should be forced to make data public Times Higher Education
***RESEARCH ERRORS & FRAUD
Academic publishing is in ‘crisis’ and must be put on a more sustainable and open footing ResearchResearch
Plagiarism and Data Falsification are the Most Common Reasons for Retracted Publications in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Figure errors, sloppy science, and fraud: keeping eyes on your data Journal of Clinical Investigation
Meet the data detective who checks the images in all submitted manuscripts EMBO
***RESEARCH & PEER REVIEW
NIH may bar peer reviewers accused of sexual harassment Science Mag
Technological Support for Peer Review Innovations Scholarly Kitchen
***LIBERAL ARTS
To survive, small colleges are rethinking the liberal arts Education Dive
UVM cites decline in humanities enrollment for faculty cuts WCAX-TV
Making a case for liberal arts Virginia Business
Debunking common misconceptions about liberal arts degrees Study International
***HIGHER ED
Liberty University scrutinized over fuel contract with Pentagon The Hill
Small Methodist institution in Tennessee announces it would shut down Inside Higher Ed
Oklahoma Christian University asks for forgiveness from former students, arrested and expelled on racially tinged charges Christian Chronicle
***TEACHING
4 Lessons From Moving a Face-to-Face Course Online Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
A letter from a Notre Dame mother, urging women to not wear the gym attire in lieu of pants, prompts backlash and debate Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Tufts University recently expelled a student for allegedly hacking grades, but did the university make the right call? Inside Higher Ed
12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong CBI Insights
The 10 Best Cities for Millennials in 2019 (Plus the 10 Worst) Mental Floss
***ACADEMIC LIFE
This Is How You Kill a Profession (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
South Korean professor forced students to write her daughter’s thesis paper AFP
Former U. of Oklahoma Dean Sues President, Provost, and University for Bias and Free-Speech Violation Chronicle of Higher Ed
Racist writing instructor's Listserv post prompts debate about the future of the field and how scholars communicate with one another Inside Higher Ed
The Power of Small Wins
/Try to remember the last time you – or anyone you know – had a truly enormous breakthrough in solving a problem or achieving one of those audacious goals. It’s pretty hard, because breakthroughs are very rare events. On the other hand, small wins can happen all the time. Those are the incremental steps toward meaningful (even big) goals. Our research showed that, of all the events that have the power to excite people and engage them in their work, the single most important is making progress – even if that progress is a small win. That’s the progress principle. And, because people are more creatively productive when they are excited and engaged, small wins are a very big deal for organizations.
Religiously protect at least 20 minutes – and, ideally, much more – every day, to tackle something in the work that matters most to you. Hide in an empty conference room, if you have to, or sneak out in disguise to a nearby coffee shop. Then make note of any progress you made (even if it was a small win), and decide where to pick up again the next day. The progress, and the mini-celebration of simply noting it, can lift your inner work life.
Teresa Amabile talking about her book The Progress Principle
Embracing Life as it Is
/For millennia, philosophers have understood that we don’t see life as it is; we see a version distorted by our hopes, fears, and other attachments. The Buddha said, “Our life is the creation of our mind.” Marcus Aurelius said, “Life itself is but what you deem it.” The quest for wisdom in many traditions begins with this insight. Early Buddhists and the Stoics, for example, developed practices for reducing attachments, thinking more clearly, and finding release from the emotional torments of normal mental life.
The goal is to minimize distorted thinking and see the world more accurately. When people improve their mental hygiene in this way—when they free themselves from the repetitive irrational thoughts that had previously filled so much of their consciousness—they become less depressed, anxious, and angry.
Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt writing in The Atlantic
Patriotism & nationalism
/Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism when hate of people other than your own comes first. -Charles de Gaulle
Mental illness: Out of the shadows
/Mental illnesses account for more suffering and premature death in rich countries than heart disease and strokes, or than cancer. One study estimates that depression is 50% more disabling than angina, asthma or arthritis. Men with mental-health problems die 20 years earlier than those without, according to the British Medical Association, mostly from causes other than suicide. That is partly because mental illnesses make physical ones tougher to treat, and because sufferers often live less healthily. Research has linked even moderate levels of stress to lower life-expectancy.
Half of adults with long-term mental conditions suffered their first symptoms before turning 14. Left untreated, even moderate conditions such as anxiety hurt school results and the prospects for employment. For serious conditions such as psychosis, prompt treatment greatly improves outcomes.
From The stigma of mental illness is fading in The Economist
Articles of Interest - March 25
/***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
How “Baby Shark” was manufactured in a Korean toddler entertainment factory Vice
Nexstar to Sell 19 TV Stations for $1.32 Billion Hollywood Reporter
***JOURNALISM
Google News Initiative launches new fact checking tools, supporting more subscription models 9to5Google
18 journalists on how—or whether—they use tape recorders Columbia Journalism Review***FAKE NEWS
Conspiracy Theories Can’t Be Stopped FiveThirtyEight
WhatsApp wants to label viral forwards to rein in fake news – but it’ll have to do more The Next Web
How OpenAI's Fake News Warnings Triggered Actual Fake News PC Mag
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram Is Full of Conspiracy Theories and Extremism The Atlantic
China’s new social media craze: Paying random people to shower you with over-the-top compliments CNBC
Facebook is hiring 22 people for its secretive blockchain division The Next Web
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Education and Science Giant Elsevier Left Users’ Passwords Exposed Online Mother Board
Watchdog: FEMA wrongly released personal data of victims Associated Press
Help may be on the way for those suffering from “password hell” Wall Street Journal (sub. req.’d)
Facebook left millions of passwords readable by employees Associated Press ***TECHNOLOGY
Better Living Through Crispr: Growing Human Organs in Pigs Wired
Everything Apple announced at its ‘show time’ event TechCrunch
***BIG DATA & AI
Big data got us here, but small data will get us the rest of the way Axios
Stanford University launches the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Stanford
How Walmart uses graphics processing units for better demand forecasting Datanami
***PERSONAL GROWTH
No one was paying attention Becoming (my blog)
24 Common Cognitive Biases: A Visual List of the Psychological Systems Errors That Keep Us From Thinking Rationally Open Culture
***GRAMMAR
Author of grammar guide traces language love to cookie sign (video) MSNBC
***WRITING & READING
The rise of robot authors: is the writing on the wall for human novelists? The Guardian
Why Do Wite-Out and Liquid Paper Still Exist? The Atlantic
***LANGUAGE
16-Year-Old Swedish Environmental Activist, Has Been Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Mental Floss
The man bringing dead languages back to life BBC
***LITERATURE
How 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' Became a Classic The Atlantic
Meet 10 Emerging Writers Who Just Won the 2019 Whiting Award The Cut
***GENDER
U.S. Mathematician Becomes First Woman To Win Abel Prize, 'Math's Nobel' NPR
Sports-Bra Outrage And a Fight Over Everyday Sexism Chronicle of Higher Ed
Journal Issues Revised Version of Controversial Paper That Questioned Why Some Teens Identify as Transgender Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Transgender Student Said He's Being Barred From Running For Prom King Buzzfeed News
The narrowing, but persistent, gender gap in pay Pew Research Center
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Supreme Court Justices Seem Incredulous At Repeated Racial Bias In Jury Selection NPR
A study of nearly 100 million traffic stops: black drivers are 20% more likely to get pulled over CNN
50 Years Ago Students Shut Down This College To Demand Ethnic Studies Courses NPR
A third of the convictions overturned because of DNA involved witnesses who identified the wrong person who was of another race New York Times
Laila Lalami: ‘White supremacists target Muslims but the threat isn't taken as seriously as other forms of terror’ The Guardian
***FREE SPEECH
UC Berkeley in spotlight as Trump expected to issue campus free-speech order San Francisco Chronicle
Trump’s Free-Speech Order Could Have Been Harsher: Higher-Ed Leaders Still Don’t Approve Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
An academic who helped a company gather data on millions of Facebook users is suing for defamation New York Times
A coalition of 41 media organizations is urging a court to uphold a decision dismissing a professor’s defamation lawsuit Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Jeanine Pirro Beats Defamation Lawsuit From Black Lives Matter Activist Hollywood Reporter
***CRIME
Here are the stories about police misconduct uncovered so far by a new media partnership LA Times
Pregnant Behind Bars: What We Do And Don't Know About Pregnancy And Incarceration NPR
***STATISTICS
The Guardian view on statistics in sciences: gaming the (un)known (opinion) The Guardian
***RELIGION
Templeton Prize winner believes science, spirituality are complementary The Boston Pilot
Evidence of improper voting raises questions about Methodist gay clergy vote Religion News
Did John MacArthur visit the Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated just hours after it happened? Throckmorton Blog
‘Nones’ now as big as evangelicals, Catholics in the US Religious News Service
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
4 facts about religion in New Zealand Pew Research Center
China Tells Christianity To Be More Chinese Christianity Today
***ISLAM
The baffling argument that ‘Islam is not a religion’ Washington Post
Evangelicals and Muslims see similarities in faiths and favor closer ties, survey says Religious News Service
***RELIGION & FINANCES
LifeWay to Close All 170 Christian Stores Christianity Today
Christian financial planner praised by Robert Jeffress facing Ponzi scheme charges Religious News Service
***THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
395 Catholic priests, church staff accused of sex misconduct in new Chicago Sun Times
Pope Francis wants psychological testing to prevent problem priests. But can it really do that? Washington Post
West Virginia sues Catholic diocese, alleging it knowingly employed pedophiles The Hill
***RELIGION AND LGBT
Christian group drops lawsuit over Austin's LGBT protections Chronicle of Higher Ed
Google resists pressure to pull LGBT "conversion therapy" app Axios
Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that deny LGBT parents Washington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Secrecy surrounding briefing for ‘faith-based media’ raises eyebrows MSNBC
***GOOD NEWS
Man with Down Syndrome honored for working at same McDonald's for 27 years 11 Alive
104-year-old woman arrested BBC
Blind runner, guide dog trio makes history in NYC Half Marathon CNN
Twelve-year-old Former intensive care patient returns to play guitar for newborns Health Maters
Former wounded warrior is spending his retirement volunteering at Walter Reed The Week
Man gifts car to stranger during trade-in at El Cajon dealership 10 News
Woman Who Was Smallest Baby Born in Texas Now Works at Same Hospital People
Dad's Adopted Daughter Turns Out to Be Perfect Kidney Donor Match Inside Edition
***ART & DESIGN
The very mathematical history of a perfect color combination Wired
Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type explains famous fonts Fast Company
9 Photo Stories That Will Challenge Your View Of The World BuzzFeed News
Web Design Trends of 2019 [Infographic] SocialMediaToday
***MUSIC
The Oral History of the Les Paul Guitar
Why music affects your productivity Quartz
What Will Happen When Machines Write Songs Just as Well as Your Favorite Musician? Mother Jones
The Case for Why Captain Beefheart's Awful Sounding Album, Trout Mask Replica, Is a True Masterpiece Open Culture
***FILM
How ‘God’s Not Dead’ Perpetuated the Modern Evangelical Victim Narrative (opinion) Relevant Magazine
***STUDENT MEDIA
USC's Student Newspaper Published A Brutal Editorial About The Cheating Scandal LAist
***STUDENT LIFE
Poll: 74% of parents admit to making appointments for their adult children KTVU
New data shows more than half of young people in America don't have a romantic partner Washington Post
***VIDEO GAMES
How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games Nautil
Google Unveils Plan for Video Games Streaming Service Hollywood Reporter
***FREELANCE WRITING
Writers for love & sex short fiction platform of Slide Stories
Freelance reporters with an interest in state/local policy based in West Coast or Midwest Stateline.org
Freelance pitches on Asian American / Pacific Islander issues Hyphen Magazine
Emergent science and technology story pitches Futurism
Freelance pitches The North Star
Four paid fellowships Mother Jones
Freelance writer (night+weekend Gizmodo (remote)
***SOCIAL ISSUES
US government uses several black-site shelters to detain immigrant children Reveal
California Wildfire Survivors Say They’re Living In Dire Conditions And There’s Little Help Buzzfeed News
Canada’s becoming a tech hub thanks to Donald Trump immigration policies Reddit
Border Patrol Detained a 9-Year-Old U.S. Citizen for Over a Day on Her Way to School NBC-7
Wellbeing Inequality May Tell Us More About Life Than Income Gallup
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
The lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are aiming at Realtors and their 6% fee MarketWatch
Google, Facebook Scammed For More Than $100 Million In Fake Invoices Media Post
Boeing is doing crisis management all wrong – here’s what a company needs to do to restore the public’s trust The Conversation
***ENVIRONMENT
16-Year-Old Swedish Environmental Activist, Has Been Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Mental Floss
Shocking autopsy photos show toll of plastic waste on dead whale The Guardian
Adidas Sold 1 Million Eco-Friendly Shoes Made from Ocean Plastic, Plans 11 Million More The Epoch Times
Finland is offering free trips to people in need of happiness lessons Tree Hugger
West Virginia industry group successfully argues the state doesn’t need new clean-water standards because the obese population can tolerate higher levels of cancer-causing chemicals Sustainability Times
The insect apocalypse is not here but there are reasons for concern Economist
***HEALTH
Daily Aspirin to Prevent Heart Attacks No Longer Recommended NBC4 Washington
My Friend’s Cancer Taught Me About a Hole in Our Health System New York Times
***HEALTH: VACCINES
Her son died. And then anti-vaxers attacked her CNN
Why the Washington measles outbreak is mostly affecting one specific group Box
Measles Rages in Brooklyn as Some Yeshivas Defy Vaccine Rule The Daily Beast
One Doctor Is Responsible for a Third of All Medical Vaccine Exemptions in San Diego Voice of San Diego
Kentucky Gov. says he intentionally exposed kids to chicken pox instead of giving them vaccine ABC News
5 facts about vaccines in the U.S. Pew Research Center
Why anti-vaxxer mobs go after pro-vaccine doctors online — and what to do about it Mashable
***FOOD
Celery was once as sexy as kale Quartz
***PARENTING
Forget helicopter parents, snowplow parents are killing kids' life skills USA Today
How parents feel about – and manage – their teens’ online behavior and screen time Pew Research Center
***ANIMALS
The 10 Most Popular Puppy Names of 2019 Mental Floss
Man jumps shirtless into frozen Irvington, New York, lake to rescue stranded dogs abc7ny.com
***SCIENCE
Philosophy of Biology: Philosophical bias is the one bias that science cannot avoid eLife
Public confidence in scientists has remained stable for decades Pew Research Center
***PSYCHOLOGY
Here’s A Breakdown Of The 6 Core Emotions We Feel Daily Infographic
How the Brain Links Gestures, Perception and Meaning Quantam
***NEUROSCIENCE
People don't become 'adults' until their 30s, says neuroscientist BBC
Neuroscience proves Nietzsche right: some people are wired to be more spontaneous than others The Conversation
***PHILOSOPHY
Oxford's Free Course Critical Reasoning For Beginners Teaches You to Think Like a Philosopher Open Culture
Philosophers and neuroscientists join forces to see whether science can solve the mystery of free will Science Mag
***ETHICS
Microsoft will be adding AI ethics to its standard checklist for product release Geekwire
***RESEARCH
Peer reviewed studies soon to be replaced by CAPS LOCK The Science Post
University of Illinois at Chicago Missed Warning Signs of Research Going Awry, Letters Show ProPublica
Error vs. Fraud in Research Medium
We need to relearn how to play nice in peer review University Affairs
Five Article-Writing Mistakes and How to Fix Them The Professor is in
Are Papers with Open Data More Credible? International Conference on Information Springer
Duke University to Pay $112.5 Million to Settle Claims of Research Misconduct New York Times
***HIGHER ED
The Deeper Education Issue Under the College Bribery Scandal Wired
The Growing Crisis of Guns on Campus The New Republic
***HUMANITIES
The Humanities and the Future Scientific American Blog Network
What majoring in the humanities can teach us The Independent Florida Alligator
***TEACHING
Hitler was a ‘good leader,’ guest speaker tells N.J. students. School says it won’t happen again NJ.com
Many Professors Want to Change Their Teaching but Don’t. One University Found Out Why Chronicle of Higher Ed
Trigger Warnings May Not Do Much, Early Studies Suggest New York Times
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Professor in Prostitution Sting Says He Was Doing 'Research' KAAL-TV
Did Utah professor confess to viewing child porn to class? Desert News