Trusted news sources help us process the world
So much information bombards us. But to sort it all out we can turn to ethical journalists and reliable news sites.
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News Decoder informs, connects and empowers young people to be engaged citizens and changemakers locally, nationally and globally.
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Decoder Replay: In a “news desert”? Start your own site!
Corporate-owned local news sites are disappearing. But if you’ve got a nose for news, you can fill the gap.
Not quite what the doctor ordered
With so much health info online, many people scroll for medical advice instead of seeing a doctor. Is that bad?
What’s the point of reading the news?
So many people avoid reading news they expect to be depressing. But checking in with established journalists might just help you make sense of it all.
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Decoder Replay: When there’s no safe space to teach safe sex
People have sex in every state and country. But learning about sex? That varies greatly depending on where you live.
Decoder Replay: How 9/11 still haunts us
When two planes crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City on 11 September 2001 the world was forever changed.
Decoder Replay: When glaciers melt off the mountains
The Himalayan mountains hold the largest concentration of ice and snow outside the polar regions. They are already melting.
News Decoder Updates
Storytelling in a STEM class? Go figure.
Mastering concepts to ace a test is one thing. But to apply the concepts learned to something outside the class? That’s a different challenge.
Way beyond rote learning
In education, teachers work to build critical thinking skills, media literacy and social responsibility. But first we have to get teens to want to learn.
Let’s stop talking at teens
The world pummels teens with information and disinformation and expects them to sort it all out. And you are surprised when they just want to check out?