Since our founding in 2015, News Decoder has worked with dozens of academic partners across five continents.
Click on the map to discover stories produced by students in our school network with guidance and mentorship from News Decoder editors and correspondents.
It’s rare to be able to find an outlet that will find value in the words of a 17-year-old student, but News Decoder is unique in that it seeks out perspectives of the youth on contentious issues. When I first received news of the opportunity, I leapt at it.
Student Ambassadors
Each academic partner nominates Student Ambassadors to serve as the primary link between News Decoder and the school. Student Ambassadors help spread News Decoder’s mission of global connectedness and media literacy education on campus and across the globe.
In this leadership role, Student Ambassadors promote News Decoder opportunities to their school community, help organize webinars and workshops and strengthen student and faculty engagement. They represent their school to the wider News Decoder community in global roundtable discussions and spotlight interviews.
Current Academic Partners
African Leadership Academy
Johannesburg, South Africa
American School of Paris
Saint-Cloud, France
Bergen, The Netherlands
European School Brussels II
Brussels, Belgium
Gimnasio Los Caobos
Bogotá, Colombia
Greens Farms Academy
Westport, Connecticut, United States
The Hewitt School
New York City, United States
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Kepler College
Kigali, Rwanda
Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
School Year Abroad (SYA)
France, Italy, Spain
SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College
Tema, Ghana
The Tatnall School
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
The Thacher School
Ojai, California, United States
Transylvania College
Cluj, Romania
University of Toronto Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism
Toronto, Canada
VIBGYOR Group of Schools
Multiple locations, India
My students really enjoyed being partnered with a partner school. It was very valuable for my students to see that there are other ways of doing things, thinking about things. That just gave them a lot of perspective.
Join our global community — become a school member.
Our academic partners leverage News Decoder’s editorial team and exclusive online educational resources to help students develop core global citizenship competencies. We work closely with each of our partners to tailor our educational offering to meet their specific needs and interests.
News Decoder is particularly well-placed to partner with schools that have:
- an international outlook or commitment to global citizenship;
- a robust global studies or experiential education program;
- an IB Diploma Programme;
- a Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) curriculum component;
- journalism or media classes, clubs or programs;
- a strong commitment to co-curriculars or extra-curriculars;
- an openness to innovative educational methods;
- an interest in developing any of the above.
We partner with schools and universities of diverse means and missions. The academic partners enrolled in News Decoder’s program are members of the nonprofit Nouvelles-Découvertes and are eligible to participate in its annual general meeting. As such, they play a critical role in shaping News Decoder’s strategy and future.
You can learn more about the services we provide, how a partnership works and its benefits to students by visiting our School Partnerships page.
To contact the News Decoder team about becoming a partner, please complete the form below.