by Andrea Knezevic | 16 Sep 2025 | Europe, News Decoder Updates, WePod
Podcasts have become an essential way to tell important stories, whether they are in French, Spanish, Swedish or Albanian. A European Union flag with a podcasting symbol in the center. (Illustration by News Decoder.) Podcasting has moved quickly from niche to...
by Andrea Knezevic | 11 Sep 2025 | Culture, News Decoder Updates, Personal Reflections, WePod
Bring people who speak different languages and come from different cultures into the same project and things can get messy. But the results are worth it. People around a table offer ideas in different languages. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
by Andrea Knezevic | 26 Mar 2025 | Decoder Replay, Europe, Journalism
When a journalist traveled from the east to the west of Europe, the level of press freedom was a cultural shock. Journalist Mina Delić captured this photo of a massive protest in Serbia. Credit: Mina Delić. Editor’s note: This month leaders of five news major...
by Andrea Knezevic | 30 Dec 2024 | Art, Culture, History
A teddy bear and child’s swing buried in rubble are some of the relics of war that remind us: soldiers aren’t the only casualties of conflict. Presents for children in Ukraine prepared by Bosnian children are seen at the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo,...
by Andrea Knezevic | 8 Jan 2024 | Educators' Catalog, Europe, Journalism, WePod
Ljudmila Janković is a journalist in the Balkans, where speech isn’t quite free. But podcasting there might help foster a more independent media. Ljudmila Janković. (Photo courtesy Press Freedom Foundation) In the Western Balkans, journalists operate within a...
A free press is a central component of a democratic society. But press freedom worldwide is far from guaranteed. In this article, News Decoder Communications Specialist Andrea Knezevic interviews Ljudmila Janković of Press Freedom Foundation Serbia to uncover the challenges journalists face in the Balkans.
Exercise: As students dive into the world of journalism, help them explore the many ways to tell stories — audio, visual, text. After reading the article, students should listen to the text’s accompanying podcast episode. What are the nuances of audio versus text storytelling? Which types of stories lend themselves to audio best? You may consider following up with a podcast interviewing assignment for students.