by Marcy Burstiner | 4 Sep 2025 | Education, Journalism
A global competition has found that collaborations between news organizations and young people can benefit both. A bank of press microphones including ones that say youth voice and teen press. (Illustration by News Decoder) Each year, Global Youth & News Media...
by Marcy Burstiner | 22 Aug 2025 | Journalism, News Decoder Tips
With corporations shutting down local news sites, people across the globe are living in “news deserts.” So start your own news site. A woman works on her news site. (Illustration by News Decoder) In News Decoder’s Top Tips, we share advice for young...
by Marcy Burstiner | 15 Aug 2025 | Interviewing, Journalism, News Decoder Tips, Reporting
Recording interviews can make for lazy listening. Good journalists take good notes. Pages and pages of them. It takes practice. A hand holds a pen over a sheet of messy notes with a recorder in the background. Illustration by News Decoder. In News Decoder’s Top...
by Marcy Burstiner | 12 Aug 2025 | Politics
August 12 marks International Youth Day. Around the world young people are angry and demand to be heard. When will the world listen? Students shout during a demonstration, 9 March 2023 in Paris. Young people in France protested against the government’s push to...
by Marcy Burstiner | 4 Aug 2025 | Education, Journalism, News Decoder Updates
For 10 years News Decoder has engaged teens through experiential learning and connecting them with people who have been eyewitnesses to world events. Students from schools in two different countries share their thoughts on the U.S. presidency and the rise of white...