by Nelson Graves | 5 Jul 2024 | La Jolla Country Day School, News Decoder alumni, News Decoder Tips, School Year Abroad
News Decoder asked four young women for advice for high school students. They say the future is what you make it but it might not be what you expect. A highway starts out of a high school corridor. (Illustration by News Decoder) In News Decoder’s Top Tips, we...
by Nelson Graves | 25 Sep 2023 | History, Journalism, Media Literacy
Getting stories right used to be more important than getting the scoop. Maybe it’s time to return to careful, skeptical and dispassionate reporting. Four jockeys on horseback. (Credit: Jupiterimages) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s...
by Nelson Graves | 12 Jun 2023 | Culture, Education
Sometimes saying yes can seem scary. But if you say no you close yourself off to opportunities. And some of them might be amazing. Photo illustration by News Decoder. “Say ‘yes.’” That’s Emma Bapt’s advice to high school students, especially girls. “I think...
by Nelson Graves | 16 Dec 2022 | Journalism, Media Literacy, News Decoder Updates, Personal Reflections
News Decoder has been a return to roots for me — a startup with slim financial returns that belie both its social worth and the joy of working with youth. The author is the founder of News Decoder. This month he is turning over management of the educational nonprofit...
by Nelson Graves | 30 Sep 2022 | News Decoder Updates
When leading educational publishers look for articles that decode complex issues for youth authoritatively and clearly, they turn to News Decoder. Tira Shubart turns cosmology into understandable stories about the importance of space to humankind. (AP Photo/Stocktrek...