by Amelia Weiss | 8 Apr 2025 | Culture, France, School Year Abroad, Student Posts, Youth Voices
In the United States, people are obsessed with cars and highways. In France, a train or bus will get you where you want to go. A high speed train in France. (Credit: Leonid Andronov) This article, by high school student Amelia Weiss, was produced out of News...
by Madison Dapcevich | 7 Apr 2025 | Culture, Media Literacy
‘Bait-and-switch’ internet scams target us with emotionally-charged posts. But do you know what your friends see when you share those posts with your network? A internet scam post on a phone shows the photo of a generic child available on Canva. (Illustration by News...
by Jasmine Ryu Won Kang | 31 Mar 2025 | Health and Wellness, Music, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Musical artists all over the world suffer from depression and other mental health problems. Can the music industry help them? Three musicians. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news service. It is through...
by Norma Hilton | 20 Mar 2025 | Culture, Education, Environment, Media Literacy
Sometimes, made-up characters can get through to people more effectively than real-life scientists and educators. Hiding behind a shelf of books, Dr. Seuss’ Lorax tells the cat from the animated movie “Flow” that he speaks for the trees....
by Jeremy Solomons | 19 Mar 2025 | Africa, Culture, Decoder Replay
While around the world misinformation and lies abound, in Africa, stories transmit morals, acceptable behavior and universal truths. Children in a circle listen to a story. (Credit: Kowal2701) Editor’s note: Tomorrow we celebrate World Storytelling Day. In...
by Lennox Huisman and Maximilian Wunderli | 11 Mar 2025 | Contest winners, Culture, Economy, Europe, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Each January, people who live in the small Alpine town of Davos grit their teeth as they play host to the thousands who swarm in for the World Economic Forum. Vehicles jam up on the road to Davos before the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos,...
by Shefali Malhotra | 25 Feb 2025 | Culture, India, Women
It’s been a decade-long journey from film school to red carpet for Mumbai director Payal Kapadia. If you want to follow her path she’s got some advice. Director Payal Kapadia at 2024 Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of the film “All We...
by Norma Hilton | 17 Feb 2025 | Culture, Health and Wellness
Across the world, people have questions neither science nor religion can answer. That’s where the so-called pseudosciences come in. Detail of astronomical dial and zodiac on the Zytglogge clock tower in Bern, Switzerland. (Credit: BGStock72) This article was...
by Sabine Berzina | 20 Jan 2025 | Culture, Journalism, Media Literacy, Technology
Meta has told an army of fact checkers they are no longer wanted, deeming acceptable what was once considered outlandish and offensive. A set of reaction emojis commonly used on social media. This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news...
by Helen Milito | 17 Jan 2025 | Culture, Italy, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad, Sports, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Playing on a different team in a different country is disorienting. But on the field the only question is this: Can you play? Two images of the author playing soccer during her first year of high school. (Photos courtesy of Helen Milito) This article, by high school...