To really understand the world you have to go out in it. Sometimes that means traveling far and telling the stories you find to the people back home. Members of the press corps surround U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker at the completion of a project to...
In education, teachers work to build critical thinking skills, media literacy and social responsibility. But first we have to get teens to want to learn. Bored teens in a classroom. (Illustration by News Decoder using AI.) A teacher once brought me into her high...
In India and across the world, journalists are finding that they must please a robot before they can get their story to an audience. An editor tells a reporter the algorithm liked their story. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for...
For the people who live on a central Indonesian island, rising sea levels aren’t theoretical. Constant flooding has washed away homes, communities and livelihoods. A house that sank due to rising sea levels and was abandoned by residents in Simonet village,...
Many people live in information bubbles, getting news that aligns to their point of view. Is there still a role for unbiased information? Who reports that? Reporters raise their hands to ask a question as U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters at the White...
One high school student took it on herself to show children how climate change affects people throughout the world. Three pages of a children’s book about climate change by high school student Jooha Roh. (Photo courtesy Jooha Roh) I grew up largely partaking in...
For Kaja Andrić, the best news stories are wherever she happens to be, whether it’s at News Decoder or the New York Times. Kaja Andrić, left with her professor and a fellow classmate, while reporting on cultural appropriation for News Decoder while on a trip to...
Books that are difficult to read win literary prizes. But if you want everyone to read your work, don’t make it longer than it needs to be. Unnecessary words are being cleaned off a counter top. Illustration by News Decoder. Writers love words. But for every...
Journalism seems old school. But the skills needed to be a good journalist are what many companies want for today’s jobs. A hiring director asks a job candidate if she has experience working with people. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced...
So many news stories put people to sleep. To wake readers up, tell them a little story about one person’s experience. A grandfather telling a story to children. (Photo by Blue Cutler/Getty Images Signature) Has this happened to you? A parent or teacher started...