by Sajad Hameed and Qazi Shibli | 17 Mar 2025 | India, Journalism
India might be the world’s largest democracy, but journalists there lack the press protections their counterparts find in smaller democracies. Fahad Shah, founder and editor of news portal The Kashmir Walla, hugs a colleague at his residence on the outskirts of...
by Madison Dapcevich | 7 Mar 2025 | Journalism, Media Literacy, News Decoder Tips
It is hard to tell if information has been aggregated when you find it on the internet. Getting a story right means tracking down the original source. People play a game of “telephone.” (Illustration by News Decoder) In News Decoder’s Top Tips, we...
by Marcy Burstiner | 28 Feb 2025 | Journalism, News Decoder Tips
The more complicated an issue is, the more you need to humanize it and make it comprehensible. That’s where the anecdote comes in. A guy tells a story about a porcupine to a friend. (Illustration by News Decoder) In News Decoder’s Top Tips, we share advice...
by Marcy Burstiner | 21 Feb 2025 | Journalism, News Decoder Tips
An audience will connect to a news story that is about something that concerns them even if they stumble on it long after it is published. A person holds a newspaper with a pine tree branch inside, symbolising “evergreen” content. (Illustration by News...
by Nelson Graves | 11 Feb 2025 | Journalism, Media Literacy
Much of the news people consume is produced by newswires. Their reporters keep their opinions to themselves so you can make up your own mind about world events. A microphone from a reporter from the Agence France Press (AFP) news service is seen front and centre as...
by Marcy Burstiner | 7 Feb 2025 | Journalism, News Decoder Tips
News reporters are needed more now than ever before. If you’ve got a lot of curiosity and a little determination you have what it takes. Young woman talks on a phone. (Credit: Eliza Alves) In News Decoder’s Top Tips, we share advice for young people from...
by Marcy Burstiner | 6 Feb 2025 | Government, Journalism, News Decoder Updates, School Year Abroad, VIGBYOR
If democracy depends on the support of an informed public what does it mean when people distrust what they read and hear in the news? Democracy as a form of government relies on an informed public. The founders of democracy in the United States, which became a model...
by Garry Lotulung | 30 Jan 2025 | Asia, Environment, Photojournalism
In remote villages live some of the last nomadic tribes in Indonesia. But nickel mining is disrupting their lives and poisoning their land. Bawehe Bidos, 68, from the O’Hongana Manyawa tribe poses for a photo in a remote Indigenous village in the Halmahera...
by Skyler Kelley Duval | 22 Jan 2025 | Decoder Replay, Journalism, Media Literacy, Youth Voices
What happens when distributors of information don’t care whether they peddle truth or trash? Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, speaks during an appearance at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver 29 July 2024. Photo of Zuckerberg by...
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...