Corporate-owned local news sites are disappearing. But if you’ve got a nose for news, you can fill the gap. A newsboy announces a new edition in front of a desert oasis. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article is the fourth in a series to recognize World...
Imagine no entry-level jobs and a world with way more old people than young. How can a teen dream up a future? Young people wait to be interviewed. (Photo by shironosov/Getty Images) The world is becoming gray topped. I go to a show or public lecture or panel...
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...
Audiences are spread far and wide and get their information from all kinds of sources. How can your story catch their eyes and ears? Young people access information, news and social media using their phones. (Illustration by News Decoder) In News Decoder’s Top...
The journalism field prizes expertise. That gives you the ability to turn your passion into a career. You just have to start early and stay focused. A photojournalist works a rock concert. (Illustration by News Decoder) Journalism and activism can be powerful tools...
It might not be the job of your dreams. But it can give you the foundation for a successful career. An editor gives advice to two reporters. (Credit: Yuri Arcurs @peopleimages) Journalism and activism can be powerful tools for change. Each week in our News Decoder Top...
Go into politics? Be a doctor? Sell cars? Synthesizing info, listening, asking questions and handling deadlines are valuable skills whatever the job. One woman interviewing another for a job realizes she is the one being interviewed. (Illustration by News Decoder)...
When you work on your own, you don’t get a steady paycheck. But if you can find enough work, it isn’t a bad gig in this gig economy. A woman freelances from her kitchen. (Credit: EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA from Pexels) This article was produced exclusively for...
We grab for news when events turn tragic and frightening. But we don’t think about the journalists who stayed put amid the mayhem to bring us that news. A camera catches the pepper spraying by police of a journalist covering protests in Hong Kong in 2014....
Maggie Fox witnessed the toppling of a president and war in the Balkans. For this News-Decoder correspondent, journalism “is the coolest job ever.” Fox holding a T-shirt reading “Another Meddling Foreign Journalist” in the Philippines in 1986 This is the...