by Haley Davis | 6 Jan 2025 | Culture, Health and Wellness, Indiana University, Media Literacy, Student Posts, Technology, Youth Voices
It is difficult to turn away from our devices and even harder to turn them off. But if you can, your brain will thank you. Illustration by News Decoder After hours of mindlessly scrolling on Instagram Reels and clicking through Snapchats, I noticed a feeling of...
by Haley Davis | 14 Mar 2024 | Health and Wellness, Indiana University, Science, Student Posts, Technology, Youth Voices
It can spot cancer, answer medical questions and help develop drugs. But we don’t trust artificial intelligence to be our primary doctor just yet. A masked robot next to an MRI machine. (Photo illustration by News Decoder) You’re lying in a hospital bed about to enter...
by Mark Holder | 11 Jan 2024 | Indiana University, Journalism, Media Literacy, Politics
The public is hungry for free online news. That appetite endangers the existence of news organizations that produce it and democracies that nurture them. Big dogs representing Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Google are shown harnessed but not muzzled. (Illustration by...
by Elaine Monaghan | 23 Jun 2021 | Health and Wellness, Indiana University, United States
Aaron Carroll’s job is to persuade Americans to get their COVID-19 shot. His technique? To listen and provide solid information. American singer Dolly Parton receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine whose research she helped fund, Nashville, Tennessee, 2 March...
by Aralynn Abare McMane | 5 May 2021 | Human Rights, Indiana University, News Decoder Updates, World
Journalists are under threat around the world. What to do? Take out a subscription to defend press freedom and democracy, one expert suggests. Robert Mahoney of the Committee to Protect Journalists has an easy idea for how anybody can support freedom of the press and...
by Nelson Graves | 26 Apr 2021 | Indiana University, News Decoder Updates, Students in the Spotlight
Evan Wright wants someday to work at the U.S. State Department. The Indiana University student says News Decoder is helping him blaze a career. Evan Wright Evan Wright of Indiana University has published two articles on News Decoder, participated in three webinars and...
by Evan Wright | 14 Apr 2021 | Asia, Contest winners, Contests, Human Rights, Indiana University, Politics, Student Posts, Youth Voices
They are 8,000 miles from Myanmar, but Burmese in the U.S. are raising money in a fight for the restoration of democracy in the Asian nation. A recent protest against the military coup in Myanmar, in Indianapolis, Indiana (courtesy of Elaisa Vahnie) This story was a...
by Isabella DeMarco | 23 Jul 2020 | Indiana University, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Meat production contributes to global warming. Will the planet shift to plant-based meat to help avert catastrophic climate change? A conventional beef burger, left, next to a plant-based burger containing wheat protein, coconut oil and potato protein, Bellevue,...
by Isabella DeMarco | 2 Mar 2020 | Art, Indiana University, King's Academy, Podcasts, Youth Voices
In this episode of “The Kids Are Alright” podcast, American and Jordanian reporters examine how the art world is protecting culture and heritage. In this episode of the The Kids Are Alright podcast, American and Jordanian students learn more about what the...
by Thomas Day | 10 Feb 2020 | Americas, Environment, Indiana University, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Global warming and its consequences can provoke anxiety in young people. Educators need to be trained on how best to teach about climate change. A student attends a climate strike protest in Canberra, Australia, 15 March 2019 (EPA-EFE/LUKAS COCH) “Are we going to...