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 Hannah Eitel and Alice Joly | 6 Mar 2025 | Economy, Europe, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
People spend a lot for chocolate in Switzerland. But a willingness to pay up to live well gives the country its distinctive flavour. Swiss chocolate in a Zurich store. (Photo by Alice Joly) This article, by high school students Hannah Eitel and Alice Joly, was...
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 Ferrukh Faruqui | 3 Feb 2025 | Economy, Health and Wellness, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, Women
Some believe the business of surrogacy commodifies women. Does everyone have the right to a biological baby or does surrogacy violate the rights of the child? 3D image of a human fetus inside a womb. (Credit: digitalgenetics/Getty images) This article was produced...
by Christianez Ratna Kiruba | 27 Jan 2025 | Environment, Health and Wellness, India, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, World
Almost 60,000 die from snakebite each year in India, but only one facility is producing the venom needed to make the antivenom. A herpetologist milks the venom out of a snake at Kenya Snakebite Research and Intervention Centre (KSRIC) in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 April 2024....
by M. Reddy, L.Verma, A. Nanjayan and G. Leander | 24 Jan 2025 | Asia, Environment, India, Student Posts, VIBGYOR, Youth Voices
How India manages the extreme weather events that are becoming more common with climate change can be a lesson for the world. Rescuers on their second day of mission following Tuesday’s landslides wait to cross a river at Chooralmala, Wayanad district, Kerala state,...
by Anoushka Arbhi | 21 Jan 2025 | Environment, India, Student Posts, VIBGYOR, Youth Voices
With temperature inversion and climate change, the joyful meaning of a festival dissipates in the air we can’t breathe. Fireworks during a Diwali celebration. (Credit: Getty Images) This article, by high school student Anoushka Arbhi was produced out of 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...
by Ashley Perl | 15 Jan 2025 | Decoder Replay, Space, Technology, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Way up over our heads satellites and rocket parts orbit the Earth. Sometimes pieces of metal fall towards us. Most burn up in the atmosphere, but not all. A giant metal ring that fell from space onto a Kenyan village in December 2024. (Credit: Kenyan Space Agency)...
by Shikka Nanda | 13 Jan 2025 | Environment, Student Posts, VIBGYOR, Youth Voices
Would you want a roommate to treat you the way we’ve treated the Earth? It’s time to clean up our act. The Earth, personified, slouches on a sofa. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article, by high school student Shikka Nanda, was produced out of News...