by News Decoder | 6 May 2025 | Contests, Hewitt, News Decoder Updates, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Tatnall School, VIBGYOR
Grade inflation. Book and cell phone bans. Sports equity. School diversity. How a small town deals with a world conference. Our storytelling contest winners. A trophy in front of a red curtain. (Illustration by News Decoder) The judges in the 17th News Decoder...
by Yi Le Low | 25 Mar 2025 | Contest winners, Europe, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Sports, Student Posts, Switzerland, Youth Voices
Almost 16 million girls play organized football around the world. Yet most professional players have yet to earn a living wage. Switzerland’s Ramona Bachmann, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during a Women’s Euro 2025 qualifying...
by Amira Blochlinger and Lilia Hofmann | 18 Mar 2025 | Media Literacy, Politics, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Wh-Y Vote, Youth Voices
Recent elections show that social media can affect political outcomes. A single post can alter public opinion. How does this affect direct democracies? A hand casts a vote while a young man looks at his phone. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article by high school...
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 Enzo Cazzaniga | 4 Dec 2024 | Decoder Replay, News Decoder Updates, Parallel (By)Lines, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Youth Voices
We carry complicated identities inside us shaped in large part by where we call home. When that changes, how does that change us? Vide excerpts from a conversation between correspondent Jeremy Solomons and student Enzo Cazzaniga about identity and the idea of home. In...
by Nina Bugajska | 20 Nov 2024 | Decoder Replay, Economy, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich
Many countries are turning away immigrants. But they should be welcomed for the often outsized contributions they make. A sign says Welcome to Switzerland. Credit: irontrybex/ Getty Images Editor’s note: In his successful campaign for the presidency, U.S....
by News Decoder | 6 May 2024 | Contests, Education, Journalism, News Decoder Updates, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, St. Andrew's, Tatnall School
A one-week workshop produced three winners in our storytelling contest. Across the Atlantic, St. Andrews Episcopal in Mississippi tied for second place. Stories produced out of a week-long media camp at Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich (RGZH) took three prizes in...
by Düzgün Ali Sarikaya | 22 Mar 2024 | Contest winners, Europe, Politics, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
The fear of another Chernobyl makes nuclear energy bad for politics. But with Europe struggling to reduce carbon, is it good for the environment? The Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant in Cattenom, France, 8 September 2022. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias) This...
by Danylo Bryhinskyi | 21 Mar 2024 | Environment, Europe, Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Can we turn from plastic to paper without cutting down more trees? At 16, Valentyn Frechka decided he could make paper from fallen leaves. Trees in an urban forest. (Photo by Tom & Anna on Pixnio) This article, by high school student Danylo Bryhinskyi, was...