Increasingly we are living in media silos that divide us from large numbers of fellow citizens. Here are some tricks for bursting your media bubble. Worried about alternative facts? Try entering an alternative universe. Like it or not, each of us lives in a media...
This article was a runner-up in the high school category of News-Decoder’s second essay/reporting contest. By Kate Curry While the United States ponders the domestic implications of Donald Trump’s election victory, the rest of the world is anxious about...
By Sue Landau Just when the world had taken a huge step forward in the life-or-death fight against global warming, a man who has denied climate change was elected U.S. president. Donald Trump’s victory cast a pall over the recent United Nations Climate...
We have technology to avert climate disaster. But do we have the political will? A leading environmentalist is cautiously optimistic we can save the earth. The world has all the technology it needs to prevent rising temperatures from destroying the earth, but...
Instagram’s new “Stories” platform taps into a human desire to share emotions and is re-shaping global marketing and social media. A woman with a frame of Instagram, Mexico City, Mexico, 26 November 2014.(EPA/Sashenka Gutierrez) We encourage our...
Drones are a dream come true for cameramen. But they raise thorny ethical questions and are causing headaches for regulators. A boy controlling a drone in Sieversdorf, Germany, 8 June 2016.(Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa/AP) Drones are a cameraman’s dream. They...
By Celia Bottger The end of 2015 saw a successful conclusion to the Paris Climate Change Conference. Six weeks later, clouds are already on the horizon. Nearly 200 countries sketched a path in Paris towards global carbon reductions, offering a glimmer of hope that the...
As global negotiators hammer out an unprecedented climate accord in Paris, most Americans don’t believe climate change is a very serious problem. (Flickr/Russell Darling) Severe storms. Extreme precipitation. Melting ice caps. Rising sea levels. Health problems....
By Charlotte Crang If you wander by the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris this week, you will hear the bustle of children at play, giggling teens and the chatter of camera-happy tourists. It’s lovely, until you consider that they are gathered around what was...
Climate negotiators will likely come up with a landmark deal to curb carbon emissions. But it will be just a start — the end of the beginning. A visitor at the Paris climate talks, 1 December 2015 (EPA/Guillaume Horcajuelo) Climate negotiators nearing the middle...