COVID-19 is disrupting the business models and work of news reporters and publishers alike. The changes are likely to be profound and lasting. A television journalist’s microphone covered in plastic to protect against the novel coronavirus, 17 March 2020,...
How should I feel towards a father who hurts me and Mommy? Mommy says daddies are nice. But if that’s the case, why does my daddy abuse me? Protesters against gender-based violence in Cape Town, South Africa, 5 September 2019 (EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA) The following...
Complacency, denial, bigotry: In my journey around the world, I observed scant recognition of the shared danger of COVID-19 until home in China. Passengers from Wuhan, China’s epicenter, together with railway workers wearing full protective gear at the railway...
Harnessing social media, young people around the world are mobilizing resources in the fight against the new coronavirus. German teenager delivers groceries to older people, Osterode, Germany, 3 April 2020. (Frank May/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) Young people are...
Are teenagers frolicking on beaches or lazing on couches while COVID-19 kills thousands? Youth reporters dispel this misconception. Ndlovu Youth Choir of South Africa filmed a video showing how to safely wash your hands during the COVID-19 pandemic. (YouTube) Teenage...
Chadwick School’s Student Ambassadors win the April Decoder in the Spotlight award for their reporting and engagement with News Decoder. Chadwick School’s Student Ambassadors are named Decoders in the Spotlight for April. By Savannah Jenkins In a sunlit...
Local news outfits are disappearing in the U.S. Student journalists are starting to cover important local stories. But there are limits to what they can do. Students prepare an edition of the Cougar Claw newspaper at Kearns High School in Kearns, Utah, 26 November...
Plastic pollution hurts humans, animals and the environment. Students from around the world gathered recently to share tactics in tackling the problem. (Photo by Ryan Rothman, Dana Point, California, 29 February 2020) This story was runner-up in News Decoder’s...
Spanish is the language of my roots and family. But when given the chance to learn it, I followed my peers and learned French. I know the taste of regret. By Giavanna Bravo At 10 years old, in the midst of an identity crisis, I was asked to make a decision that would...
Many wealthy New York City residents can ride out the coronavirus crisis in second homes. But needier citizens face a very different reality. A public school in Brooklyn, New York, closes until at least April 20 due to the coronavirus. (EPA-EFE/Alba Vigaray.) This...