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When a company’s enviro claims sound convincing …
Greenwashing is when corporations use eco-sustainability as a marketing tool. But can you tell if they’re for real? Here are some ways you can check them out.
Decoder: Does ‘less is more’ apply to tech companies?
How vulnerable are we as a society when our internet-delivery eggs are largely placed in one virtual global basket?
Decoder Replay: Can journalists coexist with AI?
Can AI help journalists and not kill their jobs? Put that question to an AI app and you get some reassurance. But can we trust that?
Can you get better medical advice online than from a doctor?
When it takes too long to get an appointment or a doctor dismisses patient symptoms, people go online for help. Is that a bad thing?
The power of one voice
When a Russian pop star told the world, and Putin, that the Ukraine war must end, she had to go into exile. But her message was already out.
A week of media literacy across the globe
Do some social media posts make you cry? Can you tell a reliable source from one you shouldn’t trust? Can AI help bring us together across divides?
Can you picture your story on a big screen?
Don’t know who to interview? Can’t figure out what your story is about? Try thinking about it as a movie. And grab some popcorn.
Decoder Replay: Why do people worry about inflation?
Think of inflation the way you think of Goldilocks and the Three Bears: too much or too little is a problem. Just a bit can be just right.
When young girls pay the cost of climate change
After devasting floods in Pakistan, desperate parents are marrying off their daughters. In extreme circumstances, child marriage becomes a means of survival.
The people you interview will bring your story to life
Before you start interviewing people you need to know what part they play in a story. Only then can you reach out to them.
Food: The one thing everyone needs
On World Food Day we present you with a smorgasbord of stories to consume to show how food and the need to eat connects us all.
Decoder Replay: Can the world wean itself off petroleum?
The world seems to have reached a turning point in replacing carbon polluting fuels with clean, renewable energy.
Art as success? That’s genius!
The MacArthur Foundation selects a diverse group of people for an award dubbed the “genius grants”. In doing so they help us redefine our measure of success.
East Africa’s Queer communities show progress and hope
Around the world we see LGBTQ rights challenged, attacked and denied. But in parts of Africa, Queer advocates say perspectives are changing.
You have a story idea. Now what?
There is a story you want to tell. But how do you convince an editor to green light it? That’s the art of the pitch.
For World Space Week it’s time to look up
There are no national borders in outer space. On earth, astrophysicists work together across borders. Come explore space with us.
Decoder Replay: Who gets the right to fight?
The U.S. military has a long history of racial discrimination. The Trump administration’s disdain for diversity in the military is nothing new.
Promoting peace through a prize
Each year a committee of Norwegians awards the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who has fought for peace. Is Donald Trump worthy?
A decade of giving teens the last word
News Decoder gives young people the platform to tell the world what they see and hear around them. In the process, we all learn how much we have in common.
Should you give equal voice to all perspectives?
One expert says one thing, another something different. So how can you know what’s what? Here are some tips to figuring out what to believe and what to report.
Decoder Replay: Religion and politics aren’t supposed to mix
In parts of Eastern Europe there is little separation between church and state. But what happens when the church becomes an instrument of a different nation?
Before you click on that incredible deal…
Don’t trust internet offers that seem too good to be true. But how can you tell if its the real deal? We’ll show you some ways.
Student athletes struggle to stay mentally fit
Your coach and team count on you to play your best. You’ve got class assignments due and tests to study for. Your friends want you to go out. Where’s the time?
Can you tell compelling stories about important things?
So much is happening that people should know about. But why do so many news stories put us to sleep instead of wake us up? What is the journalist trying to do?
Decoder Replay: Why all the fuss over interest rates?
When the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank lowers interest rates, that can affect the prices for all the stuff you buy. But do you understand how they work?
Where are our young leaders?
Young people led political revolutions in the 50s and 60s but now seem to throw their support to those past retirement age.
Why have someone edit your story?
No matter how careful and talented a writer you are, you want an editor to give your story a careful reading. Here’s what a difference an editor can make.
There’s all kinds of ways to bleep out speech
In the United States there seems to be a war on free speech. But taking down TV shows is just one way the powerful can silence speech they don’t like.
Decoder Replay: Should a society pay for the sins of the past?
The legacy of slavery still haunts the descendants of both victims and enslavers. Should reparations be paid or can we simply erase the past?
Europeans have a lot to say, regardless of language
Podcasts have become an essential way to tell important stories, whether they are in French, Spanish, Swedish or Albanian.
The cultural power in a cigarette puff
Globally, rates of smoking are in decline. But in Indonesia, a cigarette is a measure of masculinity and hospitality. That makes it habit hard to break.
How to use quotes in a story
A book without dialogue is a slog to read. So is a news story. But once you get quotes from an interview what do you do with them? Here’s a quick guide.
The art of communicating across borders
Bring people who speak different languages and come from different cultures into the same project and things can get messy. But the results are worth it.
Decoder Replay: Is international strife the norm?
The world can’t seem to stand up to the United States or Russia. But maybe the idea of an international community is just a dream that never materialized.
Saying goodbye to our glaciers
Glaciers predate human life but our lifestyle causes them to melt. Can a funeral for a glacier get this message across? Let’s do something before it’s too late.
For a great story, get out and report
Sure, you can Zoom someone in on your laptop or chat over WhatsApp. But when you go out to an event or interview you come back with so much more.
How to amplify youth voice? Bring them into the pressroom.
A global competition has found that collaborations between news organizations and young people can benefit both.
Decoder Replay: When nations go too far
Even warfare has rules. But how can the world stop the mass slaughter and starvation of a people?
A decade getting teens to do something many avoid: Think.
News Decoder encourages youth to ask big questions and seek out different perspectives. In a world where information is spoon-fed, that’s transcendent.
Can your religion put your nationality at risk?
Muslim Indians near Bangladesh find themselves seized and sent over the border, even when they can prove their citizenship. Muslims protest against being declared foreigners in...
Do you live in a healthy media ecosystem?
Media is food for our brain. The media you consume might be nutritious. Or maybe it’s addictive, toxic and full of empty calories. Who even makes it?
Decoder Replay: Gold is valuable. But you can’t drink it.
We’re marking World Water Week, a gathering in Sweden intended to solve water-related challenges such as droughts, floods and food security. Let’s invest in it.
When you feel sick but are embarrassed to say so
Hundreds of millions of people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, young people in particular. But we don’t like to talk about it.
Top Tips: Be the oasis in your “news desert”
With corporations shutting down local news sites, people across the globe are living in “news deserts.” So start your own news site.
Is climate change carcinogenic?
Increasingly, researchers are finding a causal connection between cancer and extreme weather events and other manifestations of climate change.
Want to be a drummer? Grab a bucket.
In a small town in Northern Italy, young people transform discarded materials into musical instruments to bridge social barriers.
Top Tips: Take good notes
Recording interviews can make for lazy listening. Good journalists take good notes. Pages and pages of them. It takes practice.
U.S. campuses are no longer safe spaces
When students return to university, it will be with the threat that masked agents can come and take them or their classmates away. What lessons will they learn?
Older is not always wiser
August 12 marks International Youth Day. Around the world young people are angry and demand to be heard. Why won’t the world listen?
Decoder: Are treaties worth the paper they are signed on?
When nations sign treaties they volunteer to abide by certain terms. But what, if anything, happens if they break those agreements?