Prisoners run a newspaper from inside a California jail. The monthly raises awareness of social justice issues and offers a new chance to convicts. Jonathan Chiu (Photo by Christie Goshe) Jonathan Chiu was sentenced to 50 years in prison for first-degree murder in...
They’ve done on-the-ground reporting to produce a podcast and video. Students Saga Leslie and Skye Neulight of Thacher School win our award. From Left to Right: Jake Jacobsen, Daisy Lawrence, Skye Neulight, Saga Leslie and Nelson Graves In a verdant valley in...
By Alexandra Gray Daisy Lawrence has reported on trailblazing climate change initiatives in her home state of California. But she has only begun to address the weighty problems she hopes to address as a politician or journalist. One of three News-Decoder Student...
(All photos by Jose Carpio) By Jose Carpio The Ojai Valley in the U.S. state of California is suffering from climate change. Air temperatures have been unusually high, and there’s been below-average rainfall. The effects can be seen in dried-out creeks and the...
By Joey Bowling Green roofs, sea walls, electric cars, new shower heads, solar panels — schools and local authorities are resorting to a vast range of strategies to reduce greenhouse emissions and brace for the potentially devastating effects of climate change....