by News Decoder | 17 Jul 2025 | News Decoder Updates
News Decoder’s summer intern, Hannah Choo, believes that differences between cultures should be appreciated, not feared. News Decoder summer intern Hannah Choo. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Choo) At the age of 9, Hannah Choo found herself shuttled across the...
by News Decoder | 11 Jul 2025 | Journalism, Mobile Stories, News Decoder Tips, News Photography, Photojournalism
Anyone can snap a photo. But taking one that captures the heart of a story? That takes more effort and care. Here’s some advice to get you started. A photojournalists takes a shot. Photo courtesy of Mobile Stories. In News Decoder’s Top Tips, we share...
by Nelson Graves | 2 Jul 2025 | Decoder Replay, Education, History, Journalism
Every July 4 the United States celebrates its Declaration of Independence. But behind its “self-evident” truths was a load of hypocrisy. The U.S. Declaration of Independence. (Photo credit: jaflippo/Getty Images) Editor’s note: On 4 July, people in...
by Marcy Burstiner | 27 Jun 2025 | Journalism, Media Literacy, News Decoder Tips
We live in an age of disinformation. But most journalists try hard to report the truth without being sneaky or causing harm in the process. They follow a code. A reporter is handed a classified file in a parking garage. (Illustration by News Decoder) In News...
by Marcy Burstiner | 20 Jun 2025 | Journalism, Media Literacy, News Decoder Tips
Everyone makes mistakes. To be credible you have to fess up when you get things wrong. Doing so doesn’t make you look bad. It shows you care about the truth. Two photos of birds. The left one is a curlew sandpiper and is covered by a big red X. The other is a...