by Marcy Burstiner | 23 May 2024 | Culture, Educators' Catalog, History, Media Literacy
Historians dig up stories that document our past the way archeologists sift through relics. The more they learn the more we realize how much we don’t know. A stack of books in a bookstore that tell only one version of the world. (Illustration by News Decoder)...
Historians dig up stories that document our past the way archeologists sift through relics. The more they learn the more we realize how much we don’t know. News Decoder’s Editorial News Director Marcy Burstiner examines history and the versions of history that we’re told.
Exercise: Explore the idea of stories being told from different perspectives and of certain histories being silenced or underrepresented. Choose a current topic and have students look at it from different perspectives. What kinds of histories might be forged through telling the story in different ways?
by Rafiullah Nikzad | 1 May 2024 | Afghanistan, Asia, Decoder Replay, Human Rights, Journalism
May 3 will mark World Press Freedom Day, reminding us that despite the important work journalists do, in many places it is difficult for them to do that job. Afghan cameramen cover a protest against U.S. President Joe Biden in Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 February 2022. (AP...
by Tom Heneghan | 26 Apr 2024 | Journalism, Media Literacy
The movie “Civil War” gives little backstory, leaving viewers to experience war in the moment, the way the reporters in the film cover it. Scene from the movie Civil War. Credit: A24 This article was produced exclusively for News Decoder’s global news...
by Marcy Burstiner | 9 Apr 2024 | Journalism, Politics, United States
If the 2020 election in the United States was any indication, there will be a lot of angry people in this go-around regardless of the result. An imagined polling station next to a gun shop. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively for News...
by Marcy Burstiner | 2 Apr 2024 | Journalism, Media Literacy
Ask an AI app if it will kill off journalism and you get a nuanced answer. But from a human point of view, things seem more black and white. A room filled with computer servers serves as a newsroom. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article was produced exclusively...
